Blue Tounge

Happiness,
I long for you to stay
I long to soak in your glow
Paint a mural on my heart
fill in the dark spots

You are on some distant train
too far away for me to hold
too far away for me to grasp

Happiness,
I want to have you center stage
want you cage free
want to feel the way your sugar taste
on my cracked lips

Bless me with your graces
for I am stuck
Darkness
has
resided too long
I can't swallow the toxic anymore

I am sick of it
sick of the blue tongue
sick of the pain that drives my heart
off the everglades
into frozen rivers  

Happiness,
Oh Angel
How I wish to
feel your scared touch.