Madness Echoes

Do the very scary kitchen sounds that echo through the madness
Bring you down?
Do the very scary bedroom scenes that echo through the madness
Twist your dreams?
Do the very scary snakes and birds that echo through the madness
Make it worse?

Echoes never come first.
Madness is like smoke,
It follows fire.

And the fire that envelops me
Touches me
Caresses me
Tosses me on flaming waves
In an endless ocean of sadness.

And the lifeline that I'm holding to
Praying to
Expecting to
Reach you
Leads nowhere.
It's all just dreams
That echo through the madness.

Do the visions in this new dimension
Where no story has a happy ending
Penetrate your sadness
Creep into your madness
To echo through your mind
Like a neon highway sign
To a false reality?

Or is it me?

Madness echoes.
This I know.
Madness makes the echoes grow.
Madness hides behind my face.
Echoes come to take my place.

- G. Laidlaw

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Crack In The Eggshell

Crack In The Eggshell

The crack in the eggshell, it casts a shadow of doubt

If a bird or a reptile will be stumbling out.

The crack in the eggshell, it's where the virus slips in

To dance the Saint Vitus on the creature within.

Better not crack your eggshell unless you're ready for the World.

You might crawl like a lizard, shed your feathers like a bird.

Better not crack your eggshell unless you want some company.

You just might meet a virus, perhaps change genetically.

If you crack your eggshell to see how God designed you

You might find a frying pan with a roaring fire behind you.

Better not crack the eggshell

Ya better not! Better not!

You might find an awful smell

So ya better not! Better not!

You might feed a virus well

Oh whatcha got! Whatcha got?

Better not crack your eggshell

The crack in the eggshell, it casts a sliver of light

Into your hidden darkness, cuts you like a knife.

The crack in the eggshell, it's where the madness appears

To slip into your head and dance between your ears.

Better not crack your eggshell unless you're ready to get hurt.

You might soar like an eagle before crashing to the dirt.

Better not crack your eggshell unless you want some company.

You just might dance with Madness, perhaps lose your sanity.

If you crack your eggshell to see how God designed you

You might find a frying pan with a roaring fire behind you.

Better not crack the eggshell.

Better not crack the eggshell.

Better not! Better not!

- G. Laidlaw

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