From the shadow on the water,
I see nothing, I feel nothing, I am
blinded by a false sense of shelter.
The hail parades for nothing.
I hail nothing.
The seedlings died before I tamped the soil,
before I knew the roots of the future.
And halos crash down from angels.
May lunar halos light
at least the night.
From the storm
you drag me, sodden, pale, with words
for nothing. I am a trestle
braced against the dead weight
of conversation: though I'm tired,
I listen.
credits
from Portrait of a Demolition,
released December 12, 2011
Written, performed and recorded by Shane Murphy.
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