Monday, February 25, 2013

Stop Calling Here


Haven't I told you once? More like a thousand. What syllable of the word FINISHED are you having trouble processing? You like it when I feel dirty, yes I've seen the look in your sick perverted eyes, the instant the deed is done; irrevocable, you start bleeding that smile of satisfaction. I think you get off on this cycle of misery. I shouldn't be surprised, because, I like it too. In a twisted sense of what's good and what's not, I like the feel of you on my skin. I like the way you slither in and out of me, it feels good to know there's nothing she can do about. It feels good to know that if she knew, she would feel better about the way we left. But I've told you a thousand times, and a thousand more, I am not dancing with you anymore.

Do you think you can drag me under again, and again, how long until I become a household name down there? Once I am welcome, I am a pariah. Drained, wasted, used up husk, tossed aside, to make room for the next John to waltz in and take his place. You think I don't know you keep trophies? I am like you, and let me tell you I've got my share of scars. But this is one scalp that you won't wear proudly. This is one face that won't grin out from your tzompantli. This is one man who won't stand at attention, or salute when your banner goes by.

But you still make you pitch, hawking your wares as hard as ever. Boasting about the quality of your goods, proclaiming the wonder of the two-for-one sale! A little guilt goes a long way. I am all out of your currency, a clean pair of pants is what I need most, and what you got, the missus won't have. It's funny how you can twist words so easily, twisting steel should be easier than turning truths on their heads. Beauty used to mean something, purity used to be worth more than your greasy bank-notes.
You're broken and you've lost, and what's worse, you know it. Like a man convinced that he can you fly, you'll keep jumping of the building. But when I look into your eyes, God help me, it's her eyes staring back at me, full of tears. Strange how the thought of the dead inspires a will to live, rather a desire to join them in sleep. I think you'll never really understand that fact.

And this is why you will fail, again and again. You may have skin, you may have blood, you may know how to grind and what to say. You may know the ropes, you may have the right shape, but you'll never have heart. You'll never know that most impressively erotic design; purity. You can't fathom a world without dirt. The very idea of people serving one another for no other reason than because they have more to give, is the mystery of all mysteries to you. The very act of life, the essential element of the beating heart is the antithesis of what you've built your empire on.

There is a name so wonderful, the very sound of it would blind you. There is a word that sparked the worlds, and you've drug it down to your level, the level of beasts, and you've covered it all in your smut and filthiness. But I am taking it back, and putting her were she belongs, on a throne of roses, under the sun, on summer day, she's a queen with no kingdom, she's a queen with no need for a king, and her name is: LOVE.

Consider This


Consider this a fable: I was lying on the floor, coughing from the smoke and haze. The house was on fire. Let's try and forget that it was me who started the fire, and let's forget that is was also me who locked the door. Let's pretend I never shouted up at You: “I give up!”. Let's pretend these burns of mine were not self-inflicted, let's say someone else is to blame for my disfiguring wounds. I can't look myself in the eye anymore, what a demonic and twisted dichotomy I am; victim, and rapist.
But let's remember that it was You who pulled me out of the burning house. Let's make a note that it was You who never gave up on me. Let's commit it to memory that You are the one who still thinks I am beautiful. I'll never know how You can look at me, stains on my pants, and see someone who is worth anything, someone who is pure and innocent.

Now it's true, my lungs still ache, and it's true these scars will remain, but You don't care, I am still as beautiful as ever, in Your eyes. I think you must have pulled me out for a reason. What is it You see in me? You must see something. Is it pride to wonder what? I'll never understand the depth of Your feelings for me. And I don't think I need to know the extent of love You have for me. I just need to remember it's there, and it is deeper than I can ever know.

It is a strange thing to be loved so completely, and yet.....I don't even know your name. I have never seen Your face, or...have I, and I just didn't know it was You?
Is is true that You are in rain and in the sunlight? Are You really found in the kind words between friends? I think maybe I have seen You after all.

Once upon a time, You were only as real as she was. I saw Your love in her eyes, and I heard Your name when she spoke. I think this was true, and at the same time, I know it was a mistake. You see, she didn't know what I saw in her, she didn't realize she was my only link to seeing a real life angel. She could have never guessed the divine impact she would have on me. I know that You did, I think You brought her around on purpose, so I would stop praying and actually begin to have a conversation with You.

Because when You become real to someone, they wake up. They stop driving the nails into their own eyes. Because when You become real to someone, they stop running. They stop crying to the sky, “I give up!”. They know deep that down that You've always been real, and they were just blind. But You won't force Yourself down anyone's throat, You wait for them to finally see You for the first time.

Consider this a revision: My life was on a path of purpose, picket-fence, hopes and dreams. And now, after I burned down that house, not a single blade of grass is growing. I've been wallowing in the tear soaked ashes like a schizophrenic hog, eager to relive old pains. But as always, You picked me up, and dusted me off. I wish I could see the purpose You've set in me. I wish I could see the man You love, but after all, I can't look in the mirror anymore, I am repulsed by that pig staring back, I am afraid of the memories so fresh, so sweet, so dangerous. You could have left me to die, hell, I asked You to leave to me to die. But You just couldn't let me wither away into nothing; because I know You made me to be something. And now, at this point, I am a wide-eyed little child holding Your hand as You whisper: “Everything is going to be alright.”

Sincerely (P.S. The Old Man Is Dead)


I sign this in your blood,
Sincerely!
I sign this with your tears
Sincerely!
I never really needed you
Sincerely!
I never really loved you
Sincerely!
In the dead of night you crept into my room
With meticulous care drove your fingers into my eyes
In the dead of night you stalked into my mind
With malicious delight sharpened your daggers and knives

I'll sign this in your bile
Sincerely!
I'll sign this with a smile
Sincerely!
I never really knew your name
Sincerely!
I never really gave into the shame
Sincerely!

In the lonely hours of my day, you caught my eye
With perverted style you danced so wildly for me
In the lonely hours of my day, you shouted at my face
With viscous betrayal you uncovered the false me

I'll sign this in my own blood
Sincerely!
I'll sign this with my own tears
Sincerely!
I will never love you again
Sincerely!
I will never need you again
Sincerely, Novum Hominis