Fire, Love and Scars

Poems by Joseph Chambers
Art by Wesley Vara

Perpetual Darkness
By Joseph Chambers

The time has come where I become no longer one
My tears are the oceans; my pain is the sun
It was dim at first, but now the heat intensifies
and my anger is a fireball that ejects into your eyes
from my sky--and for too long I've hidden misery
I've shined in silence and remained a burning mystery
The day is here when my agony becomes history
and my pain is nothing but a small star in the abyss of me
EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN....explosion in the clouds
Everything concealed in my internal atmosphere is finally let out
There's an eclipse in my life, where the sun has blacked out
and in this new blackness, I wander about
Now I'm free to explore my new obscurity
The shadows of my life keep secret my felicity
In my mew, all alone, my anger is no more
for pain, which was my sun, has exploded and is no more
....the day of perpetual darkness.... .........is my new beginning..............

Fallin' Stars
By Joseph Chambers

I've awakin' to the scars
givin' to the stars,
fallin' from above the heavens, hitting the earth,
so may I show my worth
saving her, with all my valor
I just can't go back to sleep with all these scars
no not neither without the stars
so I venture to the end of the earth searching for
the fallin' pieces of heaven
so I can at least keep the last seven.
Falling down upon the earth
hitting and knocking the stars out of the sky,
don't ask me why, because all I can do now is sigh.

 

 

 

Question of Love
By Joseph Chambers

Do you love me? Or do you not?
I told you once, but I forgot.
So tell me now and tell me true
than I can tell you "I love you too"
Of all the girls I have ever met
You are the one I wonÕt forget
And if I die before you do,
I will go to Heaven and wait for you.
But if youÕre not there by Judgement Day,
IÕll know you went the other way
I will give the Angels back their wings,
Risk the loss of everythingJust to prove my love is true
Don't worry baby, I'll go to hell for you.

Fire By Joseph Chambers

Mother said don't play with fire
You're liable to get burned
But this flame was so different
I just had to get my turn.
Little did I know
All fires are the same
Mother tried to warn me
So now I'm left to blame
Third-degree heart aches
ThatÕs all I got from you.
So pack your shit and go,
Because my fire days are through.