Ode for robert Johnson

By alex herewane

Old faces in new places
youth bleeding and dying
the hangmans shadow looms large at the door
pain and longing embedded in the walls
redemption just out of reach
the prisoner and the trickster masturbate to a picture with a million eyes
  Beneath me everything is falling
I smash my face deep into the bricks and sit in front of my perplex mirror to watch the blood run down my face, give me the pain of the flesh cause my heart my heart my heart is locked somewhere inside heaven and hell and believe me both them are broken
locked away forever
walls and rules
beneath me my anger is raging
children screaming, wide eyed adults
its easy to see that we have all stepped out of our bodies
there's just power, fed, by their fear and all our hands are gripped around the throat of life
I wield the samuri sword, I'm standing in the dark side of man
I'm here again, I'm here again
The light burst into my eyes, I'm sitting on the bed covered in blood
and a voice is saying its alright robby its only a dream
beneath me I can hear the trickster laughing



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Copyright 2011 alex herewane
Published on Thursday, November 24, 2011.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • dwells On Thursday, November 24, 2011, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    Very deep and depressing worldview. Oh, Samurai if you'd care to correct. And thanks for this dark view of RJ - a friend maybe? (or somebody closer)

  • alex herewane On Thursday, November 24, 2011, alex herewane (149)By person wrote:

    Robert was one of many eighteen year old offenders that was in my care. Thanks for your comment.

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