ROBERT BROWN: THE COMPOUND
THE COMPOUND
PART I : the compound
PART II : thoughts of a doomed man
PART III : trois
PART IV : all alone within
PART V : the glow of freedom
Whether you go up or down, you're still on the move.
PART I - THE COMPOUND
Tokay
Drinking back at somewhere
that time was great - the times we had.
It never stopped, never turned over
that whole shot week of you and I
but there was always a moment
that seemed too quiet - that one in a million chance
when nobody had anything to say
and all at the same time silence.
Sometimes someone would appear that we didn't know
we didn't care...
They always came and never left,
some brought girls of their own, instead of taking a chance
and finding each other here like you and I.
Some would be out back when the alarms sounded,
when it would be time to take it all away, lock it up, lock us up
some would be out back and be lucky,
run to the alley to get away.
I was too clumsy to get noticed, drank too much tokay with you.
Regius Tocsin
alarm bells sound as soon as one of them entered,
they all had daggers drawn
they were here for him to kill the empire
to end a kingship
to begin tyranny
to pull in the reigns of peace.
and running to the sound,
kicking off the covers
knocking over tables, killing
light of candles dousing the flame
before death arrives.
this would be his last sunset
drawing his broadsword,
it didn't matter to him he had to know
that she was safe.
in a far off place only one
would know the truth
was it her
that put the daggers to his throat was she behind it all?
who sounded the bell, who kept their eyes open
in anticipation instead of the flinch of surprise?
all we know is that while
the Queen was safe
she had a hand in the shining King's life,
and the ending of it.
Reductio Ad Absurdium
What cannot be
will never be
we cannot see
it doesn't change for me
inconceivable
unreasonable
unthinkable
unattainable
it is out of the question
out of my hands.
Extravagant space oddity
irrational frivolity
whimsicality
over hope, to feel,
bend down to kneel
to make believe she was real.
Encourage, cherish
nourish, suspicious (remember this word for later, be of it what you hear)
I see daylight
don't give up without a fight
don't let fade, even in the light.
Promising, inspiring
hoping, thinking, creation
formation construction
fabrication, evolution
generation - bring forth the genesis.
Shy but Eager
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