Brighter Days - Parts & Labor

i went away to see some friends that i had made

back in brighter days

they had not aged they just found a very cozy cage

and that was where they stayed

the sunlight barely carved its way into the room

the windows painted on the walls

and i found no answers

no cures no cancers

no path no brighter way

uninvited guests in our heads best arrested

questioning our time

entertained to death

at best a peaceful unrest

sleep with open eyes

i’ll swim in hell and i will get to know it well

and all the birds will sing their song inside my cell

to a couch-bound scarecrow with a desk-bound stare so dense

blow out the candles now

and when I stop to look

there’s no more need for thoughts or books

just a mouth and eyes

the dead connections fed the buzz and crackle in my head

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