Colin

"I gave all I had to you The things that made me smile The things I loved about myself My most treasured possessions and memories You held them close I felt safe I felt warm I did not feel alone The..."

"Diluted ideals argue against the logical conclusion drawn by the use of the individual senses making truth the lie and the lie ever lasting recording the silence and hiding the noise beating the air p..."

"I spoke in dead languages to dead godsSearching for truthSearching for a light to guide me into the hallow halls of my ancestorsI found my mother divine goddess and mother to all lifeI found my father..."

"Deserts in lush jungles pervade into spaces where angels cry tears of pearls and string them into necklaces that rich housewives buy oblivious to the sorrow of their birth and the sun catches the jump..."

"Cigar smoke comforting and thick dreams and lost inhibitions hang thick in  the air but we are not going anywhere Alcohol flowing through veins hungry for pleasure starving for affection Anger Remorse..."

"Sleep fails to find me the voices have grown quiet Stillness surrounds me in shroud-like solitude I find myself further away night bleeds into day and simple awareness becomes my torture the spiders c..."

"I look down at my black boots I wonder how far they would take me Would they last from coast to coast Would they break before I do I look at my hands Are they too small To hold you right To move..."

"I saw you standing in the shadows I saw you in the corner of my eye Blurred movement and a distinct smile I felt the music roll over me Guitar rifts and bass lines Pounding like a beating heart I knew..."

"The Ground Trembles I try to hold your hand Please don't fall away I need you I want you I have traveled the world and time In you I have found what I sought Don't hide your eyes Don't hide yo..."

"Maddness consumes Rage blooms like the rose Thorns that prick the flesh of the beast Nothing is here Just the hollow echo of broken men and slivers of broken dreams cut veins to sit with dead frinds ..."

"Rolling from the mountains Sound and Color Sunlight looks strange at night God told me he was sorry But I was disappointed and relived He had no shoes Hadn't since Nam His offering plate a sweat stain..."

"My mother was a whore Selling her body for cocaine I hate her she makes me sick I love her and think of her often My father was a drunk Forgot we were alive and it is better that way I can't stand h..."

"Looking at old photographs Places faded in memory Have I been consumed by the hate inside me I want to do the right thing But I am confused I have been beaten and hurt I try to have a gentle hand but..."