Nothing (and Nobody)'s Working

We're all in need of repair

Haven sunk into despair

Cuz nothing's working

And don't nobody care

The harder you try

The quicker you die

So why bother

The dream's just a lie

Unemployment's on the rise

Nothing and nobody's working

Each day a loss of lives

And the world keeps turning

(Turning) Into hell on earth

Where nothing and nobody works

God has been objectified

And human cruelty deified

Cuz nothing's working

Nothing's realized

Greed is the air we breathe

Hate is all we believe

"Nothing" is better

Than what we have conceived

A Love Song

This ain't a song about love

I just don't know what else to sing

This ain't no song about love

Cuz there's no love for me to sing

At night I lay my head down

There's no one there

Nobody else around

Clutchin' my pillow close

Tear-stained case

Holdin' nothing but a ghost

A pillow can't kiss

Or give affection

It can only show what you miss

Remind you that no one wants you

A pillow can't kiss but can taunt you

This ain't a song about love

Cuz there's no love for me to sing

This ain't no song about love

Only about the pain that life brings

All day long I pretend I'm alive

A grand illusion

A delusion I use to survive

But look in my eyes

There's no one there

The days are simply lies

Should I catch anyone's attention

Hope awakens

That he'll show me some affection

But the moment passes as quickly

As it comes, if not more swiftly

This ain't a song about love

Cuz I can't sing about nothing

This is a song about heartbreak

About how hard loneliness stings

This ain't no song about love

Cuz there's no love to sing

A New Life

Where have I been but laying in bed

Contemplating a means to an end

Til I came to realize there's no end to strife

And what I've needed all along is a new life

One I can bear the weight of without strain

One with just enough suffering and pain

Instead of this misery that breaks me down

This agony that has and will always abound

I need a new life, not this hellish prison

I need a new life lest I drown in crimson

What have I done but suffer for art

But art has failed to play its part

Leaving me empty and battered

My cupboards bare, clothes in tatters

I live in a world bereft of value

What's a new life when the old is still true?

When innocence dies for all the wrong reasons

And those of us who seek it must play out each season

A new life, no I need a new existence

New humanity, new gods, a whole new consciousness

4 Meditations On...

1

Ambition exceeds talent

Emotion exceeds expression

Lay the pen to rest

And let the artist die

2

If dying were more pleasant

And the outcome guaranteed

Could I tie the noose about my neck

And jump into eternity?

3

Futile, it seems, to continue on

Futile, my soul whispers within me

Futile! common sense demands I admit

Futile, it is, life's charms to resist

4

This too shall pass, so I hope...pray

Even now it feels like a lie

Only to return a new day

And with it the Wondering Why