
A collection of everything and nothing


I. Lost
Partly assembled
We think we can help each other
But we can’t help our selves
We’re all here stumbling around
Bullied by ourselves
We go circling around
Sifting through hell
Trying to find you
But everything we touch
Turns us into everything
Born into hell
We are lost
II. Grip
I sought to find myself
I found her
She must have knew
She told me it was complicated
So I found myself
I grabbed my hand
Then she grabbed me
I told her it was complicated
Again she pulled me
I lost my grip
I lost myself
Slowly
She let me go
Quickly
I tried to grab her
I lost my grip
Then I lost her.
III. The Treasure
I found the treasure
Inside of you
You found the forest
Inside of me
A lovely treasure
A barren forest
Hell within heaven
Heaven within hell
IV. The Big Head Lady
Through my journey in the world
I've met many people--interesting
--though none have yet to make me stop and think
like the woman with the large forehead
Be they lovely,
be they smart,
or be they well adorned,
they do not pique my interest as the lady with the big head
Her smile,
her gaze,
her funny voice
...her odd manner of speech
that lovely inquisitive disposition she has
is a marvel to me
Though she speaks, and talks and talks,
hardly does she reveals a thing,
and like the moon, she cools my mind
and remains a mystery to me.
IV. Diane II
I can’t see you, but I’ve known you
Those eyes of pearls, that lovely smile—won’t come again to greet me
I can’t hold you, but I want you
In my arms like a vise, your gentle warmth for my life
I can’t hear you, but I want to
Hear your sound--a cackling crow, speaking crazy things.
I wish things were different my darling
I wish things weren’t so complicated
V. Wandering
They told us to travel through hell
in hopes one day we'd find you.
We bump our heads
We break our necks
We burn ourselves instead.
VI. Flip the tree
Turn your head and flip the tree
and there inside you'll find me
Not to touch
and Not to watch
But call to power from me.
VII. Color in me
Turn your head and flip the tree
and there inside you'll find me
Not to touch
and Not to watch
But call to power from me.
VI. Flip the tree
Turn your head and flip the tree
and there inside you'll find me
Not to touch
and Not to watch
But call to power from me.
VII. Color in me
Turn your head and flip the tree
and there inside you'll find me
Not to touch
and Not to watch
But call to power from me.
VIII. The Burning Woman
There I sat and watched a woman burning inside and out
From the fire which she kindled accidently on the path
Her eyes were calm--an empty smile--sweet bitter melancholy.
And would that she could turn back time
she'd burn herself again.
IX. The Burning Man
There I stood and watched a man burning inside and out
From the fire which he kindled accidently on the path
His eyes were calm--an empty smile--sweet bitter melancholy.
And would that he could turn back time
he'd burn himself again.
X. Power
On my way to find you,
I found this instead
It told me I could hone it,
To maybe see you once
Though with it comes many flames
and many sacrifices
It broke my heart once, then twice,
and it will break my heart again
But if it brings me closer to you
I'll sacrifice my life
XI.
Copyright © William Farnum