This world is tainted
overfilled, stuffed, crammed
Polluted with judgement and hatred
We were born to be ******

Lies, lies, lies, lies
to which God do you pray?
You hide and you cry
and you cover your eyes
but that won't drive them away

You bleed and you fight
for the "greater good"
but you cry through the night
darling, you misunderstood

Then you take shelter in
a ****** up society that
changes your beautiful self and grins
and gets high off of bloodthirsty combat

It takes you
it breaks you
it laughs at your pain

It shapes you
it makes you
whispers thoughts in your brain

Greed, money, beauty, ***
takes your innocence and turns it to sin
Laughs, then moves on to the next
leaving you alone in new skin

Shivering, you emerge
into a world all the same
No one dares to diverge
They fear isolation and shame

And you disappear
you fade and blend in
But don't let them see tears
for it means you feel within
Which in their eyes,
is the cruelest of sins

You're dark
while I'm bright
You're day
when I'm night

You're the moon
and I'm the sun
or vice versa

And we'll never meet
We'll never fit
You're the final piece
But not to my puzzle

And the sun is setting
And the moon is rising

I find shelter in
the lightest of eyes
For God only knows
what darkness can hide

And your eyes are clear
the brightest of blue
So I'll open my heart
put my faith into you

But I was naive
I didn't know
that a light can die out
and darkness will grow

Now I'm surrounded
by the cold of the night
and I can't trust anything
not even the light

The band aids won't heal
They never do
But the pain is less real
When I think of you

So now I'll admit
Our chapter is over
And I don't want to quit
But I need the closure

And your name fits so nicely with mine
But you couldn't see me in the crowd
So I'll write to you for the last time
Then I'll put my pen down

My heart is beating
My blood is pumping
And I'm still breathing
So I guess I'm alive

But my soul is breaking
And my body's aching
And the light is fading
And it feels like I've died

Because you woke me up
and you set me on fire
You filled my world with color
And my heart with desire

But the pain settled in
As I watched you walk away
And my fire burned out
And the colors turned gray

I tried to listen
But you would not speak
I asked you for strength
But you watched me grow weak
And you closed your eyes
While I cried myself to sleep
So forgive me for doubting
Your holy speech

I begged and I prayed
Into the loneliness of the night
And my faith never strayed
Yet you watched me surrender the fight

And so now
I let it all in
All the greed and the dark
And I welcome the sin
It blackens my heart
And darkens my soul
But at least my mistakes
Are things I control

And they claim that you're here
Watching from up above
But I know that's a lie
All the prayers, and the light, and the love

See the truth
Though you don't want to hear it
Is we're too hopeful in youth
And there's no Holy Spirit

We're alone from our first breath
To our last
Alone in our future
Alone in our past
And when death conquers all
There won't be light or winged men
Just the darkness of night
Just the end

Shining, shimmering
Sparkling, glittering
A light in the dark
A flame full of spark
But beware, a room filled with lies
Hoping to ensnare
It’s all a disguise
But you long to touch, you get too close.
You care so much.
I’m helpless, too far away
Watching As you destroy my display
You ask, “can I see?”
No other choice
And so I agree.
Your fingers graze
The golden glow.
Which lights ablaze.
And then you know.
In disbelief, you turn around.
And cry in grief, at the barren ground.
You fall to the floor
And finally realize
What you’d fallen for
A trick of the eyes
The golden glow gone
The beauty stolen
Bright light, withdrawn
All the objects, broken.
Shredded, torn
Beaten, bashed
A rose with hidden thorns
Hopes and dreams smashed.
You cry and you scream
You beg to know why
Nothing is as it seems
Everything beautiful must die
Buts that’s what you get
For trusting a disguise
Left with grief and regret
Remember life’s filled with lies