Coast

Coast Restoration of childhood Innocence was once not lost No do and have and should Just lying on a coast

Fairy Then everything was fine And that was very scary For if nothing was wrong Then why was there a fairy?

Brainstorming for a wish Shooting yellow canary Nothing I want to change Here, everything is merry

A white pillow Being produced A green willow Numbers reduced

If you feel a violent wind Or a sudden shoulder tap That is me, your trusted friend That is me, now finger snap

Why would you care what I think? Why would you be on the brink Of falling downwards, no, don’t blink Down and down and down and clink

Only the vessel Now remains Only a missile Now contains Something resembling Membranes

You need somebody in your corner Don’t ask too many questions You’re looking for a stranger Say yes to my suggestions

I know you want me to be, but I’m not.

You defy their expectations By aiming below the line

Mental asylum escapee Running around the world, so free How about you sit this one out? Just stay a while before you flee

Elusive. Always out of reach. Almost. Never can impeach. Schools, they very seldom teach. Go on then. Read, right on that beach.

Here comes the perpetual yawn to swallow us all whole

Quick before they call it mania Let me guide you out the storm Someone’s stranded in Tanzania And your bed is soft and warm

This is a day I would rather not be having This is a way I would rather not be going This is a.. HEY HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING

You would then find a hundred ways to say it before you utter it. That was your punishment.

Drown out extracurricular noise

Dive into the deepest darkest pit of hell Come back and tell me what you find Is there anything good? And do you think they would? Do anything good? In this hood Is there anything good? In this neighborhood This silly neighborhood No no no good All bad no good Even time stood Still

Let’s add more wood Claim victimhood No motive could Be understood Here is this hood Is there anything good? In this neighborhood This silly neighborhood

Can you feel that ennui? Frozen in the air Bits of despair They can stare I don’t care I will bear Every glare That they share Under stairs Are you free? Can you be? We have a new announcement A New Day IS COMING Tomorrow Tell your friends Share with your family

Oh sorry did I breathe too much air? Are we running out of it?

Dead eyes Small dog Unties Unclog What size? Enter log Small surprise Big jog

Anyone else couldn’t have handled this current Any other spine would have been fried up and burnt Don’t you think it’s so sublime? Captivating, innocent Nobody else could suffice, my arrival’s imminent

I wish to never speak to you again Just like this earth cut off the rain

The Route I need assistance from a brute To move this apple from the root The red and epileptic fruit How many times? I can’t compute If you don’t stop, then I will mute And with a gun, well I would shoot This is my seat, why don’t you scoot? Answer the call, who’s that? Lawsuit I would look good in a jumpsuit But until then, I’m on the route

In a cubicle, in a workplace Excavating for a rhyme Sat a woman, in an armchair Looking up to read the time

Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine Life is lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine

With her elbows, on the table And her fingers intertwined She was bored and very nervous Otherwise though, feeling fine

Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine Life is lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine

How I miss her, every morning When she punches in at nine But she comes back in the evening That’s the time when she is mine

Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine Life is lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Then the next day, she would leave me That’s what happens every time But she brings me pretty flowers When she comes back, so it’s fine

Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine Life is lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Throw me a rope Gigantic sea monster I’m searching for hope To help me go on What is the scope Of this ocean, mariner? How do you cope? How to float on?

As below So above Very low High above Indigo White dove Stay slow Don’t shove Now below Then above

I’m sending a letter just before I dive I’m throwing a bottle, the bottom of sea I wrote all my thoughts in an empty flash drive And before I left it there I couldn’t see The way to the mountain, the end of the drive The monsters had gotten there to the entry The cave was enormous and there was a hive The honeybee queen there was waiting for me I asked her for answers on how to survive And how to make honey that’s not bittersweet She told me: “my honey, you’re going to thrive.” Or so I told myself that just so I could sleep I’m sending a letter just before I drive The answer will reach me on leaves from a tree

Send me back there for a child I can do it now I’m older Send me back out in the wild For a kitten lost to order Send me for them I can find Way to shelter when it’s colder But they’re small and very tired I couldn’t give them a shoulder Then the fever would be mild And the work will be in folder And the girls would be inspired To be stronger, to be bolder I apologized and smiled And I know that I can hold her She’s a sister, mom and child That’s way and that’s the order

You’re rewriting history as you walk by The steps and the slides that once betrayed you You wonder why nobody wanted to try When it looks so obvious now, then no one knew Why do you cry looking up to the sky? Who are you looking for? Lights are askew Yes they are cowards, no one bats an eye When it’s so easy to pretend it’s not true Why did you leave me there? I was so shy No one daring to tell me what to do Don’t come here looking so mighty and high You can’t survive in one room with my crew

Scary clowns outside the window Lurking out there in the shadows They will leave you feeling hollow Fears and tears and starry sorrows Nobody will come for you now No one’s faster than the sparrows No one wants to play protector Trade the safe for bows and arrows

I entered text and then I hit send Somebody out there must sure understand I write these letters, for a strange friend Somebody out there with a golden hand Somebody, I cannot keep and depend With these emotions, with this quicksand With all the worm dunes, they often tend To overstudy, to overextend Do not do neither, do not pretend Knowing the answer, guarding the end Let it pass through, my trusted friend Let it go on long after I hit send

Can the sweet slumber now hurry and come? I’m very tired, I’m very confused Let them collect you, turn you to a lump Let them collect you, stop with a fuse Let the end keep going after the hump Let there be purpose and let there be use Let my hand go, don’t turn it to a stump I’m a mere mortal, I’m barely the muse

Five little monkeys, one without a friend He fell off and bumped his head Mama called the doctor and the doctor said “No more monkeys charging to the end!”

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