StillbornSavior

I woke one day to find you there You were real because I believed But I never embraced the love inside Never thinking you would leave I arose from bed to face the day With everything that you supplied Wandering thoughts to lead the way Expectance never left my side Strength, I found, deep within So much pride, and all from you But they rejected me outright And you were there when I withdrew You helped me when I hurt the most You'll always be the one I love And when I fell asleep that night You were all I was thinking of And as I closed my eyes to sleep You were such a part of me But as my mind began to dream You were no wer

Standing in the void I perspire, Holding in my outstretched hands an intangible concept. What could it be? It looks like it should be so familiar to me, but I see No correlation between this thing and memory. Shall I experiment? I speak a word in no known language, Hate arrives in reply, toward the sky. Ears keen, I then ask "why?" Pixels reach out to enter my eyes. Shock in blankets deafens me, While circuits redefine what's "free," And Stars and Stripes pulls off its mask To show its bloody, tyrant past. Before me lay the moster, screaming and gnashing, And in dismay I close my eyes. With confidence I reawake, And in my han

Black and white, so static So captivating, this new escape So entrancing, we cannot turn away Like a tractor-beam, feeding on minds Complicated, these nursery rhymes Flickering box, a happy sabotage Stories and lies for a new generation Laugh at the picture box Laugh, laugh with full attention Let soak in the Gospel of Pop Culture Now in color, a new definition of love Our puppets insult the audience And go back to life off-stage We live, we buy, we watch We grieve, we cry, we watch We laugh at lies, we watch Let Hollywood teach the lust Such a relief to know what we trust(ed?)

The path you walk will someday split Today is but tomorrow’s writ Ink and paper fade away Unlike our choices yesterday Time, it seems, the problem was And you would hesitate because The endless possibilities Would always end with stormy seas Alas, the waves behind you crash The turbulence has turned to ash And choices new bring revelation To the past’s young domination Take the path you know less chosen Free the fear and leave it frozen Light the torch and make your choice The reason you possess your voice