NYLA K

A drop that wrestles in the sea 
forgets her own locality 
as I in thee
and she knows herself an incense small 
yet small she sighs
if all
is all
how larger be
and so it tis with thee 
with me
yet if a tear be a galaxy 
how larger be can we 

The ocean smiles 
at her conceit
but she
forgetting Amphitrite 
pleads- me
gentle voice to soothe the sea
with love so indiscreet 
yes- she 
beguiling Amphitrite
thy key
I guess tis thee with me
and I 
a drop that wrestles in the sea
in thee 
myself an incense small 
If within the sea I settle 
and if all is all 
how larger be

*Translation of Emily Dickinson’s poem 255

Emily 255

Twisted metal 
burnin fire
broken glass and tattered cloth
it’s a train wreck 
no way of tellin what’s the cause
when it’s buried and ablaze 
no tellin what was lost

Might be here for awhile 
sift through the flame and rust
clearin wreckage from the rail
gonna have a firesale 
snap the stalk
peel the husk 
lookin for my holy grail 
put up a firesale 
gonna find my holy grail 

Been picking up the pieces 
holdin on to what seems right 
and the scene is gettin clearer
got some insight 
yeah
it’s a trainwreck 
and it’s blistered the whole damn rail 
gonna have a firesale 
find my holy grail

My Holy Grail

In a passage in the darkness 
a place with many doors 
the steps on which I’ve stood throughout my days
and there are places 
        I’ve left notes to come once more 
        to open up that door 
        to step beyond it’s threshold 
once more 

Those are the frames I mean to enter
and I traveled long to get that far
only to surrender 
         only to surrender 

So I’ve come once more to open up that door 
to step beyond it’s threshold 
once more 

And I’ve left notes of hope and grace
and splendor 
words to remember 
the joy of that time and space 
and the smile upon my face 
I have returned

And now I stand before this hopeful door 
once more 
and I’ve traveled long to get this far 
and I won’t surrender

Wont Surrender(amped)

My head slipped underwater 
under waves washing out the sky
leaves me sunken and defenseless 
gonna discipline my mind 
and I see you going down 
slipping under 
giving up as you start to drown 
and 

I was cast upon the sea in a hurricane 
choking on the salt and the burning rain
praying for a sign 
so I discipline my mind and 

I struggle to reach the shoreline 
dragging you behind 
and you’re thrashing in the shallows 
convinced you’re about to die
got to discipline your mind and 

All that commotion gets you noticed 
bringing sharks in with the tide 
force the drowned man to compromise cause 

I was cast upon the sea in a hurricane 
choking on the salt and the burning rain 
praying for a sign 
so I discipline my mind

Slippin Under

To all the fellas in the back 
waitin to react 
this one’s for you 
What good are you 
What good are you 
Passed by all the clues
            and I’m exhausted waitin on you 
waitin on you 
I’m tasting your fear
in the breeze from here 
but that’s how you do
A CaB is pullin up out back
           (I’m waitin on my orders
              ratta tat tat)
and I’m just pointing out the facts 
That you’re the hack
            (ratta tat tat)
yea you’re the hack
with all your rules 
and I’m exhausted 
        Waitin on you 
It’s no accident 
that in conflicts you explode 
Heat up
when we need the cold
when we need your cold
and I’m exhausted 
       Waitin on you 
You piss on that inferno 
          but it eats the fuel 
yea it eats the fuel 
it eats the fuel 
Ohhhhh 
it’s eatin all the fuel

#Uvalde

Exhausted Waitin on You (amped)

You’ve hijacked all my senses 
now I’m a pirate wannabe 
as I’m drifting from the fences
to my destiny 
and I’ll follow you through sunsets 
crossing oceans in rebellion 
as a refugee 
as a refugee and 

This chemical reaction makes me crave for satisfaction 
going weak in your vicinity 
think I’m gonna take a knee 
and in this phase of my excitement 
I’m shameless and amusing and we could have fun 
you and me 
and 

Like the howler in the alley 
I’m radiating heat
questioning my sanity 
living in a fantasy 
thinking you’re my destiny
when I’m really just a refugee

Driftin From My Fences

I danced beside blue oceans 
dangling feet in its calmest tides
but then the wind marched in
a menace
so I crossed the line
yea I’m off maritime 
and I’m prone to drift on salty breezes 
gently waving like I’m with the sea
so far away from me 
and 

Some things aren’t meant to be 
and the oceans are getting bluer 
getting rough and tasting bitter
and that reminds me 
that the sea is a part of me 
maybe I could part the sea 
like its been parting me
yea
I crossed the line 
yea
and I’m off maritime 
well 

I’m no sailor 
could be mermaid could be reef
cause that’s the sea in me
and I’m no killer I’m no thief
still getting all that grief
just a salty sea
bathe us in its blue 
yea
I crossed that line 





#climatecrisis

Off Maritime

Let it go 
she said
let it go 
I walked away 
not gonna win that fight 
all those things I’m giving 
leaving life and love behind 
she’s got it all 
and nothings left for me to find 

Just let it go 
he said let it go 
step away again 
cause what’s the problem now 
you fight you’re on your own 
and 
where did it start 
and 
where does it end 
Those words are poison in my bones 

Let it go 
you said
let it go 
and 
You say I’m crazy 
Just stop trying 
Cause when I fight…you’ll say I’m lying 
         and you did 
Gonna let it go 
walk away 
let it go 
leave you to it 
just miss me with that mess
cause when you know 
you know 
then
you can let it go

I'll Walk Away Let It Go (amped)

Ayeeeeeoooo
Her eyes 
Were the first thing to disappear 
Her gaze
across the stars 
wanderin far from here 

She parts her lips
brushed by her fingertips 
her words
falling gracefully 
‘there’s no one here for me’

And she’s star gazing 
Amazing 
Brings a smile to her face 
and she’s so beautiful 
wish she knew she was the 
brightness of this place 

Makes me sad
how she can’t see
what everyone can see
She goes on thinking 
‘there’s no one here for me’

Yea
Her eyes 
we’re the first thing to disappear 
Her gaze
across the stars 
wandering far from here 
and she’s star gazing 
Amazing 
brings a smile to her face 
she’s so beautiful 
so far from here 
Her eyes 
disappear 

h/t Bruno Mars

Her Eyes Disappear (amped) h/t Bruno Mars

“ ….There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light 
   gets in … “

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NYLA K

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