Don't know how I missed it,
How I got so complicit,
How I overlooked those parts of you.
And now I'm in danger,
The man I love turned into a stranger,
And I'm starting see we've got more problems than a few.
Holy F%ck do I feel stupid.
How did I even do this?
How did I let this happen to me?
And I still feel like it's my fault,
I'm so bad at love you've gotta launch this assault,
But really it wouldn't matter what I do.
And I'm terrified to leave,
But there's less love than there is grief,
And I can tell I've got no future with you.
I don't know how I missed it,
Or how I got so complicit,
Why I stayed in your shadow,
Or why I thought you'd grow.
I know I need forgiveness;
I know I didn't do this.
I'm trying to fix it.
I don't want to be complicit.
("Exploded View", 2011, original oil)
Complicit in the Lie
Everyone you meet
Is complicit in the lie
That this is what’s real
(12/29/23)
explicit she makes eye contact ~ implicit he takes off wedding ring
By
David Kavanagh
Marvel at man's creation
But do so at your own discretion
For men is not without fault
And his appraisal, yourself shall mold
He is the fall to many a things
And to countless felony is he complicit
But fret not, fear thou be
He is not all without saving grace
After all...he shall be he's own undoing
Solicit and Complicit
Only what I believe will I ever solicit;
Account for components being complicit;
Always inquisitive;
Only my best give;
Exhibit great oral ability when explicit.
Jim Horn
They say silence gives consent.
It is true especially of a tyrant.
When people obey his evil deeds,
And rival to please his sinful needs,
He then parts with the human soul,
And answers only his rapacious call.
If they keep their disgraceful silence,
He goes beyond any viable riddance.
He is not to blame for his massacres
As they granted him god-like powers.
It takes God to bring him down,
And rid the people of his crown.
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