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I cut off two fingers from the hand of the poet who can’t stop from writing the hymns of her. I put them in my ears so I could escape the redundant song About the girl with the face that inspired the seas and it’s depths And the sun And the moon And the stars And a spirit that defeated them all I would’ve used two of my own, but I need all 10 to compose this sacrilegious psalm Because I value Beauty not Although I guess it’s only me They’ll adorn your scars as long as they don’t bleed and applaud your broken bones as long as they aren’t visible through busted seams And they live to hear her story No matter how old or recent But If you look like the hell you’ve gone through they’d rather you just Didn’t. Or perhaps you prefer that narrative of hate And slaughter And lust But no matter how many time it’s spun I still can’t seem to trust The girl with the mind that dared to lock eyes with the void and it’s breadth And time And space And death And a soul that embraced them all She’s prayed for the devil one too many times and that’s probably why he won’t leave her alone Cause she’ll tell you her name is fearless And that she’s mystical and cold But really she’s Banality And her lionhearted stories Old I suppose it’s not her fault Nor is it Beauty’s either That their tales are all derivative And clichéd, their Author’s leisure They’re shrines to archetypal aspiration Overwatered brain garden Concept vegetation So I pulled up Beauty’s roots And those of Banality too And reveled in their surprise as a **** like me ripped them from the view. And I plant them here with me amongst the blooming Apostasies And how willingly they drink My Eucharist of impiety And now I sit with open veins And written in my blood this Antiphon remains But since we’re all just echoes in the void I’ll know you’re lying if you say you didn’t lick your fingers anyway when turning the pages of this introit
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Sep 19, 2019
Sep 19, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC
Beauty and Banality
I cut off two fingers from the hand of the poet who can’t stop from writing the hymns of her. I put them in my ears so I could escape the redundant song About the girl with the face that inspired the seas and it’s depths And the sun And the moon And the stars And a spirit that defeated them all I would’ve used two of my own, but I need all 10 to compose this sacrilegious psalm Because I value Beauty not Although I guess it’s only me They’ll adorn your scars as long as they don’t bleed and applaud your broken bones as long as they aren’t visible through busted seams And they live to hear her story No matter how old or recent But If you look like the hell you’ve gone through they’d rather you just Didn’t. Or perhaps you prefer that narrative of hate And slaughter And lust But no matter how many time it’s spun I still can’t seem to trust The girl with the mind that dared to lock eyes with the void and it’s breadth And time And space And death And a soul that embraced them all She’s prayed for the devil one too many times and that’s probably why he won’t leave her alone Cause she’ll tell you her name is fearless And that she’s mystical and cold But really she’s Banality And her lionhearted stories Old I suppose it’s not her fault Nor is it Beauty’s either That their tales are all derivative And clichéd, their Author’s leisure They’re shrines to archetypal aspiration Overwatered brain garden Concept vegetation So I pulled up Beauty’s roots And those of Banality too And reveled in their surprise as a **** like me ripped them from the view. And I plant them here with me amongst the blooming Apostasies And how willingly they drink My Eucharist of impiety And now I sit with open veins And written in my blood this Antiphon remains But since we’re all just echoes in the void I’ll know you’re lying if you say you didn’t lick your fingers anyway when turning the pages of this introit
Alley123
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Sep 19, 2019
Sep 19, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC
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