The waves move to and fro
Thunderous crashes boom in the dead of night
Inspiring legends and inciting fright

Tales echo of bravery and virtuous sacrifice
The water moves like me, swift and fierce
Slicing through the chilly air like the sharpest of shears

I can see the scarlet under the surface, hidden from view
I can see the secrets of death kept from me and you
Darkness lies in the deepest of blues
A surreptitious force leaving the smallest of clues

I fight the visions with all of my might
I can only glimpse it; oh, what a sight!
To be a guiding hand, a leading light

Alas, I must disappear now, my mind on my mission
The waves move to and fro
Here I come, here I go

They can call us whatever they want
Because it's our actions that define us
There's no good and evil
Just a simple gray
Living inside of you and me
Hanging overhead, spreading confusion and deceit
A deep cloud close, but yet, still far away
It's difficult to trust people
In a world filled with violence and hate
Fighting all your life makes you strong
But bitter all the same
Still, no matter the odds, do not give in
Because it's up to us to pick up the pieces
To heal this broken place
Maybe someday we'll be able to trust others, come what may
Until then, here I'll stay
Peering into the dark
Piercing through the grey

Shards of jagged words remain in my heart
A serrated reminder of my former love
For you consider crushing souls an art
Deceit punctuated by how often you cheat
Let’s touch cheek to cheek like we used to do
Arm swaddled in a parasitic embrace
I missed the way your blade felt in my lungs
A pleasured look on that pretty face
Don’t stop the evisceration just yet
Go ahead darling, watch the scarlet river gush
There’s no reason for me to fret
I’ve already been slaughtered once

I don’t feel any haste when I’m with your smile
But you seem to be in such a rush
Cuddles and kisses stringing me on awhile
As my bruised heart turns into purple mush
Footsteps echo through the corridors of my sorrow
Silly old me still optimistic for tomorrow
Hopes riding on good luck charms and fingers crossed
Looking for love, only to get lost
I simply cannot move on
For I’m stuck in the muck
The quicksand of your allure
There is no cure for the poisonous caress of those lips
And uncertainty is all I know for sure
You tell me that I’m wrong
You whisper that you care
But out of all our tender passion
You always get the greater share
And my dearest darling
That’s really just not fair

Be silent little one
For your end will be swift
Your naive eyes hold no sway
Over the frozen mass beating in my chest
And as I drain the happiness from your veins
I will put you to rest

My Salvation did not stem from an angelic force
It didn’t even shine from God’s Paradise
Rather
Mine came from the Earth below
From flaming magma and frightening heat
From the crimson hand
That reached out to greet

People label me a scathing sycophant
A skin-deep, sardonic serpent
They are quite correct
I blur into lives with bright eyes and dispassionate sighs
Like a social chameleon stalking souls
Opportunistically sinking my fangs into hearts
An intraspecies predator reveling in blood
Unreservedly zooming past life’s tolls
Sticking my head out to spit in the faces of the meek
I’m an aberration of moral principles
Very twisted and assisted by inherent callousness
A backstabbing, two-timing, double-faced freak

The Pretender