Sleepless from Resin by Pezzettino

I always wanted to be
A camera on a tripod
Facing a great divide
Surely there is light if
There is daytime, if you
Sit, still, patiently at night…

I always wanted to be
snake shedding skin,
worm with five hearts
This skeleton’s worth something
Still, worth something
Elbows dig into the carpet

Rotating blades--
This is war
Yet wanted arms around
Scientists say,
“Heads regrow”
Memory phoenix,
When will you retire?
Malignancy in my bones.

I always wanted to be
Heating conductor,
Compromising win
Surely, there is light if
There is laughter
If you open up
To sunflower eyes...
I always wanted to feel
Breeze all around me
Blankets on my skin
This midnight’s worth something
Still, worth something,
Sun, please rise under an hour

Another day, here we are
With cream in my coffee
Sleepless until the rise and
I’ll say “hello, how are you”
With a whisper
Morning is in my eyes and
Another day, with death all around us
Blank page and pen in hand
What will I say when he asks
“What did you do?”
Blood is on all our hands.

• Folk
• artpop
• experimental pop
• indie folk
• neo-folk
• Oakland