My hands in the autoclave
It is no disaster
No mistake
Complete sterilization
Not quite yet cremation
Free of my predation
I crawl through a cavernous cave
Its wet walls perspiring
Nooks like glands
Gulleted by the monster
Steep feet without falter
Skull space I foster
I lay in a shallow grave
No need for depth
In this loamy cradle
No longer death I seek
But whatever keeps me weak
Hyphae drink the fluid I leak
Protected; not me, but you
Dissected; they bore me through
An ending to my disgrace
Put me in my place
Guilty Conscience
Spare my soul
Forgive my Spirit
Cleanse my mind
Redirect my thoughts
Rebuild my sense
Boost my motive
Energize my strength
Heaven isn't far away
Hell is always inbound
My eyes are hazy
My faith is wavy
The graveyard is ready
But my salvation is steady
Surviving_Pawn
Who suffers the most
Those with a conscience
Or those without
Found out the law would put him under lock
He hung himself from the old tower clock
Was to be tried for flashing
Said the Sergeant in passing
His untimely death came as quite a shock
Sometimes we give more gifts,
love and attention,
when we realize we can’t turn
back the hands of time;
when we realize we have taken a lot
of our dear ones’ pieces,
making it hard for them to be whole again...
A tortured soul,
full of guilt and sorrow,
God help me through the night,
so i can awake tomorrow.
I need to find peace,
I can't seem to clear my head,
it's forgiveness i seek,
forgiveness from the dead.
It's driving me crazy,
It's down right madness!
it's killing me slowly,
burning tears of sadness.
I cant move on,
cant leave it behind,
it replays over and over
inside of my mind.
A lovers young life,
gone in the blink of an eye,
it all happened so quickly,
I didn't even get to say goodbye.
Guilty Conscience
Haunting words with unfound reasons
Go by days, months, and seasons
Crazed perfection
For love and affection
Leading many in the wrong direction
Taunting ways for us to be wrong
Leading to places we don't belong
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