New poem/rap – “Pray”

“Pray”

Today I was inspired to make a few things clear
My feelings on religion, dogma, hate and fear
Hypocrisy and disgrace, words twisted to conceal
Any trace of love that some insist they really feel

I’ve lived my life and at all times I do the best I can
Accepting human frailty and working hard to mend
And knowing I’m not perfect makes me better comprehend
That nobody can be a paragon at every bend

So I guess it’s always rankled being told that I’m not clean
When the ones doing the shouting are often dirtier than me
Spending so much money on the house but not the soul
Building bigger buildings that don’t help to heal the whole

Now I have met a slew of good god-loving Christian pals
That always have a good kind word and help out when they can
The ones that live to follow their sense of divinity
To heal and love and cherish and improve the world they see

On The Other Side

So me and my djembe came up with this just now.  I hope there aren’t people in the two hotel rooms on either side of me, because it got pretty dramatic.  I guess I’ll find out in the morning if they liked it or not!  At least no one banged on the walls!

“On The Other Side”
(c) 2010 Christy Lindsay, all rights reserved.

I’d been desperate, looking for a healer to take me
Back to where I had my sanity
I’d been reaching out, bloody fingers clawing castle walls
Beggin’ out of all the things I used to love

I’d been sinking down, struggling to find my inner censor
To tell me when I’d gone too far
My mother said I was an artist in need of inspiration
And then she left and now my passion’s gone

Our Final Kiss

(c) 2010 Christy Lindsay, all rights reserved

Do you say it just to hear yourself speak again
Everything you say you hate you’ll do again
The ones who hurt you you’ll embrace again
You want it, you don’t, you do and you break again

Thought I could bring a touch of clarity
But the creek’s so muddy there’s no sanity
You said I bring you some sweet sanctity
But back you go, so quick to turn on me

You leave me nothing but confused anymore
You say you want to stay while you charge for the door
You hate the person that you’ve been before
That you insist on playing forevermore

I know you’ll hate me for a while just for writing this
But I’ve seen how self destruction steals the passion from the kiss
I watched another live his life like he couldn’t escape the burn
And while he died I was so scared I never said a word