May happiness
Soothe our sorrows
And little aches remind us
We're alive.

Don't force it
Lest you break it —
Happiness,
Though fragile,
Should come easy.

We forge
Our instruments of hate
In the shadow of the flame.

Did you not see the sign?
That most dangerous of warnings,
Most often misconstrued
As validation —
Nevermind.

Don't
If you'll resent
The bother.

Refuting that we're
Made for change,
We seek patterns in
The ever-changing normal.

Cotton dots on shrouds of white,
Sailing oceans blue on black —
The ever, at the edge of sight
Where fear can't root
And dreams find meaning.

Never is
A place of fear.

Close my eyes
And pray that
I'll be gone
Before the pain.

A turn off winds
Is all it takes,
Fates once superb disintegrate
To wailing songs of bitterness —
Death throes of the
Disillusioned privileged.

I don't do hints,
Fuck subtlety —
Displeasure
Must be worded,
In order to be
Recognized and understood.

Treasure each
Shard of heart,
Even those long since
Omitted from reality —
They are as vital
As what remains.

Press and hold
To talk.

Underneath
Forgiveness' guise
Blame shifts.

Were there a creator,
I'd question his intentions
For us nuclear apes,
Granted the power of invention.

Caught in an echo —
Compelled to recreate
Our glory days.

There are no bridges
Between love
And cruelty.

Envy brings even
The mighty
Down.

Oftentimes
Answer is a verb.

Colored scenes,
Dirtied lenses —
Evil is
A flawed perspective.