<sup>Reign Knee Daze
(Rainy Days)

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^{“Come here, my boy, just have a seat,}

^{I'll show you something really sweet.}

^{A trip you can't pass up, for sure,}

^{so rich with pain and death's allure.”}

 

^{Trying hard to ignore his taunts,}

^{I soon succumbed to morbid wants,}

^{which left me sitting by his side—}

^{“C'mon, young man, let's take a ride...”}

 

^{Reluctantly, I took his hand –}

^{and spread below, throughout the land –}

^{a sadness as I'd never seen,}

^{such horrors most perverse — obscene!}



 

^{We soared with ease above the ground—}

^{“Oh no, dear boy, do not look down!}

^{Unless I have directed you,}

<sup>just look at things I've asked you to.



See there, amongst the willow trees;</sup>

^{young Mary Fallon, ill at ease?}

^{With her your best friend, Barry Pryde...}

^{it took some work to get his hide!}

 

^{And there, upon the churchyard lawn,}

^{your faithless pastor—such a pawn.}

^{He spews his sermons Sunday morn,}

<sup>then hurries home to look at porn.



Old Mrs. Bailey, what a jewel!</sup>

^{She teaches all her kids at school}

^{that prayer is best left well at home.}

^{It warms my cockles to the bone.”}



 

^{I looked in horrid disbelief,}

^{he sought out pain without relief.}

^{The sorrow, hatred, hopeless grief —}

^{this cunning, stunning sad motif.}

 

^{“But what, pray tell, has this to do}

^{with anything twixt me and you?}

^{I wish no harm on anyone.}

<sup>Please leave me be, I'd say we're done.”



“Oh, is that so?” he bared his fangs,</sup>

^{soon overcome by rueful pangs,}

^{all evil that I'd ever spoken}

^{dangled there like tainted tokens.}

 

^{“You see, my boy, there is no way}

^{of escaping what you do or say.}

^{It all returns to haunt your life.}

^{But I will end their pain and strife.}

 

^{You must promise me one thing,}

^{you'll never worship that “other” king.}

^{Just pledge your trust to me instead,}

^{I'll make you rich before you're dead.”}



 

^{I looked around, immersed in pain,}

^{then suddenly, cool calming rain}

^{fell fast from clouds so dark and vast,}

^{I finally felt relief at last.}

 

^{I turned my face up towards the skies,}

^{as teardrops mingled in my eyes}

^{with pregnant raindrops, filled with souls,}

^{that filled the gaps, patched all my holes.}

 

^{My spirit's broken, tattered seams}

^{had long ago forsaken dreams}

^{which gave me hope, once long ago;}

^{and all of this he seemed to know.}

 

^{“Remember that I came to you,}

^{I'll be around, you know it's true.}

^{Should you decide to change your mind—}

^{embrace me once, I think you'll find...}




 

^{...such sorrow's commonplace today}

^{you feel that God whisks it away?}

^{I'm sorry, lad, but you're mistaken}

^{you'll soon see all is forsaken.”}

 

^{“No, it's not!” I cried with force,}

^{“as long as hope remains a source}

^{for tortured souls to rally 'round,}

^{and life springs forth from barren ground.}

 

^{For one day soon, your reign will end,}

^{and to the depths of hell He'll send}

^{you and your horrid daze of death,}

^{where there, you'll draw your final breath.”}



 

^{“You fool, I've offered everything...}

^{riches, women, and all they bring.}

^{Yet you deny yourself such treasures,}

^{toss away such splendid pleasures.”}

 

^{With that, he vanished in a plume}

^{of viscous smoke and sweet perfume.}

^{So nectarous that it stole my breath.}

^{I caught the scents of hate and death.}

 

^{Sometimes I sense that he's still near,}

^{lurking, preying upon my fear.}

^{And when that happens, without fail,}

<sup>God sends the rain, His soothing veil...




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