God or Something Like Her
I don’t pretend to be close to God
But there are certain times when prayers rock me golden
Like yellow beats
Move me like trees swaying in the DC fall
as the branches bare themselves
I am naked
in these moments
Exposed to the most of my soul
And the breath of my skin
heavy with goose bumps and weakness.
“Is God in there?”
I ask in this seconds before sleep comes
When the harmony of voices has sped out of my universe
And I’m left wondering if that was a religious experience
or just a poor man’s version of soul
I toss in sleep
With nightmares of gravity
And the clouds hanging above my slumber
haunt me like grey ghosts.
I wake to the applause of my insides
slow like necessity
I don’t know how to keep this fresh
How to take the down tempo beats blasting
And have them bring me to a higher being
Like lost cities or childhood
I am just trying to bring me back to civilized.
To God or something like her.
Rock me with your lyrics
Dream me into infinity 1000 times over
If I wasn’t so afraid of death I would have done this by now
Sink into the reservoir of blues, greens, spirituality
Beautiful like rain pounding the humid city
I toss in sleep
With nightmares of gravity
And the clouds hanging above my slumber
haunt me like grey ghosts.
I wake to the applause of my insides
slow like necessity
I don’t know how to keep this fresh
How to take the down tempo beats blasting
And have them bring me to a higher being
Like lost cities or childhood
I am just trying to bring me back to civilized.
To God or something like her.
Rock me with your lyrics
Dream me into infinity 1000 times over
If I wasn’t so afraid of death I would have done this by now
Sink into the reservoir of blues, greens, spirituality
Beautiful like rain pounding the humid city
on an August day
Like renewal
Like understanding real and not distance
Like lifelong strangers asking if you need a hug
No bitch, I need a voice
I am mute with hallucinogens
Can you stomach that?
Your prayers can’t make my blood thicker or richer
But it can make me feel whole again
like orange peels or the West Coast
Like long drives or phone calls that end with I Love Yous
Something about this feels real
Like love, ache, breaking, body
I move with the beats, rhythm
Feel the spirit of the music in my veins, bones
I am just working on understanding the lyrics.
Like renewal
Like understanding real and not distance
Like lifelong strangers asking if you need a hug
No bitch, I need a voice
I am mute with hallucinogens
Can you stomach that?
Your prayers can’t make my blood thicker or richer
But it can make me feel whole again
like orange peels or the West Coast
Like long drives or phone calls that end with I Love Yous
Something about this feels real
Like love, ache, breaking, body
I move with the beats, rhythm
Feel the spirit of the music in my veins, bones
I am just working on understanding the lyrics.
1 comment:
Sar you're awesome....i'm sitting at my desk with goosebumps. I love you!
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