Live and Learn

Only when I have stopped thinking And the past equator closes up When all my friends have all been divided My faith in humanity may be restored An inkling of raised voices A carpet of shattered breath The purpose of my being Is yet to be addressed That old famous fragrance Distilled nectar to my throat Pleased me relentless And lubricated my hurt I began to build a facade Laced with blood and sweat Deliberate incisions Drawn deep into the flesh All those feline apparitions Sent my body into asthmatic gasp Peeling back my emotions And castrating my novice heart She had become too dominant Restricting all open doors My conquests became relegated Leaving me abandoned again once more Without reason and substance A body will cease to care So I sank my teeth into distance And held a lifetime in my hands Rich pallid Soil welcomes me To ambitions set in stone A new but older version of me Now begins to live and learn.