A Penny's Worth of Heart

One is looking away

Another has walked far astray

The flock is gasping their laugh

They seem to believe

Their petty hearts are not black holes

I see a penny's worth of heart

To bathe them in

The very same nightmare

I drown

To bleed the words

That cut like razor blades

And sing

Show me the truly strong

Who needs to mirror his strength

In the broken

The daily charade

Of portioned out compassion

Who dares to know himself in another

To tie a gallows rope

Of mockery and spite

For the dawn

To breath the air

Of night, of rain

Of solitude