Stormscapes

Now that I've seen your face by heart,<br/> I look less at it's features than its darkening frame.<br/> <br/> Beyond a garden there in insulent ease,<br/> The lead and marble figures watch the show,<br/> Of yet another summer loathed to go.<br/> <br/> Now that I've heard your voice by heart,<br/> Whos emblems mix with the words that shake and bleed.<br/> <br/> Now that I've heard your voice by heart,<br/> In the black chords upon a dulling page.<br/> <br/> Now that know you heart by heart,<br/> I see I must spell out the storm.<br/> The beats too swift, the notes shift in the dark.<br/> <br/> Beyond a garden there where the long vine creeps,<br/> In silence in the setting sun,<br/> The lead and marble figures watch the show,<br/> Of yet another summer loathed to go.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

The years upon the water with no sound<br/> It's not the porch of spirits lingering<br/> We live in an old chaos of the sun<br/> Or of dispondency of day and night<br/> <br/> Of the wide water<br/> Of that wide water - inescapable<br/> In isolation of the sky<br/> <br/> It is the grave of where she lay<br/> Now bereft and longing so<br/> Abandoned on the ground<br/> to have the lost be found<br/> <br/> I lean to love, which leaves me lean, till lean turns to lack<br/> When love like a frail shell lies broken<br/> that love must end<br/> <br/> It is the grave of where she lay<br/> now bereft and longing to travel where the sun has gone<br/> Thundering on the shore<br/> I shall not feel the rain, nor its nets of cold<br/> Abandoned on the ground<br/> to have the lost be found

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

One must have a mind of winter<br/> To regard the frost in the land of the wind.<br/> Calling me, the wolves that howl my name.<br/> The hunt begins on the plane.<br/> <br/> The embrace of the cold leaves you breathless<br/> and the frost shall burn.<br/> Now feel the northern winds -<br/> the northern winds blast.<br/> <br/> Weary of this lie we live.<br/> Fighting for a chance in this dying world.<br/> Speaking to the atmosphere,<br/> alone, I reach for something more.<br/> <br/> I fall into myself for no one is here.<br/> You sleep somewhere beyond the pain.<br/> Raise a glass to that light come full again.<br/> May the light come full again.<br/> <br/> Never to be free as Eden now sinks to grief.<br/> I bear witness - bear witness to the splintering.<br/> <br/> I know that I shall meet my fate<br/> somewhere among the clouds above.<br/> I've balanced all brought all to mind<br/> a waste of breath the years behind.<br/> <br/> And I myself have whitened in the weather.<br/> A smoldering immolation of the year.<br/> <br/> I fall into myself for no one is here.<br/> You sleep somewhere below the pain.<br/> <br/> Raise a glass to that light come full.<br/> Raise a glass to the light the white moon shines on high.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Start spreading the news<br/> I'm leaving today<br/> I want to be a part of it<br/> New York, New York<br/> <br/> These vagabond shoes<br/> Are longing to stray<br/> Right through the very heart of it<br/> New York, New York<br/> <br/> I wanna wake up in a city<br/> That doesn't sleep<br/> And find I'm king of the hill<br/> Top of the heap<br/> <br/> These little town blues<br/> Are melting away<br/> I'll make a brand new start of it<br/> In old New York<br/> <br/> If I can make it there<br/> I'll make it anywhere<br/> It's up to you<br/> New York, New York<br/> <br/> New York, New York<br/> <br/> I want to wake up in a city<br/> That never sleeps<br/> And find I'm a number one<br/> Top of the list<br/> King of the hill<br/> A number one<br/> <br/> These little town blues<br/> Are melting away<br/> I'm gonna make a brand new start of it<br/> In old New York<br/> <br/> And if I can make it there<br/> I'm gonna make it anywhere<br/> It's up to you<br/> New York, New York, New York

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026