Favorite Tranquilizer from Void Crusher by Chris Ballew

FAVORITE TRANQUILIZER

invisible to some
so desperate to fly higher
for me you have become
my favorite tranquilizer

I feel you whisper in my ear another decade full of years
what would you make of all the freedom and the lonely people
loud and clear and coming through tiny speaker in my room
and in between the verses I can hear you you speak to me

I have a color photograph of your rare infectious laugh
in an elevator going down to rejoin the party
and when I feel the anxious nerves and my thoughts all veer and swerve
I remember all your cool cool confidence

and as I close my eyes to sleep and the darkness gets too deep
I can slide away into the past and feel you there
and when I wake up in the light I grab a two string and a slide
and I sing this song directly and respectfully to you

• Alternative
• fuzzy
• loops
• loud
• meditation
• quiet
• Seattle