( note:  for two voices, with music )

+ emote : an anthem

we sigh
they see us smiling not
confuse it with the numbness we feign
crystalline castles only we know to be plastic

we sigh
for we cannot breath nothings
or else the disillusionment of inanity
consumes us

we sigh
the curse of our kisses
the chaos of our creations
lose themselves in the swell of flooding tears

we sigh
scared empty children groping for dawn
hopeful enough to seek the light
tender enough to feel the darkness stabbing

we sigh
restless in our ambitions for purity
itching for embraces of deliverance
shuffling our feet to keep from stagnating in the purgatory of 'reality'

we sigh; we feel

we feel
beauty en soi cradling us in the arms of now
held in each other's compassion we return home
we fade into ourselves, each other, this night of love

we feel; we sigh

we feel
napoleonic superheroes with caresses we kiss
floating each other on trust alone
soaring into uncharted realms of being

we feel
alone we sign heavenly accolades to deaf stars
crying with rage we cannot breathe
sanctified in unity we are blasphemers of solitude and her solemnity

we feel; we sigh

voice1: we can't go on
voice 2: so we go on
voice1: they feel we can't go on
voice2: we go on we feel
voice1: they sigh
voice2: we feel
voice1: they can't go on
voice2: we feel and  we go on
voice1: go on
voice2: feel.

+ c davis

+ march 1999