oki and the halloween jasmine

you were beaten when you came out and
now there are shards of glass in your soul
from that boat in bali to a university in spain
you spread the pain around the whole world

and now it’s halloween and you are singing
as you become a ghost every time
it’s the new dawning of man and you are singing
as you pass the pain around the fire in your heart

you spend your days trying to make order of things
but it’s always someone else’s order and it’s slowly breaking
what little you have left and why would you start making a place for
anyone after all the good and grace everyone has been taking

and it’s halloween and the choir holds you
as you become a ghost every day
it’s the new dawning of life and you’re ravenous
as you pass the hurt around the fire in your dreams

and you’re dancing in the rain with a smile for a costume
on the broken bones of life
where the graves intersect with the blood of the living
this is the way you learned to fight

break everyone in your sight

and it’s halloween rolling down the hill
as you become a ghost every night
by the smell of jasmine and the light of hope
you put the pain into a lens and shoot out to the stars

i know you are not who your costume is
and by the vigil of the saints
may you find healing and grace
on this hallows eve
may you find a grave for all that is wrong
and may you rise,
of grace and rise tearfully in song and strength and
rise, just rise

 

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