Only a few have gone by
Today some more
Yet you're acting
Manic
Like the whole world
Crumbles by the hour
Watch the coverage
It'll bring you pain
No stock in relief
Come back again
Relief will come
When others decide so

Some days
I can feel when things are wrong
Twisted and mangled
Feeling dismantled
End of the day
Wishing I could do
Something to make life
Less hectic for you
Comes with existence
No one read the fine print

Fun is infinite
Then how
Would we know anything else?

Sleepovers are timeless
Doesn't age like milk
2% of society
Agree with my notion
The rest
Like to raise a commotion
Too old to have fun
With a friend until the sun
Swaps out with the moon

Spread like semantics
No hope in the centerpiece
Of society
Locked up in cold bars
The room closed for bards
Gloves to shut out the sting
Icy touch with an unfinished flair
We're all stuck on feeling
Angels can't come down
To save the world from each other
Paranoia runs rampant
What happened to savory flavors?
Did our taste run dry?
Hot summer days couldn't burn
Through the tension in the air
The angels close the gates
Left out to our own fates
Yet there's nothing to discern
Searching for a hero
Hence why we see so much
Peacetime around lunch
No negatives only a zero
Our path is undecided
So let's walk forward
Not torn apart
But locked in compassion

Legends have come to stay!
Soldiers of iron
Horses in position
Raised to defend
Glorious an effort!
Preventing an unsightly war
Maybe it could
Raise our productivity
At the cost of the populace
Is it worth the sacrifice?
I'd say yes
Yet...
That's not for me to resolve
I keep those who thrived
And once died
Still alive
Despite my sight
My voice refuses to die
Legends will always stay.

Roam around
In a galactic playground
So much room
None with you
Drifting in the cosmos
Embraced by starlight
Pray that I'm not dwarfed
By your embrace
Cause nowadays
It doesn't sustain
Maybe it isn't my wish
To go out like this
Fading away
Faint
Division

Shadow canine
Stop taunting me
Still, you appear
I'm over her passing
Came to terms
Years in the past
Are you a sign?
Of something
I cannot comprehend
Or a reality
I refused to face
Shadow dog
Fugitive of no crime
Fleeing from reality
Cause my mind
Tells me what I want
I'll admit, I'm afraid
Don't know how to fix this
Leave me alone
She wouldn't want this to stay

The crushed up
Dreadful
Rotten tasting
Medicine
Helps a lot
Yet
I'm not sure
If
The cure is all
In
My imagination

Someone must be tossed below
For others to be
On top of the world

Our reunions
Daily to rare
What changed?

Shocks and scares
True horror
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Being forgotten

Remember when life made sense?
Care never knocked at the door
Doorbell is broken
From the high dive
Reality cannonballed
Now everything is twisted
Mangled from the start
I'd like to understand it all
Let it be for now, but...
Can I still swim away?
When my arms
Don't want to exercise
Tired from the trials
That set me up to collide
Into havoc and mundanity
I remember when life made no sense
Everyday.

I'd like to live long enough

To write my own epilogue

Bottomless
Open for all
When it calls out
I want to jump in...
All that'll await
Is the ending
Of my story

Entered the cave
Pilfered some treasure
Apparently
It was all they had
Oh well
They can't chase me
Not anymore

Cracked rocks
Amongst
Fractured dirt
No souls in range
Nothing alive
Except me
I was told
There was a house here
Once
Upon a time
Now
I can't find it
In the distance
About 20 footsteps away
TV
Wooden frame
Knobs aplenty
Reaching my hand out
///K R R R R R R R R///
It turned on...
All I could see
A woman
A man
And a dog
Enjoying each others company
Twisted the ****
What's this...?
Another man
On his own
Stuck in a deserted local
Cracked rocks
Amongst
Fractured dirt
Wait a minute...
How...?

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Out of the depths
My brothers emerged
Yet what I saw...
Wasn't them.

The people want hope
A messiah
Someone to look up to
In times of hardship
Death
War
Famine
Catastrophe
Gifted with the power
To create
I will make a new hope
For all to survey
Doctorate in electrical reasoning
With pure electricity
Bring forth the mechanical messiah

Need to get out of bed
It's a chore
A fight in itself
But only
Cause you're scared
Don't worry
I'll help you out of bed
Each day
More taxing than the previous
I can't stand
The way it is either
But do we have many choices?
So just get up
Become entwined with my joy
Don't be scared
It'll be alright
Harsh times will soon get replaced
With days where
You want to get out of bed

Arched back
Eyes full of determination
Limber frame
Eager fists
Muscles hardened
I'm near the breaking point
But until I reach the limit
Nothing will break
Especially not my resolve
You monster
Masquerading as mankind
Your reign ends when I move!
For my father...
Who is not missing
But forgot how to fight
For a cause he believed in
I will not rest
Until you stop breathing!

Chose a path
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How do I know it's the right one?
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Is there a correct path?
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Never learned how to do this stuff...

Stubby legs...
Small frame
Broken like glass
I want to go down those stairs...
All the others can
Why am I different?
One day!
I will descend
And discover soon enough
What lies beyond
The stairs that descend
Into a new realm

Why give life?
Humans breed all destruction
Drift through space
Make even more
Increase
Population bursting out
Some are nice
Most are aggravating
Why give life?
Want a child?
There's plenty of them
Wishing for a home
Three meals given through love
Not systematic necessity
Why stop with people?
There's so much that already exists
Let's all stop
Why give life?

