If only I could step out of this skin
and tear myself to shreds,
limb by ******* limb,
sin by ******* sin.

i am fighting this battle
the way fire
fights to stay alive
burning all it can

the words are growing emptier, now
the rage inside
singes your heart and soul
and as the embers began to rise
what remains are ashes
of the unfound

life's unknowing prey
is gazing at the stars
reflecting from the eyes
of a black clean slate

the heavens are watching you, too
they meet your gaze with anticipating glances
your pleas go unheard,
your mind loses itself, it turns
and as you're writhing,
it's still staring

your lungs were full of smoke
and you didn't seem to care
your eyes were squeezed closed
as you breathed the toxic air

and so it goes,
another one down
our lives all worth the same
we are waiting for the sound
of a thousand death rattles
clattering
through clamped teeth

so the fire burns on
singing it's same old song
of snaps and sizzles
you can hear it laughing
from behind your aimless maps
and *****-deep riddles.