Brainbits of Berchris

and i felt the lord

press down his hand

settled me down

quickened my shame

and i knew the truth

it was inside my bones

it was all in my head

 so take me along

where ever you go

and I need this now

more than i’ve before

can you promise me this

that it’ll be painless and brief

cause I need to belong

to someone other than me

and i held my tongue

inside of my cheek

muttering words

i saved for you and me

and the lord kept me clean

like a sheep on the run

by the crook of his staff

and the love for his word

so the end is like this

a creeping disease

growing inside

insidiously

and i held my line

while you held my hand

and I stumbling tired

back to my bed

and I dreamed of you

but you had no face

nameless indeed with

love on your hands

but what is a dream

but mind’s selfish plan

if sleep ever helped

i wouldn’t be a tired man

and i knew it was the end before i said a word

it was like a fire had spread and i watched it burn

surreal it seemed but i knew it was true

that the flame had spread to me and you

i did my best to dance in time

the tempo guiding my steps along a fine wire

and what it seems not often is true

the dance we were in was not started by you

and now i find myself in a different place

peaceful in fact despite the change of pace

a hand reached down to quench my desires

vibrating my heart like a telephone wire

funny how the change of things

often transports ugly into beautiful scenery

but the death of day is only the start

look to the east and watch the beginning of a new heart

I looked and saw

a bird hanging by her caws

I stretched my hands

and tried to grasp and comprehend 

So soon it seems

that visions enrapture all of me

a face so clean

shining iridescently obscene 

A path so bright

cautioned by my fears of light

So close your eyes 

grip tightly on what belongs to time 

And now the dream

has replaced all of what you think

so hold fast my child

and love love and all her wiles