Black Water Baptism

By Sean Mc Shane

I seem to walk this Earth, for no real reason
my destiny never forged, to bring high treason

I walk and I wander, wondering who I can thank
you'll know me when you see me, I am Blank

Wearing the color of my heart, to cover my soul
trying to find something, in this endless hole

when the storms roll in, and all seems so lost
where's the power of money ? can it pay this cost ?

No hope can be found in here,  hail the graveyard king !!
bless all the free souls around, listen to them sing

I can wander on with the dead, they expect very little
the bonds of a beautiful life, are now too brittle

dreams have become reversed-vision, asleep or awake
whether alive or not, the darkness will take

while hiding on the run, this time it won't work
another black water baptism, bow down in the murk

come up with a new outlook, much darker than before
I'm a bastard's bastard,  our mother was a whore

I'm looking for that cliffside, freefall into the dream
then once and for all, they will know what I mean . . .


























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Copyright 2012 Sean Mc Shane
Published on Monday, March 19, 2012.     Filed under: "Poetry"

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  • dwells On Monday, March 19, 2012, dwells (4177)By person wrote:

    Strong and almost strident self-appraisal, much enjoyed the twists and turns, hope you feel better, cheers!

  • Sean Mc Shane On Monday, March 19, 2012, Sean Mc Shane (606)By person wrote:

    Thanks, d. But if I didn't feel this way, then I'd know something's wrong. j/k. This is an older work from a more turbulent time. But I do apprechiate the concern and all. Thanks, again. later -

  • Devilish On Monday, March 19, 2012, Devilish (2633)By person wrote:

    These archives seem more like a book you've been writing for years.. So healing it is.. Scholar

  • Sean Mc Shane On Monday, March 19, 2012, Sean Mc Shane (606)By person wrote:

    Thanks Dev, but my archives are actually about 10 large boxes filled with notebooks, going back to about '88. I turn to them when the 'block' shows up. til next time -

  • A former member wrote: Very good. I enjoyed. Great story.

  • Sean Mc Shane On Monday, March 19, 2012, Sean Mc Shane (606)By person wrote:

    Thanks MP, nice comps. later -


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