The Breath of Cool

Stress clawed his face like nails
But the breath of cool ended the bloody thrill
Wise men laughed at him, the prudent fool who fails
But the breath of cool gave him what they couldn’t fulfill
It gave what the madman could never shrill
But while he relaxed in harmony, his firm ground shook
His lowlands stood tall, now they lie in aimless trails
All thanks to yesterday, the last breath of cool he ever took

He couldn’t see the lights in the ambient city
The breath of cool gave shadows places to hide, under a world it stalked
He was a drifter with no essence that roamed with pity
But the breath of cool read between the lines he walked
Kept his mind open, if it was closed it still knocked
But now his head takes two glances without a look
Now he can’t find the beauty in life, cant see what is so pretty
All thanks to yesterday, the last breath of cool he ever took

Fell into a spinning trance, another roulette wheel
But the breath of cool cleared the mist and set his path straight
Was caught in a dominion that took time to heal
But the breath of cool lifted the heavy weight
It loosened the fist that gripped his stressing fate
But now he finds himself caught in a muddy brook
Swept to the home of his tension, but he no longer clicks his heel
All thanks to yesterday, the last breath of cool he ever took

Looks back, sees the sands of yesterday, but can’t climb the hill
He’s still flipping through the pages of his book
Strutting without ambition, yet still
Yesterday, was the last breath of cool he ever took