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Fallen

Flightless
But it didn’t used to be
Its soft and dark
Wings were torn apart
And fallen from the grand oak tree
Afraid, it gave up everything
To find the things it couldn’t see

Angel
She said why’d you have to go and clip your wings?
Now though you may be feeling well
You’re fallen, and you’ll never fly again
You’ve come down and now you’re forced to think
And feel, and bleed and sleep
What goals do you seek?

Love?
Emotions of a frail and human heart?
Are these the things you’re longing for?
That drives our kind to war and hate
But now it’s far too late
You’ve found your heart is beating
And your adrenaline is fading
And the fear is gathering in your brain

Listen
I won’t pretend to understand
The way you used to live
But what good could come of being one of them?
To see what it’s like to cry?
And what it’s like to want to die
The fear that you won’t make it
And the inability to change it

Everyday
You’ll regret this decision
You’ll wish you weren’t abandoned
When you see, when you bleed
When you’re sick or tired, or starving
You did this to yourself

Now
One day you’ll be brittle
Your mind and body will shrivel
And you’ll wonder where you’ll end up
Back where you came from?
The place you ran from?
This decision wasn’t yours to make
And when you’re made up, nice and fake
Who will be there at the angel’s wake?

This is a mess and I am the messenger

I’m not that interesting (but I try to be)
I have pages full of violent imagery
Hide metaphors with no real meaning
It’s really all just boring poetry

About self-deprecation
Or ego inflation
Occasionally intellectual masturbation
And rhymes so forced you’d swear I’m not even trying

But I’m just dying

A busted septic tank
My what a mess we make
By the time I notice it’s far too late
Become a stagnant pond below me

Why do I say it’s still too good for me?
Why do I say I don’t believe in me?
Or why do I say I don’t deserve to be

Happy

Or sad or really anything?
Emotions reserved for human beings

A right I gave up when I abandoned hope
When I abandoned everything
Can I say I really believe this?
Or is this self-pity just a stupid gimmick
So people will pay attention to me
And somehow it became ingrained in me
Well I’ll mark the day when I give up trying
Pick of the rope for this knot I’m tying
In my gut, and I’ll throw up
Purge away these awful feelings
Because they’re not good for me

I’m Alive but I’m Static

I’m alive but I’m static. I’m down on my luck and I’m forming a habit. I realize that I am becoming an addict, but I don’t care, because as long as I have a breath of air, and the wind is blowing in my hair, the world can leave me behind. Grab the remote and fast rewind-back to a time when life was an adventure, not this lonely heartbreak picture. I think that growing up is tragic, so I’m alive but I’m static.

looking

i haves sought to find inside me

something that gives my life meaning

i’m still looking

i’m still looking

would you maybe like to help me?

you can try

but please don’t lie

’cause i know when you’re lying

look at my eyes

and you’ll see inside

that i’m am dying

Hello

My name is Hello
My friends call me Hi
I bring people closer
And hold back goodbye
Today I will tell you
The secret of life
But you should be careful
‘Cause sometimes I lie
I’m always laid back
When I’m thrown through the fire
‘Cause there’s comfort to me
Knowing that you desire
Hearing my name
When you’re walking by
My name, it’s Hello
You can call me Hi

Here

Here,
Come here
Come here and tell me where it hurts
Come here and tell me where it hurts and I will make it better
Come here and tell me where it hurts and I will make it better; patch up the wounds with sutures
Come here and tell me where it hurts and I will make it better; patch up the wounds with sutures; apply a salve to stop the aching
Come here and tell me where it hurts and I will make it better; patch up the wounds with sutures; apply a salve to stop the aching; press a splint to mend the breaking
Come here and tell me where it hurts and I will make it better; patch up the wounds with sutures; apply a salve to stop the aching; press a splint to mend the breaking; I’ll do everything I can for you;
Don’t worry about me

but

But I don’t think you understand. This is NOT a matter of life and death. What happens now probably won’t even affect what happens tomorrow. Everything will be fine. Trust me.

Laugh

hate
hacks
hailing &
harrassing the
harrowing
happiness, open the
hatch & throw in the bomb, ‘cos we
have no more
happiness now

so laugh
laugh
just throw back your head and laugh
there’s a reason to fear all these
and their stares
but just laugh as you fade away
laugh as you cry today

haha, can’t you see what is
happening to me?
have you prepared to hide in the
hallowed
halls? why is this
happening? why is this
happening?

so laugh
laugh
just throw back your head and laugh
there’s a reason to fear all of these
and their stares
but just laugh as you fade away
laugh as you cry today

No More

No more pain
No more cries
No more hate
And no more lies
No more looking in her eyes
No more life
No more life

Scared To Say

One more day passes slowly
And another hour dies
I rest my head in my hands
And wait
Time stops
And I wonder why
I’m still alive

The empty room,
It’s silence broken
I look up and I smile
This dark, abandoned, lonely place
Is lighted by her eyes
She comes and sits down next to me
And asks when it will begin
I nudge her gently on the chin
And the screen lights
And picture fades
And the words across it say:Act One…

Storm clouds gather in the sky
A bloodied face
A crying eye
Wordless exchange from boy to girl
They turn away and leave
Their eyes in tears
Abandoned fears
For wanting what was theirs

Washed the cuts out from his cheek
He falls to the ground, his body weak
And holds his churning stomach tight
To keep from fading out
A short cry escapes his throat
As he pulls up to his feet
He sees his eyes in the mirror
And finds them hollowed
He turns around to see
An unfamiliar, smiling face
Who tells him to come along,
There’s no point why he should stay
So where he’s taken
Fears are shown
His limbs distended
His sadness grown

A downed path to destruction
Awaits him at the end
Where clutched along the path
His eyes roll back and limbs go slack

Intermission reads the glowing screen
Before it fades to black
I turn to her for a short and friendly chat

I didn’t expect to see you here

I thought it might be good

The critics had nothing good to say

But, hey, that’s Hollywood
Act Two…

Fade in a saddened poet
With a pen clutched in her hand
Another empty stanza
Gets thrown into the can

Fingers run along the paper
And she heaves another sigh
She just can’t seem to find the words
She lies down on her bed
And wonders where she went wrong
Was she too wrapped up in worry
To see where she belonged?

So she fades into a dream,
But is soon jolted awake
She looks outside her window
And the moonlight hits her face

She knows now what she really wants
As she pulls herself from bed
She throws on a coat
And makes her way to the doorThe buildup’s quite suspenseful
I find myself in awe

And the direction’s very artful
I wonder how it ends

Act Three…

The rain is pouring down now
The blood pours from his mouth
He opens up to scream
But no words are coming out

She comes across his lifeless body
And falls down to her knees
She drags him into shelter
And brushes out his hair
For one more breath he breathes,
And looks into her eyes
And as he fades away
They both begin to cryShe returns back to her home,
And soon withdrawals a knife
She plunges into her chest
And with her last breath whispers ?Why??

The lights fade up
The curtain’s drawn
We stand to leave the room

At the door we stop
We exchange one last embrace
Goodbyes are said
I wanted then to tell
Everything I felt
But instead I lost the nerve
Again
I say tomorrow will be different
I say I’ll tell her then
But I know it’ll be just like today
And I’ll hate myself again
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