I See You

I see her while she's crying,
I see him while he tries
to conjure up a reason
to believe your lazy lies.
I see her while she's smiling
her way through agony.
I see you while you hurt my friends.
But you never see me.

I see you while you craft a god
to justify your claim.
I see you when you crack the whip,
ignoring cries of pain.
I see you while you take her heart
and squeeze it 'til it breaks.
I see your victims wonder why,

and for them, my soul aches.

The One you say you serve knows well
your true identity.
The One whose name you spit upon,
He sees both you and me.
The rulers of a great domain,
you think yourselves to be.
Two monsters who will die alone
are all I'll ever see.

I've Just Had a Wonderful Day

I haven't been okay.
Not in the least, I'd say,
being without you.
Yet out of the blue,
I've just had a wonderful day.
I've no idea why
I'm touching the sky,
or why all the pain's gone away,
but through methods divine,
I am doing just fine,
and I'm hoping that feeling can stay.

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Weird!

Iron & Wine's 'Boy With a Coin'

Because why should this be all about me?

Song lyrics and poetry are decidedly different things. More often than not, trying to turn a poem into a song is disastrous. But on occasion, there are songs that work brilliantly even when their lyrics aren't attached to any melody or beat. 'Boy With a Coin' by Iron & Wine is one of these, and it inspired the previous poem I posted here.

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Boy with a coin
he found in the weeds
with bullets and pages
of trade magazines,
close to a car
that flipped on the turn,
when God left the ground
to circle the world.

Girl with a bird
she found in the snow
that flew up her gown,
and that's how she knows
that God made her eyes
for crying at birth,
and then left the ground
to circle the earth.

Boy with a coin
he crammed in his jeans,
then, making a wish,
he tossed in the sea
and walked to a town
that all of us burned
when God left the ground
to circle the world.