Scott Tattoo

write please read and enjoy

Talk of peace as rivers of life flow from your fingers

a shadow of a shell meaning well still within the shattered soul

foul and fell sitting there on the shore still lingers

your intentions prowl from the blurry hell, dull embers in your skull

a fire that hides from other light, deep down in a hole

In line with design, deigned to reign the stars malign

warlord's prayer, profit rules divine, oh men see everything but the sign

tie your notes and postcards to carrion birds, whose beaks will wine and dine

wet in the flesh of you before the last night is through, no good killers resign

plan to feign the bane of prophets, trained to rain remorseless, streaks of fire like red twine

inherited these causes, never known the pain, only been loaded onto a plane to fight your father's fight; your sons will do just fine

Newsman come and cover our tears, we weep for the world to see

a message that no one ever hears, the tale continues on tape, cautionary

fallen like some precious angel, encapsulated in a tapestry of memory

they prefer to close the casket on the presence of the corpse with their honors

and when they're all finally gone, it's just another death in the family.