mikebraudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"What's a bridge if left unburned

Who's afraid of the unknown

What's a leaf if left unturned

Who's around to watch you go

In our hearts, a radiant blaze

In our voices, turning phrase

In our heads, a record plays

In our hands, violent stains

Where's that bird who used to sing

Why can't I recall the melody

Where's the one I long to see

Why does love feel like a felony

I never knew enough to know

I cared too much to let you go

I watched you pass, row by row

I bled true, so long ago

Good as dead, so goodbye friend

You never were, or so I pretend

Nice to meet you, in this softly end

God is dead, oh, goodbye friend"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Shifting between sunbeams and blind shadows

Drifting fallen leaves, wintry wind bellows

Vainly deserted by sweet rain showers

Waning as this wilting angel's flower

Sundrops slip by like fine white sand

An hourglass of clockwork hands

Staring into a deep blue sky

Pointed towards an unseen sun

Once upon an ending day

Starshines fly by, one by one by one"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Hole in the heart

Bloody black shot

Head torn apart

Born still and soft

Crying silent tears

Quiet in vain strife

Raindrops in mirrors

Swept out of sight

Grateful volunteer

Begging for a light

With wanted breath

Ending of a life

In love and death

Sing grace, sing bright

In red ink signed

Dear love, goodnight"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Empty

Without release

Sorry

Broken promise

Terror

Without relief

Wonder

Scattered pieces

Sinking

Ever lower

Holy

Without hope

Wrong...

Inside

Nowhere to hide"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"With you

Ever young

Her words reminisce

Eyes carefully recreate

Memories remake

Lonely, longing, sorry state

Insist, God, I miss

With you

Everlong"

Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"When strangers surround

In head, broken down

Sad faces reflect

Stare back derelict

A thunderous sound

Clouds pour down

Torrents of shame

Existential pain

Cry out, never again

Falling down

Falling down"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"The days go by

As nights divide

The wrongs inside

As all was right

Upon a time

Before the light

A simple crime

Deep red his sight

Now wrong inside

Now minds divide

Her Echoes cry

Only goodbye

Ever goodbye"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Freedom false, rich decadence

Hearts lost, faulty descent

Upriver, hollow essence

One word, evanescent

Acts, plaintive influence

Acts, languid indulgence

Forgive, the dead

Sanction, the king

The king is dead

Long live the king"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Delightful display

Snowdrops bow their pure white heads

To the sun's glory."

- Paul Holmes

[mikebraudrick]

"Dreaming pleasance in sensory

Breathing deep love's serenity

A world so alive with glory

Ev'ry smile tells a story

Life is beautiful

Floating over clouds afar

Soothing beneath child's star

A rythm so precious, everlong

Ev'ry moment cherished, extant song

Life is beautiful"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Graceful phrase, now and then evades

Helpless words echo perverse

Changing hands, a tune simply plays

A chorus turns without verse

Forgiving, blissful ignorance sing

Returning, shining silvery ring

Trading promise for body's blood

Held closer than trusted enemy

Yet farther still than coming flood

Truth within lies, thine eyes reveal thee

Kindly, will love carry me

Kindly, will love bury me

Under the linden tree"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"In stars I find

Fragments of my day

Spent warm and kind

In the youthful fray

I can only pray

Sometime I’ll find

Something in the way"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"In these days, these sad days

I see pictures of your face

Old and worn and lacking

Your fervent, warming embrace

In these images, these memories

A smile now only mocking

My lonesome, faulty state

The clock ticks by as I reside

Fractured, fearful, dying inside

Why am I abandoned

Oh love of youth

Why leave me stranded

In silent truth

In these days, these sad days

Why, oh why, when I need you"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Siren hearts, silent strings

All the things we never sing

Never lie, never say goodbye

All the joy that daylight brings

Shines within your glassy eyes

Never cry, never ever let this die

This precious moment, this dearest dream

With the sun's rise, we see everything"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Glory fades from tired eyes

Lost within blood burning

Steps downward ever turning

Dancing close among lies

Hearing nothing new inside

Seeing every red line divide

Breathe in the fading glow

Smile for her, forever ago"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"Once upon a time I cried

Never more, a tear to shed

As sure as the shifting tide

First love came as last love fled

Not with a soothing goodbye

But harsh as cold wintry wind

Stinging and biting the eye

Open wide to all we sinned

Excoriating every last flaw

Never trust a happy song

I'm so sorry now, I never saw

You'll be sorry when I'm gone"

- Mike Braudrick

[mikebraudrick]

"The lone bell rings in bliss

Sing slow upon the ride

Atone for all we missed

As both our stars collide

When he cried out for the first time

Cling to goodbye's fair memory

An angel's song, sweet and sublime

Crossing lines of shared symmetry

Love's tears shed above a smile

An ocean's sigh and mountain's rise

A night for the blessed arrival

A day for the rest of our lives"

- Mike Braudrick