Legs Up

Within An Island, Within An Island

Legs Up


my future depends on this throwback rhythm 
my past depends on me 
telling tall tales of living what i've yet to live 
and what i'll never see 

i can pace the ground forever 
but my head is six feet under 
meaningless words with heartfelt punctuation 
the untold story of this burial's plot 
...performed at breakneck speed 

i stay close to like minded minds 
with a distaste for themselves 
and a lust for loose ends 
because we're always leaving something undone 
while someone is always leaving our homes alone 

let's hope confidence never rears it's ugly face 
our heads are already swollen 
our hands are already full 
we're moved by cocksure swaggers 
and we're oh so sure of our cocks 
i would shout this to my echo 
but that would ruin the surprise 
so the stage is taken with a skeptic's step 
i'm knee deep in open eyes