Dear Society...

I really love playing
with my wooden blocks
I have one block that is yellow
and the other two are red

I played with them
everyday without care
Until one day you asked me,
"Which one doesn't belong?"

I just thought that
the yellow block was different
But now you are telling me
that it does not even belong
because it is not the same

And from this day forward
my perception has been altered
to forever see through your eyes

Dear Society...I do not belong

I'll save the world
To save you
I'll crusade
Fight a holy war
I'll fall in the name of God
Just so you can rise
I'll reach the world
To reach you
I'll touch every heart
And all the skin
My fingers growing numb
Just so you can feel

I'll shout louder than all other voices

I'll change the world
To show you
There can be demons
But they must battle angels
I'll die in this world
Just so you can live
I'll set fire to the world
To start a flame in your heart
I'll burn intensely
Hotter than the sun
I'll suffer the fires of hell
Just so you can know heaven

You are strong
Strong enough to weather the most violent of storms
Strong enough to stand
Stand when you feel like falling
You have fought battles
And you have won
You are a soldier
You are Smart
Smart enough to have an opinion
Smart enough to speak your mind
Even though others will call you stupid
Even though they will laugh
They will criticize
You will not hide
You are a scholar
You are beautiful
Beautiful enough to start wars
Beautiful enough to be loved
You are art
Your skin
Your voice
Everything about you should be envied
And though people will look upon you
Look upon you to sneer
To pollute the air around you with ****** words
You will walk with your head high
You are a Goddess among men

Words don’t come so easy these days,
They no longer taste of vintage wine,
Maybe I’m the last gasp of a dying breed,
Or maybe I’m a failure by design,

You ran out of patience for tomorrow,
I ran out of hope and foolish pride,
I had no more answers I could sell you,
No more places in my head to hide,

Last night I was sleeping in an airport,
Maybe I was lost inside your smile,
Come and wake me when I get there,
Call me when I’m back in style,

I won’t apologize again for leaving,
I’m only sorry if I let you down,
But after all the oceans had run dry,
There was nowhere left for me to drown,

I told you a tale of bold surrender,
You heard a story of morose decay,
I didn’t mean to lead to this conclusion,
But I wrote it all to end this way,

The words all came so easy back then,
Burning my lips like old moonshine,
But maybe I’m still the first star you see,
Or maybe I’m the future in decline.

What heinous act could I have played
that the beast is still hunting?
wanting to devour it's pound of flesh

What sins so grave have I committed
that this beast still seeks me out?
to make me repent.

Who gives it the power to choose my demise?
it takes it's own will as testament
to it's righteousness.

And I have given a pound and a half of flesh
I have repented of my sins
I have paid my tithe
I have asked for forgiveness
I have changed my ways
I have paid
I have paid..

And yet it still stalks me while I sleep
and in my waking hours
it gathers strength.

It's pursuit
relentless
never tiring
never slowing.

I will never be free

I run but I will never escape it's might
the rules absent
the game devised for amusement

A pound of flesh for a morsel
an eye for a glance
a tooth for a word
the scales tipped
unbalanced

The law says to the sanctuary I must run
yet it is too far
cornered and scared
panting for breath

Beast  
carnivore  
eater of souls

PREDATOR

In my fear I cannot run another step
muddied and worn
spent
resigned
fate

It's eyes black are devoid of all humanity
it takes a step and I can do but one thing..

**Fight.