I will always and forever be seventeen
caught within a suspended dream
innocence completely ripped away
Relive time and again this very same day
A fissure in time that only I can see
at peace with myself I'll never be
my mind shattered, splintered and totally dismembered
thoughts a loaded gun with a hair trigger
attempting to keep my head above water
until I remember I chose death before honor
no reconciliation when faced with the dead
I breathe you in with tormenting dread
as I peer into your blackened eyes
so tempted to sacrifice my own life
there is no escape from this lethal pain
I view my reflection with total disdain
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You stole the darkness from my eyes
Painted there a false sunrise
You took the hatred from inside of me
With enchanting lyric my heart to deceive
You were mistaken of my unique design
For I am the snake slithering down your spine
I'm a viper who's poison, a remedy
Search out your weakness then bury my teeth
I probe and examine every nerve
Until I find exactly where it hurts
You are the cure for my disease
I will not stop til I hear you scream
There is no pleasure without pain
Retribution I've come to claim
Intoxicated by my own greed
Invigorated by constant need
You, the mechanism that brings me life
Senses heightened by your
Beyond cemetery gates
She's starting to follow crows
Whispers accumulate in darkness
Disappearing into empty shadows
Making contact with the dead
A vexing dauntless task
Familiar voice enters the void
Broken hands remove the mask
In a vacant starving tomb
There before her stands
Skeletal diseased form
Apparition of disposable man
Deepened hollow eyes
Abruptly penetrate her being
She feels the taste of death
Long before the sting
He beckons her to come
Inside this waiting grave
Reaching out with feeble hands
To touch the empty space
Searing burning pain takes hold
Refusing to let go
Breathes into her his torment
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