Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 26-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Held
you’d be surprised alright
where you could be held
there
pinned in an up-draft
back against the clouds
holding siren’s rage
on a tangle-pain
you didn’t know was there
you didn’t know it was there
grid-work set up
for your wing-on rise
to a place
where you will be
held
back against the light
hammer on
hammer on
towards
never getting back
hammer on
hammer on
hammer on
