For someone

The wishes for creativity remain
unfulfilled
The dark hope for answers to dreams undrempt
disregard

The sun rises on a starless morning
The moon sets on a lonely gray night
The stars hide behind veils of darkened fears
and the planets align, they align

for someone else
for someone

The wishes for exclusivity they drain
weak willed
The ashen faith for deities fair and knowing
no regard

The sun sets on a starless morning
The moon rises on a lonely gray plight
The prayers hide behind a veil of disbelief
and the families try, they try

for someone else
for someone

The wishes we wish we never wished
come true
The lingering hope that keeps us so afloat
drag down

The son rises on a starless morning
His room, a pristine sanctuary, violated
The stars positioned just out of reach
and the planets, they slowly die

for someone else
for someone

The wishes, they
The sun, the son
They

The stars, they
The moon, prayers

for someone else
someone

"Someone has to die", someone always has to die

If this was a movie
I'd be the dead guy
Wearing the red shirt
The unknown
Deceased

If this was a blockbuster
I'd be bystander #3
Unnoticed
Unseen
Dead

If this was real life
it would end the same

Disinfectant

It's time, America
To disinfect
from the inside

A piece of yesterday

Take a scrap of today
hold it close to your heart

Let it go when you must
Pull it back when needed

Move on to tomorrow
Leap forward from today

Go forth in confidence
with a piece of yesterday