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PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
Knock Knock

Whose there?
I don't know
can you tell?

Knock Knock

Is it fair
that we grow
into who they sell?

Knock Knock

do you see me?
wondering at the start
won't you let me stay

Knock Knock

can you tell me
that our future heart
will be okay.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
I walk the halls
in this blinding light
for I can't see
though try as I might
that we burn together
hoping of something better
to find in the mystery
of life's constant injury.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
Hello Angel what should I do
with this old faded soul?
My blood breaks apart in my reflection
and my dream cracks across the floor.
Your wings slither past the sky
down toward heaven’s broken heart.

Hello Demon who should I lose
from my collection of old faces?
My past scars my heart
a damaged clock in my every thought.
It can be hard to understand
that burning is always worst alone.

Hello Man where should I go
past the stars of my drifting mind?
Love’s hope left to bloom
dancing across every second chance.
I’m left wondering about tomorrow
and the lies you will bring.

Hello Woman who should I be
among the shadow’s heart?
Can we seek a knight’s love
as our blade’s tremble in the flame.
With the dragon that guards the night
and cracks among your soul.

Hello God what should I fight,
what victory is worth the pain?
How much can we pay
for the life we disregard?
When you're lost to the ghost
who died so you could live.

Hello Brain what do we fear,
but death’s morning rise?
The sleeper’s curse too often denied
when we call upon our graves.
The stars always stir inside
when you hear the devil’s lullaby.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
I'm bleeding I'm bleeding
for the world to see
the price of my misery.
I'm crying I'm crying
and it feels so wrong
when all night long
you're looking for a place to belong.
I'm sleeping I'm sleeping
with a heart that breaks over time
so teach me a lesson give me a sign
within all the lies that you find.
I'm dying I'm dying
forget all your sins
let the ending finally begin
cause the beginning is always the end.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
I run around in circles
with this empty bottle of poison
another another give me another
won't you tell me dear brother
what I have become?
I hear the calling of the song
sung by the sirens all day long
too dead to remember
a time yet to past.
So I begin to disappear
in a hollow grave of my fear
it all began on yesterday
and since that fateful day
all I can bare to say
is I run around in circles.
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
I wear a dress of crimson silk
past the meadow from which I see
a man and woman laughing happily
reaching out with my hands of thorns
for a time to love and a time to burn
ignorant of the lessons they are to learn
nothing left to lose, but hope
as he picks me up in a wish
for the girl and the chance of a kiss
PoorLionNotKing Nov 2015
I saw a lion yesterday
and in his jaw was a man
who lost himself in all he said
       If you're going to eat me sir
       please clean the jewels in your mouth
       remove the bugs caught in your fur.
        I would hate to die of disease
       so before you enjoy your feast
       cough up the lies of a thousand fleas.
       Lose your crown to my disgust
       for the inhuman laws you decree
       to enslave those who gave their trust.
Then the man spoke no more
nothing left, but a poor of red
like a lamb led through the gates of war.
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