Standing in Your House With a Rusting Face

by Matt Sellers - Aquarius

I missed out on all the words that were being hung on the wall
But I came and saw for a little while or more
Every place, every one, everything that she bore
And statues are made out of something forgettable
In the prisons they call parks where the weak people drink
Are useless sorry souls
Magnetized by the brink

And she lays on concrete waiting for the world to take
Living in whales road rolling on travellers wake
With the double edge sword of both success and failure
In the grip of warriors here for no ones sake
And sailors and wicens swimming with there face rust
Who did you come here with?
Who do you trust?

The hight of peace spelling out city streets
And hurricanes and flash floods of people you meet
It's the same old roads that follow your feet
Don't be in such a hurry to be with the possesions you keep
Chaos of new days being dunked into rivers of old
And was it so desperate you
Had to find something that could be sold?

Between the road maps and the street signs
Myself walking at the earliest of light
To the place where there's no dreams only true sight
That's the way it should be if you can get it right
Comets of hope on a long journey to dust
Past or present if we all must be here
Then be here we must

The workers are cooling off in pubs they built in hard lands
Fallen on the ground where the unicorn stands
It kills you to realise how quick hands change hands
When your left in the heat to pick up the strands
They're painting epitaphs in the footsteps of men
The passports are shining
And the wings are given

Your place had a broken phone that never ever rung
But when it did, man that thing surely sung
Anything you do tonight, tomorrow will have to be fixed up
When she spoke she had to brush the dust off her tounge
When your at the end of a chapter nothing matters any more
All the people who sleep everywhere
To those who only have the floor

Goodnight all you poor, sick and disgustingly well
Any of you I can recall, you sing like a bell
This world is crooked 'cause from the heaven it fell
But I see people with their wings flying over the abyss of hell
And I'm standing in your house, it's a pleasure and more
It's a funny old world
Damned if I know what it's for

Reason for writing:

    Standing in your house(the fallen house from heaven)is all us lot with rusting faces(bueaty and usefullness that only fades until our death) and with our face rust we swim in waters of comotion, trials and no real rest.    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 1999-11-30 00:15:11
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:10
Poem ID: 53891

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