I'm leaving on a violin train
to dance on the ceiling
of a bottomless
sky

I'm dying to go falling
off this raincloud
like a bird

I will not hit the bottom

I am a mist of sorrow

Hanging by my neck

On a skeleton of words

               *          *          *

I'm leaving on a violin train
for the lovesong
in the sky

The sun will scatter bolts of lightning at my feet,

Like rose petals of fire

And my face will be
a thunderstorm
of joy

And the Lord Himself will meet me
on a highway of diamonds
and honey,

And He will embrace me,

And tell me without
sorrow,
I would never have known
hope

And that He allowed the pain
to pry me loose

From the nightmare of the world

               *          *          *

And then we will laugh

And the music will begin

And I will meet again

All those who have gone
before me,

And there will be no more death,
neither sorrow,
nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain:

For the former things are passed away,

And none of us will ever give

Another thought

To this kingdom of smoke

Again

I'm leaving on a violin train

To a place where I am loved,

Where butterflies are sailing,

And laughter is not polluted

By the knowledge of the world

I'm leaving on a violin train
Angel feathers/outer
space

No more crying in my worm bed

No more boots inside my heart

The train is truly great,

But the passengers are few

The camel's eye is narrow

The destructive path is broad

The rapture radio is blaring,

Adios, Navidad

©Nathan Payne
December 2024