Reflections

REFLECTIONS

A COLLECTION OF LYRICS AND POETRY

©By Cianaodh of the McGillemhaoil 2016

DREAM AND DEVOTION The 3 Mothers Pagan Portrait More Then Wealth Pride REBELLION AND REASON Money and Control Rent Rhetoric Wasteland LOVE AND LUST Spell On Me Lucy Desert Thirst Spirit Bride Gypsy Woman Underneath FRIEND AND FOE Austral Alien Part Time Crone Nothing Wasted DARKNESS AND DEATH Demise Slipping Bleed Insanity Rise and Fall When The World Seems Crazy Into Exile

DREAM AND DEVOTION THE 3 MOTHERS I am all truth, wisdom and love, I am poetic inspiration, and artistic expression, I am the fire, warmth and light, Divine Brighid The Creator, I am the rock, the fruit and the stream, I am woman’s beauty, and man’s strength, I am the blood, flesh and bone, Great Mother Danu The Sustainer, I am darkness, desire and thought, I am the dancer’s skirt, and a warrior’s sword, I am life, death and rebirth, Queen Morrighu The Destroyer, I am all that is, and will be, I am nothingness, and infinity, I am the universe of stars, and the mother of mothers, Eternal Universe The Blessed Seed, PAGAN PORTRAIT All alone on this misty night, she speaks to me, Open the eyes of eternal life, where thoughts are free, I call upon another world, I call upon another time, Blood of the past seeps up through the dirt, I feel the wind that carries souls, it’s howling at the moon, Howling at the moon tonight, Those who’ve died will walk the skies, in harmony, Telling of unjust demise, the air will bleed,

Seeing only a brave new world, Feeling only sorrow for our time, I kiss the lips of my ancient right, And to you I give myself, invade my soul, Invade my soul tonight, MORE THAN WEALTH As warriors and queens release the day, we wander into this madness, Among fear and doubt I call upon you, embrace me through my sadness, Only to you these words belong, Only for you do I write my songs, Crawling out of nature’s depths, I follow you into your world, Looking back upon the dawn, in your smile where I’m held, Only to you my purpose lives, Only for you this passion breathes, Experiencing the spirit’s embrace, In every word is her face, I sense a part of you within myself, Brighid gave me more than wealth.

PRIDE What one would give to glimpse the before in life itself, And in no man shall bring fear, Look upon like foreign hell, Nor should we shed in tears for insanity seemed forgotten, Cry in honour of those I come, Our blood spilt and shared in fields like Culloden, Soft is modern Earth and common are the sins of revolution, Sink into silent achieving amongst thieves, As human spirit dies under oath to constitution,

One must be scared of days no more here, Soldiers will tremble and art will burn, To my eyes a world of cowards, In presence of souls to whom we were, Though be it not in beauty, Missing and grieving for what today deprives, On the shores I await, Pondering on historic pride.

REBELLION AND REASON MONEY AND CONTROL Don’t say you’d save the world for all our sake, Such promises will leave a stain on your hands, You think these rights are there for you to take, The greed that feeds your hearts can only blind a man, So don’t tell me you would ever make the sacrifice, Because you’re only here for yourself, You can’t protect us when the cuts are from your knife, But you hide it oh so well, You find it hard to swallow truth, And I see the real side of you, Your big mistakes will surely cost our fate, And you pretend to be no enemy of mine, You’ll grow a conscience when it’s all too late, And just like the past you’ll seek the glory you can find, Your cowardice has shown your allies in the past, That you’re only here for yourself, How can I trust you when your culture’s just a farce?

You’ll take what you can sell, It has me searching for a new flag, oh, I hope the money and control wreaks havoc on your soul, The way you fuck yourself is so sad, oh, I hope your money and control makes you fall into a hole, RENT We've been paying rent since we were born, In this evil game we are their pawns, Divided and conquered by a system of debt, Children of the sun, told to forget,

Living their lies, our freedom lost, Each time we breathe incurs a cost, Luxuries designed to keep control, A mindset created to trap our souls, They who violate us, They who point their guns, They who made us slaves, See what they have done, Liberties are printed by the banks, Wealth is given to the ranks, Humanity is swept aside, By institutes of false pride, They won't leave a moment alone, Threaten our families, invade our homes, Well who do they think they are?, It's time they know they went too far, Churches and corporations, Want us to live in fear, Lets burn these corrupted nations, Pick up our books and spears, RHETORIC WASTELAND All this talk of urban growth makes me feel I’m so alone, My futures just a fantasy, I’m broken in the worst degree, I don’t know what you’ve been told but the truth has killed my mortal soul, You’ll get nothing if you cry for me, my head fades into a prophecy, The streets are seas of flesh and bone with crashing waves of monotone, Accept defeat so humbly, a slave unto the world’s elite, Empty faces staring out beyond the schitzophrenic clouds,

