Check Mates

What bore this game we play!
You move, I move,
You stay, I stay;
And thus we always pass the day.

Together now we bolt about,
Diagonal, straight,
Or side to side;
The world before us Black and White.

I look at you,
You look at me,
And neither one does truly see,
What bore this game we play.

'Check you say?'
'Not mate' say I.
And someday soon we both shall sigh.
Until that happy faithful day…
Let’s watch the Queen,
Take down the Rook!
Behold, the Pawn
Undo the Queen!
-Life is slow but not serene-
The Bishop falls before the Knight
The night must end, and all alight.

We are two Kings,
Yes you and I,
We're face to face…
And eye to eye!
We chase each other,
Round and round
We're Black and White,
And wearing crowns.

But the game is done.
-And was it fun?-
I clear my throat
And brush my coat.
(We stare at all the pieces strewn
The morning sky still holds the moon!
Captive he and captive we!
The ghost of tedium hangs between.)

You say 'It's time.'
You say 'Good-bye.'
"But what these rules we play life by!?!
Who bore this game?
Was it You? or I?!"
You say 'It's Time.'

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Imagine, if we could, communicate!
In one big burst of brain all thought transfer.
Would it be pain or pleasure, or a sin?
Would we then save ourselves for special ones?
In hopes that we connect and let them in,
But to be disappointed and found out,
Oufigured and entirely understood;
All mystery relinquished, all prayers revealed!
Would people who knew hearts be kind enough
To act as if they know not how we feel?
If so, it'd all be just the same as now:
Already we know what we want and how.
Imagine, what if there were more to us
Than 'polite meaningless words', and a 'terrible beauty.'

Of God and Man or Little Black Heart

He plays me like a yo-yo;
My soul a string unravelled.
Until He calls me back again,
I don't know why I travelled.

he plays me like a yo-yo,
Always has from the start:
he lets me go, I hit the floor,
I hate his fucking heart.

The Water-Bearer's Song

Are you thirsty?
I have in me calm rivers you may drink out of;
I’ve ocean ponds and running waters standing still
On plains and raining downhill all just as I will.

Are you thirsty?
I shall flood your house down and cast it out so far!
Waves will wash and leave no sign, no sin, no crime!
And in the waterlogged mud, there, waves of wrath,
Landslides will be weaned from rest for new conquests!

And I breathe satiety on your lips when you’re asleep,
And when you part them I shall kiss,
And rains will come by hard and soft,
And you will wonder have I drowned?
Or am I thirsty?

Warm and dark my ocean blue,
The sky above azure and true;
The pond is frozen hard and light,
And all around the world is white;
The rains will come by hard and soft,
And you will wonder…
Enough! More!

Behind the mountains lost in time the golden sun…
Vaporous clouds hang above a pleasant mist.
And grey and cool the lake, whose surface winter kissed,
And chuckling like a child, a stream is flowing down,
At once am I reminded of an evening-gown.

There was a time when you and I, us two, were one
In thinking have we drowned or is it just a thirst?
Will I ever be satisfied?
The question, with your touch, is soon revived.

Encore (song)

You’re playing so well,
So well, you’re playing so well.
By all the rules and all the codes;
By all the roads that you could roam
And linger on, you’re moving on.

But You’re playing chords.
They’re cheating gods;
Their killer licks and sneaky tricks;
Their solo’s got you in a fix.
You’re gone! You’re gone.

But you were playing so well?
So well, you were playing so well.
You must have always known,
Sitting there in the dark,
With the strings of my heart,
That you played so well,
With your simple chords.