All Good Things

When Eve first plucked the apple from tree
And held it roughly in her hand
She had a choice, she had a time
To contemplate her decision
But as all things come, and all things go
Fate had a hand and a voice to say
And into the apple's flesh her teeth sank,
Take a chunk of of lies, truth, sin and reason,
And expelling all her future family from the perfection.
In equal measure there was a queen
Who allowed her heart to be torn in two
As she married the king and courted another,
Loving Lancelot as well as Arthur,
She threw the kingdom into disarray
And threw the glory Camelot days away
Then in later times there was some men
Who decided that makers marks were needed.
They placed them on walls, on magical screens
That lit up and showed us new life
New ways of buying, of trying and flying
New ways to dream, with labels and signs
They changed food to branded expectations
And did away with unidentified creation
Good things come and then they go
By mere mistakes or the call of love
They speak words of hope and trust
And then they are none
Forgotten to long ago
Forgotten to myth and another life
All good things must come to an end

Demon

I've got a demon inside of me
He roars and scrapes his claws
Against the walls of my chest
Talons screech-scrip against my ribs
Clacking against each one like
He is counting them
One, two, three, four, snap
I hold my breath as my heart races
Hardly, can my lungs fill
But I'm used to this, I'm used to him
Pulling on my heart strings
Making irritants more irritating
Causing my fuse to be the short one
Making fat tears come down
At every TV baby or sorrowful tale
We fight endlessly, fists to knee knocks
Shouting and abusing each other
But ultimately he cannot be eliminated
There forever will my demon stay
Right in my chest and right in my mind
Dragging me slowly to insanity
Eons will pass and we'll still be at war
Only winning when I deny all existence of any emotion
For short while I'll be me
Until again he burps and reminds me
That he is here to stay forevermore