A Boy With Roses

Wych Elm

Loneliness is the longest road

Tapering off

A foreigner who becomes a friend 

In the heart of the trenches 

It appeared out of nowhere 

One day

I woke up and was blinded by a glow 

There was no dialogue 

Everything was suddenly so dull

Dammit everything is so dull

 

When I dream, I dream to vamoose 

I escape from reality

The bitter citrus, I\'m in a dreamland 

It\'s as pretty as a rose bush 

 

Time has stopped

I gulp

There\'s a frog in my throat 

I notice everything 

I\'m careful about the juicy details 

I drag on a spliff and I exhale

Then I sip on my beverage

 

Amen, amen 

I am here again

Suited, in ikebana

Seeking your attention 

Ahem, ahem

 

I swim in schmaltz in bedlam

Ten fishes filled

Gilled, I\'m quite skilled

Intently listening

I can hear a voice from Heaven

It\'s sending shivers down my spine 

I\'m shrouded in thick darkness

Scrubbing indelible stains

I align with the moon

Asking for staying power

I call on Sekhmet yet I\'m left a leper 

There\'s no two ways about it

I\'m stuck in a cycle

I don\'t know what the fuck to think 

It\'s now or never.