It’s not what it’s supposed to be, your money’s not supposed to bleed, Lonley nights, as you’re driven to the edge of a rhetoric wasteland, Take a bow, and walk into the rough, the democratic shove, The truth in lights, as you’re frightened to the death of this rhetoric wasteland, You should know by now, you were never good enough, never good enough.

LOVE AND LUST SPELL ON ME Your body could drive me crazy, oh won’t you see?

Your love could bring me to my knees just like a fantasy, You are a goddess baby, my island dream, You move your hips like a pagan queen, you put a spell on me, Your silky black skin honey, pressed up to me, You turn me on like ecstasy, in all intensity, I’d like to eat your body served up with cream, You’d make an ocean turn to steam, you know what I mean, I want your arms around me, I do believe That your love’s a refreshing summer breeze, a Polynesian treat, Your kiss is so enchanting, you taste so sweet, Your temptress ways will all succeed, you are the girl for me, The passion drives me wild, it’s so immense, Untamed emotion rears its head, you make my night intense, A primitive feeling honey, I lose my sense, You lay me down upon the bed and I have no defence, Oh won’t you come on home with me, make me hot inside, Babe you know you’re such a tease, my soul just can not hide, And that is why you are the epitome of woman in my mind, And that is why you are the sweetest thing a man could hope to find, LUCY Oh wonderous hills clad in green, For the skies reflect your beauty, Yet in the night you’re not in sight, But we know you are as pretty as Lucy, Oh great lake the one who flows, Your eyes are yet untamed,

And if I decide to be free in your tide, Will my love for Lucy be flamed, From dirt to dusk, dawn to night, It’s you I want to caress, To hold, to make love, To Lucy the goddess.

DESERT THIRST Those curves draw me in, and it’s a mortal sin, Surrender now your god, to a pain so hot, Hold the veil and pushing hard, into devout tanura, A thirst so deeply earthed, begging to be heard, Floral waves fall around, heels forbidden and duty bound, Blessings flood an olive flesh, and the conquered hem, a soaking dress, Quench the thirst of desert lips, Rivers flow down desert hips.

SPIRIT BRIDE In another life there lives a dream, Of a land ruled by a forbidden queen, A soft caress from a gentle breeze, The fires of hearth wild and free, Whenever the vision seems real, Lost is the distance needed to fill, Fate can deal a nasty blow, One must reep the fields they sow, A piece is always there written in the heart, A greater love has none than in the workings of the arts,

UNDERNEATH Underneath the flow, hidden in taboo, Captured by the folds, shaping out the view, Shiny tones caress, the depths of all desired, Down tinted flesh, divided and conquered, Bless a forbidden altar, breaking through the veil, Inside and all over a desecrated holy grail, GYPSY WOMAN Oh Gypsy woman you make me hard with love, Let me give it you, I look at you in your beautiful dress, Stroke your thighs and kiss your breasts, Sliding in from behind, against the wall, I drown in your passion and give you my all, With rhythm in your hips, Flamenco lady, Feel the fire in your body as you dance on me, Could the tiers of your skirt be sweeter?, Like the caress of your lips senorita, The wavy folds of your hem, That graceful mystery that captures men, When you wipe it on me with legs so fine, I burst with love and lose my mind, The curves of your figure so wild and free, Hold me inside you, Spanish beauty, Your costume embraces your body so tight, Yet flows down your legs like a heavenly sight, Divine sensations push deeper within,

Hot explosions inside and all over your skin.

FRIEND AND FOE AUSTRAL ALIEN Don’t drag me down, I don’t wanna live in your world, Don’t make a sound, Keep your ignorance to yourself, They say that empty cans rattle the most, I see you’re scared of what you cannot know, You have to hate, It must be hard to live on the sidelines, It’s on your face, The way it cuts you as we leave you behind, You try to judge what is in the heart, But what are you?, and who the fuck do you think you are?

