light 12. the spiral

Shut your eyes again

Orange light through the window heralds morning again

And the chatter of birds brings the spiral again

I said, "God damn, show me a way out

God damn just let me let it out"

All wound up with coils of severing wire

Drowned and unconscious

I bind my wounds with electrical tape

I said, "God damn, show me the way around

God damn, just let me puzzle it out"

And a calling of worlds apart

Sound up in spirals of guiding light

While the night calls a warning:

"You'll never see us again"

I said, "God damn, help me make a sound

God damn, I gotta beat it down"

Stealing away

The scenes you wrote and played

And sang and fought and prayed

Away from the places

You might have stayed

I said, "God damn, I will see you around

God damn, I am sick of this town"

'Cause the spiral has come again

For the duration of this dark

That's eating the day away.