Carrion and Crows

Vanquish these memories from my head

I’m seeing blue I’m seeing red

Those mental wounds from which I’ve bled

Fallen angels blood on the riverbed,

I’ve been left behind instead

Thinking of all the lies we’ve been fed

Is the point of existence to be misled?

Children should never have to live in dread,

When life is a nightmare you can’t shake

All the stamina that it takes

Across the ocean another earthquake

In this coming election there’s too much at stake,

Had a family once but they’re all gone

Heartbreaking memories live on and on

Can’t sleep in the wee hours before dawn

Fools might as well worship statues made of bronze,

I used to know friend from foe

These chaotic days you never really know

Oh let me bask in a lover’s afterglow

As I trudge through life with nothing to show,

Where are you now Princess of the shadows

Locked in the realm of carrion and crows

Perhaps only heaven really knows

I’m living earthbound blow by blow.