i have sandpaper for eyes
you cant see
because im blind
no-one draws near
no-one escapes notice
empty shells of conversations
scattered like spent bullets on a battlefield
useless to stem the tide
so they retreat away from the dull grinding
my eyes are sandpaper
slowly grinding away the walls that contain me
she loads death with care
into the device
she is ***
she is warm redheaded lust
she is life and death loading a spike
beggers bones
and they shuffle off nineteen dollar bills
its twenty dude not a dime less
thoughts and plans are well heeled
till they hit the pavement
all ways said the road sorts the ******** from the true
i see them wince when they meet my gaze
nearsighted apologetic polite criminals
they gather in the lighted
end of the corridor feeling confident
that the darkness would consume them
then from the safety of this
fortress of light the release the details
that should confound you into silence
my eyes are sandpaper
slowly grinding away the borders
that contain me
madness is not their only symptom
a fever breaks loose and sweats in the complexity's
of the wheels within wheels
i cannot bear that this place should be the end
this dry barren place
you cant see because im blind
May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013 at 6:16 PM UTC
i have sandpaper for eyes
you cant see
because im blind
no-one draws near
no-one escapes notice
empty shells of conversations
scattered like spent bullets on a battlefield
useless to stem the tide
so they retreat away from the dull grinding
my eyes are sandpaper
slowly grinding away the walls that contain me
she loads death with care
into the device
she is ***
she is warm redheaded lust
she is life and death loading a spike
beggers bones
and they shuffle off nineteen dollar bills
its twenty dude not a dime less
thoughts and plans are well heeled
till they hit the pavement
all ways said the road sorts the ******** from the true
i see them wince when they meet my gaze
nearsighted apologetic polite criminals
they gather in the lighted
end of the corridor feeling confident
that the darkness would consume them
then from the safety of this
fortress of light the release the details
that should confound you into silence
my eyes are sandpaper
slowly grinding away the borders
that contain me
madness is not their only symptom
a fever breaks loose and sweats in the complexity's
of the wheels within wheels
i cannot bear that this place should be the end
this dry barren place
you cant see because im blind
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