March - 2017 4/9

Serenity

The dye was cast as they fought to stay alive On the corner of every ally The prophets collected lost souls And stored them in porcelain...

Tremors under foot and your world crumbles all that you hold dear washes away waves of fear cone over you bringing sorrow and dismay...

We are sinking into an abyss we will never keep afloat if we don't pull together rather than pulling apart we need to be united what...

This house feels like a home now And not just a place to stay Its not just somewhere to keep all my stuff And to lay my head at night ...

I’m going down to the river With my wash day blues I’m going to go to a nightclub In a pair of dancing shoes I’m going to make a...

People called her a whore But if they would only take the time To get to know her – to read between the lines I’m sure that they would...

I’ve waited on platforms For trains that never arrived Drank shots in cellar bars On Tuesday nights With in-betweeners Who still...

I watched John Doe and Ebenezer as they drew cards and they chose sides Who ever chose the joker would be martyred It was Doe became...

We watched the vacant chasm Sipping wine from a silver cup We write stories in our skin with ink And burn torches To read the...

A cold air drifts towards us And the current tries to sweep away the doubt But it’s routed deep within our psyche It holds on like a...