PART TIME CRONE I couldn’t say if you have ever cared, You’re only happy when you get your share, I am the son that you have never known, You only see of me what you condone, You don’t know what it’s like to be alone, To live in houses but never homes, You know I’m throwing punches in the air, The way this family thinks is so unfair, Could I ever have been such a fool, To think there was an ounce of love in you, What you say is never what it seems, Your heart’s as dead as all the western dreams, Would you ever look inside my mind?, Or are you scared of what you might find?,

What you think is never what you do, The biggest hypocrite I ever knew, It’s a wonder you can sleep at night, Forget your heritage and question mine, My ancient blood just gives you such a fright, Your criticism is just out of line, NOTHING Hey Superstar, Too long have I tolerated you, What a loser, Your mouth is running but your words are few, Call yourself philosopher, but you don’t understand, Only those who do have the wisdom to be a man, Hey coward, Talk is cheap like your pride, Dishonoured, You raise your hands on the women at your side, Did it hurt you realize you were never cool?, Always in our eyes the pitiful fool, Your charm’s as foul as your cooking, Your class lower than your IQ, Go back to the dump you live in, Cant you see us laughing at you?, Hey liar, Living in your world of fantasy, Such a child, I know your smile hides your jealousy, Don’t compare yourself to me, in your ragged clothes, I like a woman with brains and class, you prey on drunken hoes,

Those who know nothing, have nothing, do nothing…are nothing, Those who say nothing, create nothing, love nothing…are nothing, WASTED You have to make it hard, You have to play these games, But I’m too strong for you, and there’s nothing you could do, You can’t communicate, You can’t stop the lies, What the hell is wrong with you and what are you trying to prove?, You are so bitter and crazy, I know you really hate me, At least I moved on, with no regrets I’m gone, What did I see in you?, I think I know that truth, You fleed your previous mess, I saw only between your legs, Hater, you were lucky to have me, Faker, I was naïve to take you, Wasted, part of my prime in hell.

RAIN ON MY HEAD It’s not a game, Don’t torture me I’m not to blame, I wear your name, But you and me just aren’t the same, You change too fast, I think you drowned in what you said, Dig up the past, And turn the rain upon my head.

DARKNESS AND DEATH DEMISE From the first breath to death, haunted by time, Creep slowly into the ground, unstoppable demise, The dark goddess sweeps down to bring the light home, As the fire recedes and returns to her womb, As you laid bleeding pale and still in pools of red, I watched you leave your son that night, yet no words ever shared, When the destroyer comes take her hand, Leave this flesh and give it back to the land, I have seen you, I do not fear you, I will not be waiting, Your hold is gone.

SLIPPING Want to live a normal life, Wishing for youthanasia, Saying it a hundred times, Staring at your own dimensia, Knowing there’s no grip on time, Everyone seems the faker, Firmly on fading grounds, Ready to meet the maker, Living three separate lives, Now I have a choice of illness, Collapsing with cries inside,

Dying in the wake of stillness.

BLEED INSANITY To quiver in the hole, of an unfortunate bless, Shivers up my soul, and chews on what’s left, Wake up screaming, to the sounds of time, The torment of dreaming, at thickest decline, Its hurts with shame, amongst others I see, I don’t play with fire, but the flame is on me, What was once cruel, poisoned within, Water, the purest virgin, echoes with sin, A forthcoming invasion, locks an over crowded breeze, The first ever glimpse, whistles in the trees, Possessors don’t know, the mess that’s been made, Please put me to rest, in this shallow grave, Throbbingly slow, killed verbally, I am so low, let me bleed insanity.

RISE AND FALL Guess there’s always ups and downs because that’s just how it is, Days are swept away in the winds and vanish into the mist, Faces always come and go, As the tides will always ebb and flow, Seems not so long ago were the turbulent times past, Living like a rogue and disintegrating fast, A mystery in the world are we, To rise and fall for all to see.

WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS CRAZY When the world seems crazy in all extremes, It’s not the world, it’s you, you see When all else fails and splits at the seems, Sometimes it’s hard to follow a dream, If you scream out loud they might not hear, Without remorse none left in fear, Hope is never lost in time, It glows above your head, In all love and truths you’ll find, A will uncrushed nor dead, Breathe in and breathe out, So fragile are the things we do, Stand up and look down, One day you’ll see the road in you.

INTO EXILE Take your sorrow across the water, Drag your spirit through the sand, Lift the veils of your masterplan, Don’t you come then you go, And smash the pillars of the soul, Marching forward into unknown, Pushing myself out to sea, Bare the curse of desolation, Ending liberties, We can’t lie and survive, Won’t be left high and dry, Go and do what you wanna do, I won’t run to follow you,

Into exile, denial Into exile, exile