Favors

Could I ask for a favor?
Just a little one?
Just a small wish
For you to put out the sun

There's so much evil in this world
How can good ever win?
So put out the sun
And destroy all the sin
It's the only way to triumph
Only way to get rid of the bad
Any good will sacrifice itself
And be glad

Won't it be better
If it all goes away?
No more pain
And no more May
No more good
No more bad
No more sane
No more mad

What's the world come to?
Nukes and bullets and blasts
All while the good
Just sits and prays and fasts
Why aren't the prayers answered?
Oh, won't you put out the sun?
People are slaughtered in the streets
For politics and fun

And it's not okay
And it's not all right
The good are too moral
To stand and fight
Oh, why won't they fight?
Why won't they stand?
Won't you help them up?
Send down your hand

Just do something, please
Lift us up or put us out already!
Though maybe not the second...
Just help us, lord of eternity
Lord my god, don't put out the sun
For not all is corrupt
And the world shouldn't end
So abrupt

Put out the evil
And let the good sun live
For it's not fair to kill the good to get the bad
Even if they're prepared to give
So let the sun flare
Use it to extinguish
None of the light
And all of the darkness

Use it to fight
And use it to heal
Our physical wounds
And the pain we all feel
Nourish the light
Encourage the fun
Heal the world, god
And please . . . never put out the sun

Spilled Ink

You are a pencil
That cannot erase
You leave your marks
Like tears on my face
I am a pen
That's run out of ink
Nothing to write
Nothing to think

You leave your marks on me
Bruises blue and black
You leave your marks on me
And I do nothing back
You leave your marks on me
What am I to do?
You leave your marks on me
And I leave nothing on you

Someday I'll find someone
Who'll only know how to erase
Who'll leave no marks
And dry my face
Someday I'll find someone
And then I'll make you go
Someday I'll find someone
Who won't sink me so low

Someday my ink'll be refurbished
But I will not leave hateful marks like you
My ink will be refurbished
And here's what I will do
I'll draw you out of my life
And draw somebody better in
I'll draw you out of my life
And find someone to erase your marks of sin

Because I am a pen
Who will find their ink
Because I am a pen
Who needs to say what they think
I am a pen
Who will no longer be left blue
I will live happily
Unmarked and without you

Swallowed Bliss

Words flow forth
From her lips
He slams the door
And the scale tips

Words and words
Harsh stern voices
Stumble on
Too many choices

Everyone's talking
Nobody's listening
Nobody sees
That my eyes are glistening

Meaningless words
Frugal action
Bumping along
So much traction

She held her tongue
For too long
Could hold it no longer
And the words burst forth wrong

Listen to me!
Listen please
But her words blow away
In the breeze

Listen now!
He'll say in frustration
But from listening
She'll take a vacation

Words go on
And then they split
Of the good times
They forget

I live with her
On the weekend with him
I try to talk
But can't get through to them

He finds someone else
And I know she'll follow
The words stick in my throat
Until I give up and swallow

Maybe someday
They'll get back together again
Maybe someday
We all can win

Maybe someday
I'll go to him and by her be followed
Maybe someday
My words won't have to be swallowed

Love Lacked

I locked myself in my room just to see if I'd be missed
Put on lipstick just to see if I'd be kissed
Went to you just to get a dismiss
Started climbing just to fall back into the abyss

Couldn't pay the bill because I got mugged
Couldn't taste the vodka because I chugged
Couldn't stay standing because you had to tug
Couldn't get away because you had me trapped in a hug

I smiled and you didn't care that it was faked
I gave you an icy stare and you hit me until it was thawed and baked
I got a job and the money from it you take
I followed in your footsteps and cower in your wake

Couldn't stand up to you because my words choked
Couldn't taste the food because I smoked
Couldn't laugh because you couldn't take a joke
Couldn't care because my heart broke

I broke the TV just because of how much you played
Came home late just because it hadn't been okayed
Stole your laptop just to make you pay
Caused you so much trouble just so you wouldn't chase after me when I ran away

Couldn't stay because I got flogged
Couldn't take anything with me because of how much you hogged
Couldn't run because my legs had been beaten and so took off at a jog
Couldn't care less because I needed to disappear into the fog

I ran away to find the love that you lacked
Went far away and here is a fact
Even if you chase after me and promise that you'll no longer thwack
Even then I am never coming back

Waves

Softly, gently, ebb and flow
Smile warmly, no where to go
Little raindrops falling on our heads
Watering our flowerbeds
Quiet tides rolling on the beach
"Come play with us," they beseech

Dripping and dropping, telling us that
It is raining dogs and cat
Big fat drops rolling down the roof
Soaking all that's not waterproof
Flooding, pushing, stirring the street
Yelling and chanting, "We won't be discreet!"

Thunder and lightning, a crash and a bang
Alarm bells ringing with a clang
Raining, icy drops biting our skin
The devil paying us back for our sin
Crashing waves tipping over a boat
"Don't you love the sea?" the waters quote

Slowly, slowly, the storm slips away
Promises of a better day
No more raindrops, not for now
The clouds leave us with a bow
Moods improve along with the sky
The water waves, "So long and goodbye."