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Hysteria

You're dangerously honest

Silently filled with screams

Your body lies in the waking world,

Yet your mind still wanders in dream

 

Walking alongside mannequin masses

How much of this is real?

Staring back at what I assume to be myself

Emptiness pervading all that I feel

 

I drown in the sin of impassioned sweat

These stained sheets that mark my grave

These years are poison; these tears are deadly

The lies of living have made me a slave

 

Lost, wandering in a vicious world

Of constant contradictions and deadly afflictions

Dying by the hand of my own vices

And misguided, misinterpreted convictions

 

My favorite song is being sung by a dead man

Stolen are his hopes and dreams

A resurgence of his soul enlivens me

Though his revelations remain unseen

 

For I know why the caged animal cries

Through iron bars, he is fed lies

 

The truth is but a lie undiscovered

Who controls the thoughts in your head?

Discreet indiscretion and silent objection

Our minds spoon fed the brilliant flesh of the dead

 

I long only to feel the warmth of your love

Before I grow tired and cold

I long to be blessed with your passion

Realize such worldly wonders without being told

 

A shallow grave sunken in marshy swamp

No one to watch over or preside

This empty box houses my world for eternity

In the darkness of the infinite is where I will hide

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Nov 9, 2012
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