Stir the Soul

tears and kisses on the same cheeks / the soul like the land / breathtaking but uncaring whether the body lives or dies / do not love the dead / we have left and will not be back / unpacked all our baggage and left it where it stands / like all of life’s promises that were never meant to be kept / the past will not last here / but only stains memories / there will be no shoes left at the door / the tears will not last / all tears run down the same cheeks / tears of pain / tears of sadness / tears of pleasure / tears of joy / drip and mingle into lifes salient emotional pool / where memories purpose rusts / do not argue with the dead / we are already dust . Azab

Broken Dreamers

Does anyone deserve to love themselves more than they are loved ? / I may welcome you / history may not / ease that haunting harassing indecision / untether the struggle / silent training screaming / who is the worlds greatest whore? / if everyone loved everyone would we all be Christ? / or new men singing old blues / a minute passes then strikes again / broken dreamers beg for more abuse / the barracudas mutant hunt scanning / the philanthropists cold steel hole / lacking the honour to be stuck in the wolfs easy stride . Azab

Almost Free

and we dance , we dance / towards a never coming tomorrow / come play in my sugared raptness / Ah! Imagination / the souls curious stroll / almost free / unstuck from lifes awkward gait / footprints in the snow / easily followed to the feeding of my gorrilla / leave greed and it’s bastard offspring poverty behind / slap reality hard and playfull / almost free / let me feel the textures of your dreams / taste your shivers / wander deliciously / keep me almost free ! / on my knees worshiping at the alter of your sweet delta / stillness shakes between where there is no space / on truth’s naked unabashed stare / and we dance , we dance / tiptoeing on long journeys hesitations / almost free / and return to where ghosts show themselves / dressed in all their old fashioned finery / can they not shop somewhere else / are they held? / in prisons of circumstance / almost free / and we dance , we dance / out of reach / of the selfish la de da’s indoctrinations / will the wink and nod corruption that you so adore / set you almost free / and leave the seat down and freshly polished as I do. Azab

God Lives Not

God lives not in man / He/she exists in spite of him / souls cry when the spade cuts the ground / devils smile at the pills salty taste / wanton charlatons with unsteady aim / peering through rifle scopes selfish sights / life’s storms rage / only able to blur unobscured indescretions / succulent fools live in mannered shadows / jewelled mortality stings / slowing to a silent crawl / screaming standard phrases / mistaking loudness for meaning / do not cry needlessly / I will stand the fall. Azab

Immigrants Sons and Daughters

Immigrants Sons and Daughters / pasted between two worlds / slapped into life during histories upheavels / we sing our anthems proudly / learning more along the way / power in history / power in culture / we steep in our ancestors honour / mourn humanities unadvertised atrocities / ancestors never known / bones in nameless graves / backs bloodied beneath the staves / where police and politicians became criminals / learn to be hard on ourselves / the truth hides and strays / mans corrupting ghosts haunt paternal witnessed horrors / anytime now / silently wishing / hoping / humanities comfort contains its’ slashing greedy discharge / they walk across the water / taste freedoms intoxicating burdens release / memories of mans brutal capabilities ooze out in nightly sweats / praying their sons and daughters remain ignorant / unexposed to humanities terrors / and will soar on freedoms fair trade winds / is there monetary profit in honest toil ? / or just resulting meditation / exhaustions planned bliss comforts and corrupts / passes reality by / afraid of stirring up mans incouragable side / the psyches seeds sprout fruit / some ripen sweet some rot / in truths unobstructed stare all possibilities must be considered / immigrants sons and daughteres / pasted between two worlds / histories record continues to skip / stuck at freedoms reluctant departure / police and politicians again become criminals / where will freedom now be able to touch down and rest its’ weary wings. Azab

Seasons Creak

I heard the seasons creak / when lifes lessons sat you down / you ran to strangers / your excited controlled suicide caught in your sigh / bleeding darkly running softly / salty puddles on the floor / trying not to wake muffled crusaders performing drifting soliliquies / worlds apart gliding in unison / lifes light burns brightly here / waveing only to observe hypocracies / I heard this months sad songs / where salesmen go for inspiration / your breath stayed wet on my neck / searching for prizes amongst the damaged samples / I listened to todays love songs / stayed long enough to avoid a fight / you have to hold on tightly to loose women / hey where does this puzzle go to anyway / to the wet kisses on your thigh / see love treading water / it may drown but never dies / life burns brightly here. Azab

EMPTY ROOMS

Where do you go when every room is empty / and every space seems full / the far side where there are no living / why is there so much chatter here / where everyone is undressed / complications slide into obscurity / grab your crotch and make you scream / inbetween desperation and pleasure / take it down and show yourself / in a satirists pen moulding the papers journey / c’mon lets gain some momentum here / and do not fear that fear has lost it’s sting . Azab

HEAVEN AND HELL

heaven and hell root around in the damdest places / antagonistic lovers / entangled within each other / spinning irresistible yarns /implied revelations wander colourfuly in their indescresions / waking into memories stray kisses / stealing times heady promises / are they looking for lifes accolades and acceptance ? / or hiding in humiliations absorbing gait. Azab

ALONE

remembering is the hardest part / sometimes I run / swearing I’ll never look back / the heart opens up when the blinders come off / if you ever feel the boundries / we better hold together / sing a bit louder / we better hold each other tighter / one is not enough /cry /try /stand up / when you ask to much I give you more than you need / less than I got / alone we got history /alone is the young boy waiting for his mother that will never return / alone is the old man remembering friends long passed away / alone is the joy of one at peace with themselves Azab

PRISON TATOOS

I met S… last night / emptied the sand from her shoes / prison tattoos on her thighs / lost in her folds / closely facing , effacing myself / her shadow rested on my face / I can only hear her sigh but I can feel her moan / as a somnambulist I slip into her dreams / do women still love to be loved ? Azab

FEARLESS

How much pain do we endure before we become fearless / Fearless in our hopes / Fearless in our dreams / Fearless of the future / Proud of our history /Unburdened by our needs. Azab

PATIENCE

I used up all my patience / discarded on the long solitary walk / long cold driveways do not lead me to a warm hearth / I do not touch the railway tracks that run through the hard side of town / they do run through my heart though / I can afford to dress poorly there / basking in the freedom of anonymity / darling ,the piper never pays his debts / or apologises for his indiscretions / but continues ,enduring / feasting on haggard souls / can I warm your orphaned soul / I will use my time for you before I continue on. Azab

RADIANCE

I KISS HER AS SHE RUNS FROM ONE LOVER TO ANOTHER /SHE CAN DO NO WRONG / IN THIS STATE SHE IS IMMACULATE / SHE SETS HER PASSION FREE /SHARES HER SPIRIT / LETTING HER LOVERS SHINE IN HER RADIANCE . Azab

THE EXECUTIONERS WALL

The executioners wall / waiting for old friends that will never arrive / digging deeper trying to fill in the hole /finding old ghosts relaxing on crumbling pedestals / souless rounders who once thought that they were cool / slink around drinking warm beer and aqua velva out of broken glasses / lazy demons that no longer have fear in their power / wet curs chasing their tails in the rain / I have sanctions that weigh 10 tons that can crush them like ashes under stone / I am not nieve / choosing to face their horrors like a man crying inside / not accepting at any cost their bribery / but you can lie to me / hide behind the excuses of your burdens / I will love you just the same / I will wait for you / by the executioners wall / waiting for old friends that never will arrive / I will continue digging. Azab