Ownership

Flash of anger Fierce and relentless Gushing forth No rhyme No containing Useless to fight the urge Can’t hold it back Not even a warning Simply lash out Full-throttle No going back Spit it all out Get the blackness up Leech out the poison Hard to resist So much temptation Regret it all later Or even never The loss of control Impossible to predict Time collapses Swirling vortex

Breaths panting
Heartbeat racing
The most you’ll ever feel alive
Is when you can’t see
Blind by the haze
Gift and curse in one blow
Learn temperance
But never let go
Of yourself
The anger grows with you
Part of you
Never to relinquish its grasp
Parasitic and dependent
In that way
You’re the master
So own it always

Circular

Branch out From what you know Reach for the ceiling

Punch the glass Watch it fall Shatter into a thousand Pieces, shards of lost souls

Only way to climb higher
Make yourself something new
Shiny in the light of hope

Forever lasting Until the new ceiling Forms into existence Time to break again

Always cracking One thing and beginning one anew Eternity doesn’t mean Immortality

Best to start another cycle Make a new way Teach another option

Best to feel unbalanced Stumble up the next step Than feel numb to your core Just more and more

Deeper than before What’s the harm in hoping Give in to the journey

Have an accident a day Forget the urge to hide Stand proud and tall

Moments to Pursue

The breeze is an adventure Every new scent curious

To explore and play and hunt Forever on the trail of what's next

Hop onto the mystery Time to watch for the right moment

Ready for the next strike Have to make it this time

Go in for the ultimate kill Make sure today is a victory

Defeat is only ever temporary Fighting for the rush and joy

No meaning except the trivial Yet still so very important

That’s the reason for trying For the sport and the glory

No need to make it personal Just love the quest for itself

Make the most out of life Really capture all the moments

Worth having, no regrets Living for the right reasons

Learn the Steps

Carved and sculpted Into the perfect shape Freedom to grow Wanting to know The truth and the search How to travel the path Make yourself worthy

Sometimes the method Hurts and confuses Poisons and decays New ways will emerge Over and over Paths open and close Which way do I go

So many times to fail So many times to succeed Dreading the fall Anticipating the rise Cut the strings and dance To the tune inside of you Let yourself learn the steps

Perennial

Creep through the vault
Find the treasure within
Careful now to stay the path
Don’t bother with the map

No rules apply anymore
No magic at my core
Just strength and hope
Twist my soul into more

Let’s have some adventures
Live in Wonderland today
Answer all the questions
Careful not to trip or stumble

The quest is insurmountable
Supposed to be impossible
Let’s prove them wrong
Refuse to give up the toll

Pull the heavy load behind
Move one step at a time
Eventually, the end will come
Stop and rest and celebrate

Onward, to the rewards
Towards that great victory
Can almost taste the freedom
Glory sitting on my tongue

The Riddle

On the cusp
On the edge
Falling over and losing my head
No way to stop, no chance to fly

Nothing to do but fall
Close my eyes and listen
Cries and shrieks and moans
Scratches all up my arms

Telling me there’s nothing to do
No way forwards but dying
So desperate, so filthy
Marks all over my soul

What is pain, what is fear
Clinging to my skin
Change my feelings again
Got to get over all of this

Dive deep, but what a roll
Hanging and choking so slow
It’s time for the fight, no turning back
Put up my fists and surge

Am I feeling anything anymore
There’s a trick to this, but I don’t know
How to let go and survive the fall
Pitfalls everywhere in the quicksand

On the cusp
On the edge
Falling over and losing my head
No way to stop, no chance to fly

High over myself, learning to grow
Maybe one day it’ll all make sense
Shadows of the past are a sickness
What is the cure to my own weakness

Burn and Salt (maybe not that far)

Hours creeping by and here we are
Trying to salvage the start of us
Yet we don’t know how to talk
Our interests no longer lie together

Did they ever?
These are the questions we
Ask ourselves now
Could we have ever worked out?

Suppose that there’s no point
Nothing’s going to change this
When we don’t even want to try
There’s nothing left to fight for

Still, sometimes it’s fun
Remembering our early days
Fitting ourselves side by side
Making way in our hearts for us

So, what did we used to feel?
Something is missing from us
Cut away everything else
And there’s really nothing left

Don't even have the time to feel sad
When we’re tossing out everything
Our trash litters the street now
Let's just set it all on fire

Pick apart whose fault it was
(Everyone’s, no one’s
Mine, yours, ours)
Until we uproot it all

Let something new grow
From the ashes left behind
Little did we know at the start
Things would turn out this way