Then and now I feel the burst of the dam
and the flood of a dampening fear
placing my life in a boarded up shelter
and wearing a cross for the sake of my prayers.
I intentionally remove all the light in the tunnel
by sweeping out all phases of the blunting intrusions
and blindly I fade into a fallout of daydreams
and close out the album, and ponder my worth.
Quite passionately, I could bring you a picture of this emotion
but the stirrings of paint seem unworthy for blend
so I gaze into the heart of the mind's eye of memory
pretending you still seek an artist.
By design, you have found me alone ultra stricken with innocence
for this is the best I can trace, trace it back,
and sometimes escape is a matter of granting the edge
like a beautiful stage for the hiding.