I measure my daysin time signaturescount sobrietyin whole rests where the damper pedal is godand Iits humble servant my foot pressed into mercybeggin every fractured chordpleasehold ondon’t leave me til I remember how to breathe one barfour barssixteenthirty twosixty four til the urgeslips from fortissimo to mezzo pianoto pianissimoa ghost notehauntin the shadowsof the bass […]

before there were namesto carve upon graveswhen the sun was dragged across the heavens and the moon owed nothin to the tidesrivers wanderedstars gatheredwhere they pleasedgods still walked among creationand death walked among the gods there came a warthat split the skyand one by onethe gods grew stilltheir bodies stretched across the earthribs cradled the night crowns were buriedbeneath mountainsempty […]

hey dadhappy father’s day hope hell’s treatin you miserably got some good newsand some bad news good news you were harderto get rid ofthan I thought bad news well…you are harderto get rid ofthan I thought against my better judgmenti keep findin my wayback to the piano turns outa coffin doesn’t haveto be buried there’s […]

i stood at the edgeof a cliffor a dreamor maybe it was justa place to fallmy mind builtfor itself wind pulled at my clothesmoonlight bled across broken stonewhere the ravine split the earthclean to the boneand darkness gathered between its wallsswallowin the stars I could feel him pacinlong strides in my mindfeet wearin a path thru my thoughtsfingers draggin across […]

suck it up crybaby let the ghosts hammer allegrosagainst your ribs all nightlet them braid broken stringsinto a hangman’s ropewhile you mark the tempoand keep perfect time quit pressin your earagainst the floorboardslistenin for catastrophewastin your lifeso afraid you’ll miss itwhen it says your name look at you standin at attentionfor the midnight kingstill hopin […]