under the sun
not bold
not tame
empty inspiration
no paint inside the frame

between curtain calls
never satisfied
one foot in the grave
the other close behind

smudging the dreams
on fingerprint paper tonight

brought back to life
same old problems
no new answers
but different placebos
to relieve the cancers

bleeding inside
deeper than before
foresight lay drowned
like sand beneath the shore

lenses can't clarify
what memories can't restore.