Coal

There’s soot on the lungs A shadow of my age The same shade of midnight As the coal on my brain There’s tar in my stomach In the shape of a violent rage A toxin too thick for The leech on my veins Shake off your shadow Break what retrains you Draw out your bad cells Burn them and see what they turn into There’s soot on my table And dust on the doorstep Coal on my mantle Black burns on the carpet Tar on the bedsheets I’ve started to cough it up And spread the infection To those which I love Shake off your shadow Break what retrains you Draw out your bad cells Burn them and see what they turn into Shake off your shadow Shed all your dead skin Dance in the fire Draw with the charcoal you’re carrying The soot on the lungs Established and here to stay Whose dark makes the midnight As strong as the day