Burning Dirt

from From Nothing by Duncan Shrek Ogre

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Burning dirt

Held the fire like a commodity
dishing it out in spoonfuls
only crust and never bread
longed for gasoline in glassfuls

A sharpened tongue a spiders bite
gave no bear grease for the wound
sat in stream quiet type
remembering loves past swooned

only straw to feed my head
first friend lover brother
tied me down laid me out
and left me for another

Do you see the burning dirt
Can you see it with your eyes
this dirt can never hurt
does that come as a surprise

Do you see the burning dirt
Can you feel the heat a'rise
creating only shamefulness
I cannot be compromised

Scissors cut rocks destroy
All a childhood game
growing past it shouldn't we
it really is a shame

Time will heal the seven wounds
Patience and energy
The Universe will open up
I will drink the entire Sea

I'll bring you to that holy space
the face of your beginning
You'll find it o so timelessly
As i and I were singing

only straw to feed my head
first friend lover brother
tied me down laid me out
and left me for another

Do you see the burning dirt
Can you see it with your eyes
this dirt can never hurt
does that come as a surprise

Do you see the burning dirt
Can you feel the heat a'rise
creating only shamefulness
I cannot be compromised

Scissors cut rocks destroy
All a childhood game
growing past it shouldn't we
it really is a shame

© 2009 Duncan Shrek Ogre and James Elliott
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from From Nothing, released July 28, 2010

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