blood and lace

Everything changes the more it stays the same 
& nothing is wasted, there’s always something to gain
Even the sun needs the clouds, needs the rain 
Even the wind has to play the game 

Time never waits, the show must go on
& a new day always dawns before long
So enjoy what you can before it’s gone 
Take a smile, leave a smile, & keep movin on

Sometimes you win, & sometimes you lose 
Sometimes you get lucky, & sometimes you choose 
& sometimes there’s just nothing you can do 
Sometimes the storm’s gotta roll on through 

Nobody knows what tomorrow might bring
Where it might lead 
What songs it might sing 
The only promise, the only thing
You can count on is
Nothing ever stays the same 

🌬️🌧️☀️

We only have forever 
I’ll find you in every lifetime 
In your eyes I see the stars that can always lead me home 
I can feel you in my bones 
Just like a lightning bolt 
Coursing through my veins 
Burning in my soul

You can meet me on the dark side of the moon
I’d cross galaxies just to get a taste of you 
Baby, there’s nothing I can do 
Some things are written in the stars 
Some things you can’t undo 

No matter, come whatever 
I will love you for forever 
In every single lifetime 
Just like every life before
& in some if we’re lucky 
You wrap your arms around me
& we kiss under the moonlight 
As the waves hit the shore

So until we meet again, I’ll see you in our dreams
When you look up at the stars, I hope sometimes you think of me
& I hope it makes you smile
However briefly
To know you’ll always have a piece of my heart you can keep 

🌙✨

I was raised by the fires of hell 
That’s how I got this sheen 
When someone’s lying I can tell
I just get this feeling 
I’m a sinner, a slayer, a saint, a saviour 
& I’ve seen enough to spot a jaguar 

I cut my teeth on broken dreams
That’s my specialty
When it all falls down
You can call on me 
I’m a giver, a taker, an instigator 
& I’ve seen enough to lay a wager 

I was born in the cold
Where the north winds blow 
By the light of the moon 
& the fall of the snow 
I got ice in my veins 
& steel in my bones
& a fire that burns out of control 

So pick your game 
& roll the dice 
I can’t promise that I’ll play nice 
But if you’d like to press your luck 
Step up to the table
Place your bets & let it roll 

♠️ 

A Sagittarius moon
Nothing but you
In the sunlight 

Like I couldn’t move
Nothing to do
But hold tight 

Summer air on the lakeshore
Like nothing else even mattered

The still breeze
Like my heart
Still frozen in time 

It’s all shades of blue
When I come across you
Stuck in my mind

Cuz I can’t forget 
That smile
& that look in your eyes 

Dusk on the water
Like nothing could handle a shine so bright 

The sunset 
Like art
Carved line by line

The start of the end
Star-crossed wires tangled too tight
Like I couldn’t win 
Like nothing would ever go right 

Like I was a fool
Chasing the clouds
Like if I didn’t run 
They’d come crashing down 

Candy-coated memories 
Of sugar-spun fever dreams
Glitter-soaked gasoline 
Slowly burning in between
Technicolor everything 

A Sagittarius moon
Nothing but you
In the sunlight 

A hole in my heart
Shaped like that look in your eyes

These streets know my name
They’re always glad I came
& they’d never lead me astray

We’re both weathered & worn
Both cracked & torn
Both just trying to find our way

These streets they know me
These streets they hold me
Whenever I need a break

I can always count on my city
At the end of the day

Together we laugh
Together we cry
Together we watch the days go by

Together we win
Together we lose
Together we smile & sing the blues

These streets are my veins
My compass, my flame
My secrets, my dreams
My joy & my pain

Wherever I go
Whatever I may
I’ll carry these streets
‘Til my dyin’ day

A gift came from the sky
Instant info & advice
Access to a new world just beginning

Endless possibilities
Connections through space & time
Instantaneous everything waiting

The people rejoiced
Finally all brought together
Little did they know
It would tear them all apart

Slowly the fractures grew
& started to spread
Now truth was an invention
Reality speculative

A market for hypocrisy
Lies became a currency
Violence a commodity
The same gift that set them free
Spread hate & fear from sea to sea

Some used it to inspire
Others to incite
Some used it to empower
Others to ignite

& the lies spread quicker than the truth
Like burning gasoline along every route

& the kings & queens of make-believe
Built soapboxes out of irony
Egos & insanity
& others followed blindly

& the gods pretended there was nothing they could do
While cashing in blood & untruths

Battle lines had now been drawn
The great equalizer was the greatest pawn

& the lies grew further from the truth
& in between the violence brewed

& still they pretend there’s nothing they can do
As profits divide me & you