The brochures are piled up,

So high the tower begins to sway

So much to choose from

So much to see

How can I decide?

My visit here may be limited

My schedule not as open as I please

This trip is work related

But some of the time will just be for me

Should I go to Rome?

See the acropolis?

The pyramids at Giza?

Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon

Niagara Falls or Belize?

Will I have time to visit more?

Between Crop circles and probing

Surely I can see at least three.

Give me strength Lord, this I pray

Give me strength to make it through the day

I have doubts Lord, yes I do

I have doubts I’ll make it through

Give me strength Lord, this I pray

I’m not sure I’ll last the day

I’ve gone so far, Lord, so far away

I need my strength Lord, to make my way

Give me strength Lord, this I pray

I need strength Lord, to make it through the day.

Give me strength Lord, this I pray

There is a deep black void inside of me
All I want is to escape and be free
Like tar it clings and pulls me down
Drawing me deep to make me drown
The black is alive and spreading from my core
Up my arms consuming ever more
Like a poison in my veins
It sucks away life to leave it’s stain
The fight is going out of me
Making me want to just drift in this dark sea
Let the ink come over my head
Never wake again because I am dead

Rise again from an unmarked grave

Rising up through dirt and root

Leaf and grass

Rising up to face the night

To face the moon as she rides high

Lift my face to the moon

Scent the night

Scent the wind

My evening meal is not at hand

But I can smell her near me

Her scent is ripe and warm

With the rush of life

throbbing through her veins

Like each night before

I move away from my resting place

Moving through shadow and shade

One with the night

Ruler of the dark

I seek her out

Press my teeth

Through her flesh

Find the nectar that

Is her life

I break my fast tonight

As I have done

Countless nights before

One side faces the sun

Embraces the light

Shows the world all it is

But where the light hits

Shadows form

Creep out, reach out

Tinging the light with dark

Slithering in to corrupt the perfect gold

He shows the world the light

Ignores the darkness there

That walks just one step behind

Waiting to embrace him

Pull him back to hide

Pull him down and show the world

He is dark and wretched inside