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Just

Like

Clockwork

Tick-ing

Mov-ing

Unlike

My

Words

Try-ing

Prov-ing

That

I

Am Not

Just-a

ma-chine

I

Keep

My Heart

Bur-ied

Ben-eath

Parts

Still

Broken

Set-on

My-teeth

I

Cant

Give in

I-won't

Be-lieve

That

A

Second

Chance-I'll

A-chieve

Clock

Work

Human

Now-just

Ma-chine

Too late to feign innocence

You've heard it all before

I can't take one more chance

I won't hurt you anymore

Consider this my letter

That I write to myself

That I couldn't get better

And I won't take you as well

Stab me

Break me

Beat me

And chain me

Leave me on the floor

Gasoline on my body

Light it outside the door

Take the man I was

And burn him to the core

Lets start a war

You deserve much better

Than I, for now, could be

Personality suicide

I can live for more than Me

For if even I can do it

Then everybody can

A personal revolution

Its time to take a stand

Stab me

Break me

Beat me

And chain me

Leave me on the floor

Gasoline on my body

Light it outside the door

Take the man I was

And burn him to the core

Lets start a war

I sleep

I dream

Or somewhere in between

For within waking nightmares

Nothing's ever as it seems

I wake

I stare

Or am I truly there?

Reality's an illusion

And it never will play fair

Am I sleeping

Do I wake

In which world is which?

Should I end my life in one

I cannot choose to switch

So do I sleep?

Do I dream?

And visit somewhere in between

But within my waking nightmares

True reality unseen

Today I sit upon my chair

and watch the world unfold beneath

The stories that I see in there

I to you, for now, bequeath

I see age in specks of dust

A lifetime carved in wood

Time's corrosive touch in rust

Just like a lover could

My eyes open to the Sky!

And there I see the stars

But look down, and time flys by

With speeding headlights of cars

Look to the rain, wisdoms countless

The same water fell on Rome

I speculate, with reasons doubtless

Civilizations last shorter than stones

You may think I ramble insanely

That my mind has truly blown

But these thoughts forever chase me

And will leave me utterly alone.  

Right here

Right now

With this ocean between us

Where tragedy confronts eternity

I can finally see your light 

From the darkness of my own heart

A grave machination of despair

The soul taken

My corpse remains 

You walked through my fires unscathed

You've passed through death's dark gates

And yet still live

Excelsior

Still, I look for you

Relentless, I'm lost without you

The ghosts of my past haunt me still

Continuously burning me alive

A whispered silence inflaming my throat

Exhausted with no lungs to breathe

No air with which to speak

But a hush and a sigh, then I'll be gone

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?

As my vision bleeds to red

Your freedom burns my heart

It puts fire in my bones

Until I'm left with ashes of what once were

And shadows of what could be

I don't need to be reminded

      that its all meaningless

I feel the slow hours tick by

      from my already too short life

Another breath

Another bottle

Another wasted day gone

Fill my lungs with cancer

      And why?

I don't die faster

Fill my gut with liquor    

      The pain doesn't leave

Why try when there is no end

I refuse to race without finish

"Everything is meaningless, says the teacher"

Listless at my own apathy

I don't care to care

       I can't 

Because it doesn't matter

Why live for life's sake?

Why die to end it?

All is without purpose

"Everything is meaningless, says the teacher."

My Mistake

Who is that? 

There, in the darkened corner. 

A shift of the light. 

Are those hoovs he stands on? 

My eyes adjust a bit. 

Long, twisted, needle sharp horns? 

Lightning. 

Glistening deep red skin,, no,, scales? 

Curtains blow aside, allowing light. 

Fingernails, wait,,,   talons. 

My sight clears a little more. 

A cats eyes. 

Jagged, misshapen, yellow fangs.

I sweat. 

Mouth so dry. 

Am I shaking ? 

Corded muscle, huge, impossibly powerful, uncontrollable. 

My eyes see clearly now. 

Ribs ? Exposed bone, rendt flesh. 

What?  My face, on his. Why ? 

Ough,  the stench.

Music ? What is this ? 

No! He comes toward me. 

Steady gate, knowing smile. 

I can't move. 

A deep mocking bow in front of me . 

His taloned hand, reaching,  but palm up?

The music,  louder now. 

I realize..... 

God, help me. He wants to dance. 

Why am I taking his hand....... 

My heart aches

It yearns for my beloved 

A fire long kindled burns within 

She is not of the Earth

Her scent is in the wind

Her voice in the rain

Oh how I long for her!

She is ever before my eyes

When I wake she is beside me

When I sleep she holds my soul

I quiver with desire for my mate

She is more precious than diamonds

Than mountains of choice silver

Golden is her smile

Seafoam and starlight in her eyes

Oh how I yearn for her!

A solitary star

Distant and cold

Amid a universe of shadows

It shines alone

Small and white

It glows alight

Clean and bright

On its own tonight

Near the horizon

Resting between heaven and earth