a promise big enough to shake nations

marlbro lights and
the lighter wont strike
so i sit and sigh
try to cage stress
and simplify life
ive got a panoramic view
its the southern sky
expansive and big
its night
only a few are out
its probably because of the halogens
or something robbing a star to shine
strike
smoke
alone
little flags placed around my feet
all white
critically to mark
for the dig to extend a foundation
something concrete
but i am unstable
an unfinished sentence
incomplete
knock ask repeat
fair enough
this call is forever
your ten digits is within reach
hesitate smile wait
a spark is only for a second
darling your a firework
i am completely aware
when you took the sky by surprise
stretched out your lines
directed me up
and looked west to come to east
another promise
is sacrifice

remain

on a day full of shine
full of peace
shadows
close in like a leopard for the prey
you know what happens next
they lick their chops
and leave what they don't want
for the other scavengers
to pick apart the remains
that is what i am now
remains
but if i cut the serpent
off of what i feel
i remain
i like that much better
because it leaves me standing
even though i am left
it is right
fix me again Maker

(epilogue)
[damn i am desperate]
no pride no pride
humbleness is the servants key for eternity
LIFTED

treasured brands

its what i was feeling yesterday
and i was told you spoke
within the treasury
and you picked it perfectly
[x marks the spot]
because shortly x's turn into t's
if its turned 90
or 45 degrees
[i dont know math]
forgive me but
i know how to add and i know
what i must subtract
somehow this fear has left me standing
with the demons gathered
and there i am naked waiting
for the killer stones but you
divide the young and old
and send them on their way
still left standing
with your line drawn in the sand
the same caleb used
where joshua shortly signed
our lives away
recognizing death as a peril
but rather as a pearl
we are just that
mullosk that this treasure
you see in us
you cannot wait for us to understand
if we go
we will live
because that noose
was never ours to take
we will just wear the brands
this is freedom