Sometimes we feel, When death is upon us His claws already etching A screenplay of the life we lived, On the shell of our skin Which shields the whiff of our already festering souls, From those feigning love around us
It’s not a gust of wind that warns us, But the emptiness, The vanishing of that sliver of hope Keeping our heads above water; The merciless tears, the sobs That threaten to open the flood gates So entirely... That our insides rush out with any sudden gasp for air
It’s the absence of hope; The indifference that paints itself like a Mask on our faces, Never stirring, even in our state of vulnerability We are lost to ourselves, And to all who can still see what’s left of us.
Love is but a declaration of falsity. We cannot be loved. Born to die with calloused hearts Hearts that beat too hard and fast, For love that will never step out of the shadows of our minds
And as our melody of sighs and groans, finally comes to an abrupt end For a millisecond,