dark horse shining

dark horse shining

those forgotten dreams

and lost wishes just

bright and bursting right there

on the curve of a flank

dark horse shining

born of assault and hate

born of rejection

borne upon the back of the wind

that dries all tears

dark horse shining

death's forever promise

inside minds asleep

blanketed with

dark winter suicide

jumped bridges and the flying

bomb deafness

reverberations of explosion

beating off center

slammed into hearts of stunned

dark horse echoes drawn standing against

that specific memory gouge

in the smoke of home burning

and what drips fleshly onto the black earth

from spearpoint and axe head

cutting the ocean in the dark crease of wave

before warship's prow

where the stars live in dark purple