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Our image stains stone
Etched ‘eulogic’ amour
Gets off on shame again
Flatline fantasy closer
Brings elation false rewards
His acts of service, a years worth
and crime yet convicted
His ardor for black and blue
All in extremity
Brought the monster closer
And closer
Enticed by (Rope tight lies)
the pretense (Gray dull eyes)
Pulled taught (Rope tight lies)
Fibers burning by (You said abide)
His own accord.
No air.
Enticed by (Rope tight lies)
the pretense (Gray dull eyes)
Pulled taught (You said abide)
Fibers burning by
(We tried) (We tried)
His own accord
No Air
One wrong turn away
False steps give way
To these mistakes
Until I break
Outliers to remedy, no one to trust. no one.
Outliers to remedy, no one to trust. no one.
Derisive comments
Mame future prospects
Derisive comments maim future prospects
Derisive comments maim future prospects
No air
No air
Antagonized, then sexualized
I am antagonized, then sexualized
Antagonized (Eyes just like)
Then sexualized (Daggers gouge)
Desire breeds horrid grounds
Antagonized (Eyes just like)
Then sexualized (Daggers gouge)
Antagonized (Eyes just like)
Then sexualized (Daggers gouge)
Antiquate the argument
For love, just, fair, kind, any willing at all
When humility is method acting
Schadenfreude, Schadenfreude
And I stare back not unlike a still life
Are you elated? Are you happy?
Outliers to a remedy
No one to trust. There’s just you
Outliers to a remedy
No one to trust. There’s just you
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Indisposed - Indisposed
07:18
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I stare through the window
But the light feels so far away
I stare through the window
But it’s screams stand back
Don’t try today
Indisposed by these trips to the doctor; incapacitated; No tunnel in sight
Sobriety’s more expensive than the profit,
So how can I give myself
when there’s nothing to give
Maybe someday I’ll love you, but I can’t keep the sickness at bay
Maybe someday I’ll follow through,
But this pain’s left me counting my days
Writing for everyone but myself
Ignoring my own chapters; I chase mangled threads
The windows closing, I see it.
And if I don’t try now, I might be dead
I love the sweetness in you when I see it
Word of mouth shows, there’s none in sight
But I’ll never get a confirmation If I contemplate,
And not try
There must be some way I’ll love you but
Each touch gets worse by the day.
Maybe someday I’ll hold you, but til then
I’m just keeping pace
This weak mind’s out of things to say.
Looking for a purpose. Yet again, I’m lost, not found.
A terse encounter botched this.
Yet again I’ve lost don’t try.
How many times can you repeat the same lines
How many times can you repeat the same lies
How many excuses can you make to stop living your—-
Just fight for your life .
(Time it takes just to Time it takes—)
I’d trade this all away. Just to stay --
You’ve been here before
Just here
Just fight for your life .
(Time it takes just to Time it takes—)
II’d trade this all away. Just to stay well)
How many times can you repeat the same lines
How many times can you repeat the same lies.
The love you left in Boston and the friends you left behind
Your just here, wasting away. Days gone and past
The road you felt a love for once your lips now hardly part
The rooftops where you spilled your heart (alive)
Have you forgot? That you’re just here;
Wasting away.
Remember: you’re here.
You’re here
Here.
You’ve been here.
You’ve been here.
Maybe some day
Maybe some day
Maybe some day
Maybe some day
Maybe some day
Maybe someday I’ll be well.
Maybe someday I’ll be well.
I remember the drive home
And I remember the sickness I bore alone
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Ephemeral and Endless
05:17
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Hold me close and feel the warmth of my embrace
This might be the last time that I see you
Sadness and dread slalom down my face
Please remember me if I go
I am truly afraid
I never want to leave your side
I am truly afraid
I never want to leave your side
Pain and fear are only temporary
I understand love as ineffable
These are the greatest gifts in life that keep me moving forward
And for that, I know that you are what I truly want
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Aftermath
04:03
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These voices from the past
They say I am alone
And that it will be the death of me
And I tell them I am unafraid,
And that with you joy will follow me
All the days of my life
When passion shrivels up,
Left to rot in the aftermath,
You remind me that I’ll be ok
Tear through this canvas
Strewn with heavy blots
This portrait says I am alone
But together, you and I will repaint it
With you I can live my truth
And I can be the person I want to be
With you I can live my truth
And say “I am unafraid”
This is for you
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