What You Still Do

I gave the pieces of my heart away
That broke when they hit the hard ground today,
Deep in a warped drawer I hope to forget
Are emotions I felt that just don’t fit.
I burned the mem’ries in love’s fake flame
I rid myself of you but feel the same.

Chorus:
Every minute changes us
Every moment alters us
I peel myself down to nothing
Thinking I’ll finally be me
But all my reflections see
Are Apparitions of you
I wish you knew what you still do

I was the monarch of my life
Sat in you in the highest chair of honor
Then you pulled out your betraying knife
Like Brutus stabbed my back in honor
Of the country your mind resides in
I’ve confronted my friend Dante

And you’ll be paying for your sin.

Chorus

Break:
To hold your favor--a selfish notion
That gave rise to inflated hollow dreams.
You never condoned feeling emotion,
But you didn’t unstitch the soul-made seams

So please admit that
Every minute changed us
Every minute altered us
I’ve peeled myself down to nothing
Praying I’d finally be me
But all my broken heart will ever see
Are apparitions of you
I wish you knew
I think you know
You’ve always known
What you still do
~DaLe 04.09.08

The Nature of Shadow

A meaningless corner
Adjacent to scarlet brick
The lone companion of long
Stretching winter shadows
Neither cohort befriends
The dormant frosty sun.
They single out a meaningless
Plant longing for light
Detesting the intangible iceberg
Green has faded to black
Hopelessly stagnant inside
Shadows

A Budding young man called Jon
Planted next to third world hesitation
Mocked by confusing shadows
Unable to melt the frost off
His dormant rays of intellect
He must only walk
Abandon dim paralysis
He is young, green
And rooted in
Shadows
~DaLe 04.09.08