NAKED CITY

The sun is hiding -

The rain revealing...

The naked emotion

of what we are feeling...

The sky breaks open

& weeps down upon us...

We lie to ourselves

but the world makes us honest.

 

The world is a crack whore -

We crash on the hard floor -

We sing in the darkness

as knives leaves us bleeding...

 

This "too much" is too soon -

This high tide at high noon -

We bring our own darkness

as life leaves us breathing.

 

But we will know magic -

We wallow in tragic

empowering goals;

last breath: "nevermore".

 

And alone among others -

We swallow our brothers -

Devouring souls as death

smiles hardcore.

© MAY 20, 2002 By Jason Wright