Tending wounds, barely healing,
Scratch the itch to dull the pain —
Lust and other filler feelings,
Opening the scars again.

A life observed,
Suffering vicariously —
This is who
I wish I am
When I cannot
Be me.

Follow me,
Said her past —
Showing her
All roads lead back.

Spotlight to spotlight,
Seeking self
In a choir of I.

Spoiled forbidden fruit
Wasting on a silver platter —
Kept from sight,
Kept from touch,
Kept to keep it from an other.

Allow me to get close enough,
So I can love your every flaw —
Search my heart and you will find
No part of you leaves me untouched.
I am yours as much as
You are mine.

Out with a flash and a bang —
A singular chance
On a fifteen minute timer.
At least
You got to show the world
That you can.

After ever,
Betrothed to the reaper,
Counting the breaths
It takes to get home.

Seconds crawl,
Hours soar.
Bored to stressed —
The wait gets worse
As time runs short.

Games are for the players,
Life is for the free.
Rules are for the mindless —
NPC.

There are no rules,
Pick any path —
Either way the house
Will claim its dues.

Survival is the game.
Play or don't play,
Either way you loose —
Now, choose.

Generation nothing new —
Scholars of self
Skipping school.

Loyal to a fault,
But in thought
Down in the gutter
With the rest of you
Degenerates.

Fuck decency —
Live free and be
The controversy.

It may be tragic, but it's a life —
Claim the narrative.
This is still
Your once upon a time.

No, this is not a comedy,
For happiness is emptiness.
Every tale, every life,
A tragedy, once upon a time.

History, mythology,
All shaped through ideology —
A game of Chinese whispers
Where some players live to cheat.
To some a game, to all reality.

Were you still here with me,
Could see
The broken trust and crashed beliefs,
It would break you —
But I'm trying, momma.

Dearly beloved,
I've burned through all I've earned,
But fear not —
To you I leave the world.