WRITINGS | annaliisa

Lest We Remember

I saw them in the telly and in the news,

scarlet splatter on their lapel

flaunting the red flag in front of a bull

why do we choose to remember the blood not trying to heal the wounds?

big empty gestures and counterfeit words

while we're piling up corpses across the world

how can those gingerbread men shed

their saccharine tears,

while reaping

their crimson seed?

when on fields and in deserts

vultures are picking

their fleshy fruits?

when in cities and castles

they are draining the color from your face?

when smoke and mirrors are ruling over the human race?

In Memoriam

I remember when you were walking on all fours

In fact, I remember when you had gills instead of pores

I remember your traditions and your daily chores

I remember your hurdles, your neverending wars

I was there, when the wall came tumbling down

I was there, when atoms burnt you to the ground

I was there, when you were hungry and weak

I was there, when the shepherd herded the meek

I remember when I cradled the dawn of times

I watched you crawl,

take your first steps

by my side

I nurtured your fields,

kept you alive

By tainting me

you're committing suicide

I run through your spine,

I will help you remember,

I will leave your body, once it's turned to embers

or if you're buried 6 feet under,

I'll make friends with the worms,

but I will remember

Lay down your weapons

Your mouth is wide

gaping in the shape of a scream,

but nothing comes out,

no voice in its seams

Your feet are itching,

they are ready to run,

but they're glued to the soil,

turning one with the ground

Your body's frozen

from the fear in your blood

Your heart is thumping

through your ears like a flood

Your fingers still clinging to the trigger of the gun

Lay down your weapon

it's a call to your arms!

Drop your defences

and hollowed out charms!

Lay down your weapon,

call off your guards

They can only do this to you

if you let them!

They can only decide for you

if you let them!

This is a call to your arms,

lay down your weapons,

call off the guards

I know you're frightened

as you're baring your teeth,

because you're afraid,

just as much as me

So lay down your weapon,

it's a call to your arms,

drop your defences

and hollowed out charms!

lay down your weapons,

call off your guards

Cherry PIE

I had my fingers in too many cherry pies

Can't clean my sticky sickly hands off these lies

You see my face,

covered in crumbs and crust

You cover my back,

while I quench my lust

I won't tell if you don't walk,

it's lucky cherry pies don't talk

I slober over the fresh, young and clean,

the favourite dish of a hellish fiend

And you just turn a blind eye at me

cause your own mouth is full of cream

There's a ripple in my ugly dream,

who knew cherry pies could scream?

Connecting dots, joining lines

The stains of red wine on my carpet

reminders of moments in time

telling a story of everyone I hold dear

forming a pattern,

connecting dots and lines

Nights of oblivion and evenings of highs

ashes and cigarette butts

blurring the shade

drawing a constellation of a horsehead shape

connecting the dots,

joining the lines

my beautiful friends,

we're all scarred and we're broken

my beautiful friends,

but pull it through somehow

my beautiful friends

like a fine china

with a chip on our shoulders

but feathers in our hands

The years may pass like an hour

the places changing in time

but the drawings on my carpet stay the same

connecting dots and lines

Hing

Through flesh and bones,

I think I've glimpsed your soul

...and mine has attached itself to yours

Turn off the lights,

so I can see it pacing in the room,

so I can chase its footsteps on the floor

Not falling over the shadows of your limbs

Or losing the hold of your hing

Dublin castle

I could fall into a puddle

on this worn out dance floor

I could dissolve and become one with the floorboards

will you notice me trickle away?

forming inch by inch

into a wine stain next to many more

Melting, becoming one with the keys,

vibrations pushing through the air,

devour me

ripple down my spine,

another glass of wine,

will you notice me trickle away?

Astronaut

My blood is a liquid current

sending volts down my spine

limbs shaking in impatience

aching for your weight on mine

My lips are thirsty

clutching at air

like a drowning man

Your presence is beauty

I'm infinite in your hands

The whole universe

laid out on our bed

Milky way

jutting down your collarbone

Cassiopeia

hidden in the nape of my neck

draw a line

between constellations

with fingertips

smooth transition

between the bodies entwined

and the matter collides

bursting into thousands of Suns

and the matter subsides

with nothing but heartbeats echoing in your ears

Plus one

As you slither on the dance floor

wearing barely nothing at all

I know you crave for their attention,

but people look at you with apprehension

And I...

I just want to protect you

So I become a wall

trying to cover you from it all

hide away from their sight

shield you with my weight

And I try to protect you

try to protect you

how do I protect you from yourself?

But you don't seem to notice me at all

while I'm at your beck and call

You are blind to my sacrifice

ignoring their judging eyes

While I try to protect you