Unremarkable Diary

Everything that drowns the silence

Sleeps inside of me

All the moments people dream of

Creep inside of me

Put my head to the radio and speak

Louder than the voices in my head

Tumbling down cracks in the name of

A visage only I see

Who sees? Is it me?

Wonders of aging time and tearless goodbyes and angst we pretend to harbor unnecessarily

Was it just a jaded teenage dream?

Greedy for the light and

Grieving shadows through unknown tomorrows but there lies

Truth

Such truth in the eyes that look beyond what I believe to be

My version of reality

My adaptation of peace

And I wonder, oh I wonder!

Dangerous thoughts are those that aim to please the

Citizens of a granite city

And the cuts in their jackets and ties in their blouses

Crease every page of an unremarkable diary

And I taste a little bittersweet,

a little redder than most but catheters scream and lions flee and

Poetry lies by the wayside, wondering, "Who are these things?"

Only by the midnight do my thoughts run free and am I caught in a leash

Burn what things may fall please and I

Yes, I

Will renew peace.