4 Going East

Games of capture & release
A planet trapped in a sphere of suns
Written while shining
The melted sea
Mercury
Silver stones plated then borrowed
The song over before we really heard it
None of us were ever born
Our dreams grow feathers and wings sprout from our skulls
Wait until the ray of light then release the arrow
The wicked fall in the peel of lightning
Bugs crawl up the inside of my skin
Plucked the guitar string once and ears waited for the answer
Time took its hat off and waited.

In your world the color of nouns changed on their own:
Green lights became black
Trees became purple
A Black man turned into chrome
etc infinitum
No one believed what they said anymore.

Descendants of the lizard triumphed to sin
The lights flashing injured our journey to flights above
Measures were taken to prevent the kill
The sword was scented and sweet
The shoulders shrugged
The dead walk alone through opium fields
These were words we just happened to censor
When you looked into his eyes you could see the world
reflected in snow, snow falling in his eyes
War crimes
Hitching a ride with Vishnu to the Sahasrapadma Chakra
Fade in fade away
Disguise the erudite / gold
Bubonic dog
Lap up the God
Salient treasures
Up octagon eyes
More passengers load with lips like meteors
Betrayed by favor
I don't make the rules I break them
Real like vomiting blood
Soldiers smuggling art out of the heart of prodigies
The face was smiling when he laughed
All you need do is say worm and the fish come running
Their team was too clean to be Buddhas
Exalted are the war cries
See the fist bleed radiant
There is no center
A garland of planets managed to slip away
The street lights revealed no escape plan.