ONCE AND FOR ALL

BY JOSE LIMA (TEHACHAPI)

UNDERNEATH THIS BROWN FLESH A HEART BEATS WITHIN MY CHEST

I BREATH I’M ALIVE BUT I AM DROWNING INSIDE

FROM THE MOMENT I WAKE UP ALL MY WORLD SEEMS ABSTRACT

HUMAN FACES I SEE FULL OF SORROW AND MISERY

LIKE THE EYE OF THE KING UNDERNEATH THE GUILLOTINE

MINDS DETACHED FROM THEIR WORLD GASP FOR AIR IN DESPAIR

BUT ARE CAUGHT BY THE SNORES OF THESE GRAVES

SOME WOULD CRY IN DISGRACE TO BE HOLD THE PARADE OF THEIR DREAMS

DISAPPEAR ONCE AND FOR ALL