Nightmares and Reveries

Barefoot in an alley

Sipping bourbon from

a styrofoam cup

I remember the days

when dreams used to visit me

in the night instead of the

nightmares that were his hands

Love and sorrow brought me here

Now the silence rings in my ears

like the detonation of a bomb

I followed the glow of

the cheshire moon and

saw his face in a puddle

that smelled like piss

Head to the night sky

Knees on the ground

Hands in the air

giving up to your god

Daydreaming of

a better tomorrow

while muriatic tears burn my skin

Reminding me that this is

no nightmare