Somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, I learned to love the corruption...
Among the Desolate
Tag: city
A Sun that Still Rises
This forest knows me It knows me better than I know myself Its roots reach deeper into my thoughts than I can go or than I’ve tried to go...
Variation on a Theme
When we came into the ballroom it was all ablaze Bells ringing overhead and echoing through the hall where a symphony once played variations on a theme...
Memory of a Stranger
This is why I can’t forget your face because I see it everywhere. Everywhere...
Honey Drunk
Honey drunk on the way this city moves lost in the morning crowd I wander....
Alabaster
I looked around at the fallen snow that lay over the city and saw beneath it to hidden grime, the sludge of years accumulated in unseen places...
Into Wild Country
Against a wall in this city of broken light while a million eyes sweep the darkness and pass over him...
City Lights
City lights out to the freefall edge down to the blackwater and an eternity of silence wandering across the salted fields and planting seeds with high hopes for the harvest...
A City Made From Ashes
Scars cut deep by the witching blade spell out the rites of sacrifice made to what beast may watch from the shadows...
City of Secret Lights
We descended upon the city of secret lights With a hunger for the world in our hearts Chasing the taste of a dream we once had For a moment passing through catatonia to new sight...
View From the Highest Tower
From atop the highest tower in the city You can imagine that, far off on the horizon, The fires of the battlefield are just visible As reflections of stars uncaring on the world below...
Visions Over the Sea
Where the moon’s reflection meets the city’s edge I boarded a ferry to cross over with the rest To a place that has always waited for us This, the final passage of dreamers...
The Cobbler’s Workshop
The cobbler stands out front of his shop Smoking a cigarette on the street corner And I’m thinking how close he is to a storybook character Maybe he is one...
Skin Over Iron Bones
A cold city speaks of storybooks Cracks in the pavement spell out the final chapters Footsteps in the snow dotting i’s and crossing t’s A saga complete with no voice to read it aloud Yet heard by all who stop to listen.
Streets We Knew Together
I thought I could forget the day you slipped The day I lost you and so much more Truth is, there’s so many things now I want to forget It’s impossible to make it through them all.
