All You Restless Souls

All You Restless Souls

All you restless souls sleep tender in this night

Believe in something that traces you back to mankind

Fallen from your tree-houses seconds before the earthquake splintered the ground

The heat and dead grass, whispering crickets and solemn vows I lack 

Settle down you restless souls you will never fear for love

Crippled in your hearts, find the one who will put the pieces back together

When dry air caresses your wet skin; rippled muscles twist and bend

You are the blind children from this crooked world I’ll defend 

Wake from your slumber restless souls, you will feel the warm embrace of mankind

The second you unlock your hearts with a key made from your mind’s eye

Leave the coffee pot half empty honey; you will never foster my kind

Stammering words of self-doubt and pity into a flood of words unspoken sublime

Feel the walls burst into shards of glass the stone’s throw was a minute too soon

Brace yourselves for the quick witted cuts, scrapes, and bruises

As the walls collapse and fall on you. 

Take this kindly to your hearts restless souls, there is one searching for all of you

And when he finds you…

You will sleep no more

And when he finds you…

You will live forever

And when he finds you…

Ghosts you’ll no longer be anymore 

Take this back to your vacant graves

Sleep soundlessly he has settled all scores

Upon that cross he shared with no one…

…the pain of all mankind. 

 Copyright Adam Gaile 2012