"Shadow Of My Former Self" By Bud Gallant (02/05/09)

I can't see the real me in here
cold and grey

like a wisp, disappearing in fear
I can't stay

I'm afraid and tossed by waves unseen
drowning now

time is god, omnipotent, unclean
broken vow

who I was is shunning me lightly
it still hurts

who I am is gripping me tightly
let me go

tears won't wash the dirt on me away
cut it out

well of tears and sealed in fears explode
I can't feel

darkness calls, a black sun ascendant
make me strong

weakness flees. I'm not that repentant
I am gone

"The Jester" By Bud Gallant (10/07/07)

There was a jester I did know
Whose stature grew as flowers grow

In the garden all alone
dreaming he was on the throne

In the village where he dwelt
He fell upon the earth and knelt

He prayed for rain to show the way
To the palace he did stray

But he could not get inside
For the moat was deep and wide

And God had sent him lots of rain
To fill a moat that could not drain

So he juggled at the edge
Making there a solemn pledge

One day he would enter in
Then his new life would begin

And all the time for rain he prayed
And at the moat he stopped and stayed

And in prayer he talked to Him
But never asked God how to swim

In the garden, not the same
His flowers cursed his lust for fame

And they drowned from all the rain
That he invoked In Jesus' name

Want of kingship and the queen
Maintained the now familiar scene

Of a jester waiting there
And for his garden not a care

I have heard he waits there still
Now convinced it is God's will

If you see him, shake the hand
Of the saddest jester in the land

"Well Of Tears" By Bud Gallant (10/02/07)

Happiness dwells

At bottoms of wells

Filled with the tears
Of childlike seers

Who see through the swords
Worn by life's wards

Who know the lost joy
Of each girl and boy

Yet see in the end
Time's hand will mend

The pain of the past
All fades at last

The lights in the heart
Not just a start

But the sign of the dawn
When darkness is gone

Whichever the path
Fate shows no wrath

If desire's the guide
The soul hasn't lied

As sun brings the day
It unveils the way

And tension can't dwell
In that sacred well

For it's body displays
There's only two ways

Yet whatever the choice
Whispered in voice

Shall be made aright
By heart's inner-light

"Fallen" By Bud Gallant (09/29/07)

Shining brightly I saw you there
Suspended with a vacant stare

It's cold in heavens put so high
So far I couldn't hear you cry

Even a star looks to the sun
Complimentary yet one

On the day you fell away
I wondered how long I could stay

The world so dark without your light
No star, no sun within our sight

Shadows grew to take the place
of the lights that were in space

And if the soul shows on the face
the mirror displayed our fall from grace

Death was sure even for they
who lit the night and brought the day

For you were there and I was here
the way together never clear

The rose's thorn, the cross' nail
cut into the serpent's tail

Eternal gods went back to sleep
with promises they failed to keep

In the darkness not awake
No star, no sun, a severed snake

Magick's dead, the sky is clear
but the girl and boy are here

Will we learn to find a way
to bring back all we lost that day?

"Aumgn-Ha - The Green Serpent" By Bud Gallant (07/26/03)

1.
COME HITHER THOU WHO ART ENCOMPASSING
FLEE, FLEE, LEST I OVERTAKE THEE SUDDENLY

2.
COMMUNE IN SOFT WHISPERS ECHOED LOUDLY
ETERNAL RIVERBERATIONS ENDOWED SO PROUDLY

3.
POSSESS THYSELF O'MAN AND SHALL I TRULY HOLD THEE?
DENY THYSELF O'MAN AND THERBY I SHALL KNOW THEE

4.
FORMLESS FORMED FOR FORM
ALL IS NAUGHT

5.
SHE IS CRYSTAL RAIN UPON TONGUES OF FLAME
SHE IS SAND UPON A STREAM
THE SAME

6.
HE IS PRINCE, SPEAR UPRAISED
DETHRONED HE LAYS
ENTHRONED HE SLAYS

7.
BROW OF EARTH, CIRCLE UPON THEE
MANTLE OF SKY, RUPTURE WITHIN THEE

8.
I AM THE ANSWER MAKING QUERIES
I AM THE QUESTION THAT EXPLAINS

9.
NEGATION NEGATION NEGATION
NAUGHT IS ALL

10.
I AM EMBERS BURNING IN THE VOID
I AM BIRTH THROUGH DEATH

11.
ENTWINED, ENJOINED

"The Air Is Clean" By Bud Gallant (05/29/03)

o' fool pretender
empty vessel
to invoke her name and be filled
to be carried upon the winds of breath and thought
to be moved and molded by blood and heart
alien
alien
alien
loved enemy
loved other
loved temptress, destroyer
forewarned and forlorn
read the letters not the words
sentence unveiled yet unseen
desire, hope - LIES
wanted lie
embrace the fate of it
omen denied
into the fire with a smile
into the fire with faith
wondering why consumed
wondering why destroyed
instead of purified
o' fool martyr
sought death at the hands of love for fear of hate
yet hate a true and loyal mistress shall reclaim
power, glory, vengeance
reject the siren
seek
seek and destroy
hunted huntress
your tears will extinguish your fire
and the air is clean

"Run!" By Bud Gallant (09/13/03)

please don't smile at me when your eyes meet mine
please turn away from my gaze
how I desire you, forbidden as thou art
yet my desire would destroy you
our union would bring death of self
you don't understand
do not offer to dwell here, away from eden
i see how this world calls to you
and I know this world desires you as you are
not as you will be, should you yield to it
your wings... it's them that call to us
we'd clip them if you'd let us
and lo the earth would punish us out of jealousy
the birds will feel the sting of butterflies, for the avoidance
run!
run away... away... to us!
no!
we dream of you, angel of eden
dream to be you again
and we know you dream of freedom from heaven
even if found in this hell
but tempt us not