Hour-glass

As the piano plays

I say... I play

With my soul—emotions so raw

I crawl, as I saw... a saw, cutting through the gaps of bleu

The sky—screaming

I reply: why?

Everyone doesn’t see

But me

But we—look at each other

As the sunny weather fades

I lay on grass, I wave

As moments pass, as future becomes past

I break glass—an hourglass

Stop time to go faster

Throw a dime to a lonely mister

Check if there are more bullets in the holster

I check on my sister

I feel like I got wisdom

I wanna cry with 'em

I got letters—I sent 'em

To a person that’s cursing himself

With half of a soul

He becomes cold

Saying things bold

But I understand the demand

It’s a plea

A stand

To see... the he

The me

The least of we

As we watch him die

In a chair

Watch him cry

Right there

A fight with himself

He will never win—never lose

Keep a chin too loose

Eyes pierced his heart

Becoming pale in every part

Walking up the stairs—to the judge

Nobody cares

As there is no court

I poured a story as it unfolds

The time resumes

As I pause

In my place

Knowing I’ll die...

Too poor for a lawyer

Too poor to buy a last flower

For myself

For my last... pathetic... hour

I cower, I tower, over clouds, with mouths

I vow, I laugh, I tie the rope

I cope, with a drink, water from the sink, and ink

As the chair is set, I pair the hits, the scars, with a lit picture

I sit, and think, and think, and bring the rope to my neck

But I don’t fall, I cut the wall with breath

As I discover the time, the times I smiled, I cried

I buy, I bought the sky, the sparks, the lives I saved

With my letters, I wave from the window

As I see my reflection, I feel loved

I cut the rope, I kick the chair

Where I was gonna end the once pathetic, precious life

And with it, waste the cautious time

To write a song, to bite a more sweet meal

Than the one I ate, the last time I passed by my mother

So why would I waste the lies, waste the lives

To the sky, as I smile, so smile, soldier

I got ya, I’ll write for ya, sing for ya, toy with ya

Laugh with ya, cry with ya, sigh with ya

Just know I’m with ya