Blood Flowers Barreling Down The Line

Blood Flowers 
Barreling Down The Line 

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Etched our way down the line
You lit candles drank wine
Saw it as one last sign
Time the sun did not shine
We had no plan or design 

You were so refined 
I tried to be kind 
Truth is I was blind
Felt caught in a bind

You did not mind
We went our own way aligned 
Then I began to unwind
Realized we were undefined

Nothing in front or behind 
Sun moon stars shined
Kings and queens dined
Everything was entwined 

Saw your blood flowers in the pines
Took a deep drink of poisoned wine
My mind blown apart ended time
No decisions or plans down the line

Cities and towns destroyed in all nations
The human species forgot all it's relations
Are we heading to hell realms or heaven?
Blood Flower express is the end of the line

Blood flowers darkness without sunshine
Blood flowers are my ball and chains
Blood flowers rubbed out my name 
Human species soon extinct what remains

Wasted our time playing childish games 
We spun out intellectually with truth claims
We do not take accountability just blame
What was once wisdom is now insane

Painful watching world go down the drain
Agony watching nature cut down and slain
Of ignorance, how do we justify or explain
If we don't act now no hope for change

So I ride the Blood Flower Express train
It has no destination it's all the same 
History repeats itself over and over again
Tear mixed blood flowers rolling down the line

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Written by David Arndt revised September, 20th 2022.

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Artwork Robert Goldwitz








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