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Barricade

I'm everything you don't understand

a little beauty on demand.

Peel back my damaged skin,

let yourself drown in my blood

-- in my body.

Revel in my flesh,

because you will never touch my thoughts

 

Even these words that I spin

-- you can only lick them,

taste them,

but never hold them.

Never truly grasp my intentions

-- I keep those in a bottle by my bed

Don't even try to untangle the mess

inside my head.

 

I'm a catastrophic volcano,

going off from time to time.

Lying dormant, but when I explode

there will be nowhere to hide.

 

There are demons in my mind

-- demons you will never be able

to find.

 

Touch me all you want

-- drink in my flesh and bone.

You can take my body,

for it's my thoughts

you will never

own.

 

-lf-

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Written by
leelan-farhan
Canadian
Published
Jul 4, 2013
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© Leelan Farhan

    June 23 2013

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