Jay's Silly Words

We wake up, to alarm clocks shaped like hands

We sleep in, through most of the early day

We get our daily chores, pay our daily dues

Take as long or as little time, need it you may

Then sleep resumes, this time immortal

You loose your mind, and most memories of

Times that have moved you, the heart saves a few

Generously, leaves you the ones that are of love

At the end of the day, sunsets are the killers

Sunrises offer hope, creation, beauty, light

Yet, it doesn’t come close, to dying with the sun

With Love clutching your heart, close and tight

As it once kissed you hello, and again goodbye

It kisses you again, without saying a thing

Even as the world, disassembles to old, blind eyes

Love finds the perfect lullaby, and for you it will sing

I touch, but feeling isn’t the objective

All senses have become one collective

I could choose to do something else

But everything else seems too selective

Its times like these you feel you change

Your feelings consistently re-arrange

Your body always wants something else

And a step forward is too far out of range

From the moment Love left you alone

You felt a withering begin in your bones

You are turning slowly into something else

Somebody you nor I have ever known

The changes in me continue their body span

Things I knew become hard to understand

But what I notice more than anything else

Is that I’ve begun driving with my right hand

Words dont make sense

They have no reason

They just are

Just are, like seasons

They’re demons, devils

Evil, evil things

They have the worst timing

Appearing like early Springs

Waiting to screw you

For that perfect bite

When you’re asleep

So they can wrong the rights

And once you’ve said them

They hold on, tight

Because once you’ve said them

You’ve lost the fight

I wanna say something to you, but you’re not talking too loud, I want to be something too, but conversation’s not allowed, you speak from your lungs, but your heart’s dead quiet, and your mind has been hung, your head’s too scared to try it, you want it all here now, waiting isn’t an option, and I hear you clear and loud, but my heart’s not up for auction, try all you want and you can, you’re not getting closer to me, because even when you’re in my hand, I’m quietly setting you free

part 1: You

You can’t punch it when it’s being annoying

You can’t yell at it when it’s around too much

You can’t get rid of it once its in your head

You can’t hold it when you’re feeling alone

You can’t taste it coming out of your mouth

You can’t see it when it’s staring you in the face

You can’t wipe your tears with it when it makes you cry

You can’t kiss it when you love it

You can’t turn it off, even when you want to

part 2: the music

It can punch you in the face when it needs to

It can scream in your ears as loud as it wants

It can take vacancy in your head at any time

It can hold you in its arms when you feel alone

It can taste your smile on its way out

It can see you at any point that it’s around

It can create and command the tears behind your eyes

It can kiss you good night and tell you “I love you”

It can turn you on whether you like it or not

No matter how powerful you may ever believe you are, you still come second to the simplest of melodies