dghouls

Transparent (poem)

Simple words likeTransparency
Complicate the simple things
Cause no one really wants to see
All the insides of you or me

If poeple saw through our skin
And glimpsed a walking skeleton
It would scare the bravest men
To show the hearts that beat within

So I scrub this opaque flesh
Wear some clothes that compliment,
Middle fingers to who wants the rest
I owe no allegiance to regiments

Yet I show one transparency
My heart is clearly on my sleeve
I pinned it there for all to see
With punkrock songs of anarchy

If all they see are safety pins and stitches
Then who am I to try to dismiss
Half formed opinions of those sons of bitches
Who demand I expose more than this?

With the outline ofmy sacred heart
I'll sing hymns of dissapointment
I've been penning from the start
Worship songs for worthless times
For worthwhile friends of yours and mine

With transparent overhead projectors
We put words on walls 10 feet tall
That tell the the simple hecklers
We won't take a fall

We love our friends like family,
To hell with all the rest!
We've got no time for dividing lines
They've hidden in thier chests
We'll let a middle finger
Be the image on our crest
Friend and foe will always know
They'll get our very best
Friend and foe will gladly show
Respect for openness

If they don't
I won't scream and shout.
I wouldn't really care,
Cause I wouldn't think about it.
Cause they really aren't there.
It's you and me, our family
To hell with all the rest
Friend and foe will love our show
Transparent without regrets