balm burn tiger worlds
like loves jungle tangle
smouldering in its mists
moonlit sonato trails
epoch ghosts and
spirits infantile
crying weak in shadows
like a wound festering
now
growing rapid and angry
consumption gone ravage
as the gangrene of
doubts crawls and climbs
like no tomorrow

take time to soothe
the disease
slake it with its
tease
go over the words
and the calls
settle the dark
let it please

music idle
the rampart heart
an obsession
just wont do
when lifes the stormy
business of focus
when all my eyes
see is you

fever ache
the rattle and the shake
will I survive or the
blackness thrive

and I wonder how my
voice will cry
in the tension
of the night
my soul un saved
will roam the trail
will it be too no
avail

but the healing
power of survival
is long
and the work of
the heart is strong

and the ugly scars
will be beautiful
living through the
test with a mar

I can wear it
like a badge of
honor
survived
and still
go far!!