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Turning out the Light

We've lost count of the times

That we've killed ourselves

Become new

Scorched Earth

Laid a past to rest

 

We don't even have funerals for them anymore

There are no emotions left to process

We just light the match and let the flames infest

The crevices

 

The ones those feelings used to attack

 

We've taken a break from the program

And there aren't enough ones and zeroes

In the whole ********* Universe

To make us come back

 

The faces have all become pixelated

Not one more important than the others

They'll all pretend to be your Brothers

Sisters, Mothers, Friends

 

And Lovers

 

But, you'll soon discover

When the mist dissipates

And the illusions are all torn asunder

When the harsh scowl of Baal greets you

With an absolute absence of color

 

That they were all none other

Than the Devils  

You sought to destroy

To purge from the Earth

To banish to the Void

 

Reality is cold

We decided it would be best to avoid it

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Jun 5, 2014
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