Have we truly grown?
Or...
Are we still buds
Waiting to bloom?

I know it's illegal
I know I could be better
But this
Is all I've ever known
If I must
Die in a heist
Stealing to live
Protecting the ones
Who understand the most
My people...
So be it
I'll end my life
Doing something good
Selfless
Not selfish
It's morally flawed
But what else is left?
Wasn't born
To act as a renegade
Don't look down on me...
It's how I keep on fighting
My lineage is already spoiled
What's one more?

Can't get over you

Instead

I'll forgive myself

For thirsting over you

You dishonor my family name
Wrecked it
Tossed into the muck
Hurt
My family's source of joy
Dishelved
Lineage snapped in two
Worst of all...
Crime no one can surpass
Original sin
Definition of corruption
Embodiment of ******
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You stole my juice box.
What happens next
Will never be forgotten

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From beyond
The horizon of darkness
A child
Holding a battered flag
Etched into
His ideals
What he chooses to believe in
Despite all
The injured near him
Just a kid...
How can he keep going?
The innocence of hope
Perseverance
The last thing his family left him
And he's just a kid.

Shot
Bruised
Sliced
Broken
I refuse to give in
To my limits
I wish to go beyond them
Mom
Dad
Thanks for believing in me
You're why I proclaim
To this day
I am still a hero
Good and evil vary
But a hero...
Always saves the day
I can't be the one...
...To change that!

Missed an hour
No problem
Missed 3 hours
That's a problem
At risk of disease
Not good
I've caught a cold
It's not even winter
Forgot something
What day is it?
Need to visit my grandpa
Hopped in the vehicle
Woke up
To shattered realization
If only I slept
At a daily rhythm

Weep in the sun
All will think
It's nothing but necessary sweat
Beading from moist eyes
Even when the sun goes down
The sweat moves
Down like a river
From a vision lens
Relied on

Solo
Then I paired with you
Together
Now you stray away
Broken
Need to put you down
Solo
Again I am

Seems like the world gets worse
Point which we can’t converse
Crime and drama on TV
May sway you to agree
News founded in the dollar
Reveal to us the true color
The world’s seeming decay
Preys on naiveté
Violence brings lasting effects
Raises paranoia to its apex
Corrupting their perception
Lowering our countries reception
News turns to fear
No wonder we want to disappear
Only corrupt is an illusion
Associated with confusion
Watch out for what you view
Twisting your mind like a *****
Implanted ideas from the mass media
That’s called brainwashing in the encyclopedia
Never pure evil
What are we? Medieval?
Hold onto the good
It’s just misunderstood
...
It wasn’t left in your childhood

My name is an identity
Everything else
Just call those credentials

Escapism
Word of the day
A concept extinguishing your ray
Some run from real danger
Retreat to a sole safe space
Some retreat from a perceived threat
That never was dangerous
Some hide from reality
To dilute their perceptions
A dark thought
All of us run from ourselves
Contact never goes through our head
Rather be caught dead
But why?
It’s okay to escape from reality
But ourselves?
We are the thing that we most hate
Stuck in an incurred fate
Desires to escape…
Yet is it so dangerous?
Here’s a theory
A mere idea
Escaping is improbable when faced with an obstacle

Bound by blood
Warm-blooded
But you're cold

If this world was created for us
Why aren't we happy in it?
Uncomfortable
At every turn
Is this our universal nightmare?
Or a dream left unfulfilled?
Take a trip to the wild side
They seem fine
With their own lives
No thought of existence
Future?
That'll come tomorrow
Why can't we be like them?
Probably because
We are different
Some are corrupt
Some raised on virtue
Yet now I clearly see
Life's music
It's called
A harsh noise wall

Came into life on this very planet
Full of water, land, and pomegranate
Given a light to block out the night
The star of flame, what a sight!
That boils our body and peels the skin
This isn’t paradise for it’s full of sin
Planet full of fun and games
Oh, that’s not true? What a shame
A place where nightmares come to life
Bond with one other person and call them a wife
Society isn’t built on the foundations of purity
Charity is old, hide your insecurity
Keep those emotions locked in tight
Hide indoors from the sunlight
The cruel and beautiful paradox
Human life controlled by clocks
Where is my guardian? Where is our hero?
The truth is there’s absolutely zero
Yet, still, we all have dreams
We aren’t hostile cause we make teams
I haven’t yet found my hope
Hanging off the end of a rope
Want to clean the corruption with a bar of soap

We did it!
Saved the city
I call my home
But...
It doesn't feel familiar
Did we forget to
Put something back?
Cortal Avenue
Not the same
We won
So why am I not
Proud?
It's time to celebrate
All I can ponder
Is the next challenge ahead
Without another
How will we grow?
Sometimes though
I wish it would stop
No more trials
Peace, come to me
I don't want to win
Instead
Give me a haven
Reject the legends
I accept tranquility

Away
Get yourself out of here
Disgust?
Of course not.
I said...
Leave this place
I cannot hold on
Any longer
To such a
Corrupted tabernacle
I'll swallow the pain
Try not to inflict it
You weren't the one
Removed my arm
Now I'll say again
Run away
From the injured one.

When I open up my eyes
Look forward to you
Need no caffeine
For you revive me
Today you seemed happy
S t r i k e !
In came the doubt
Is this the path you want?
W a i t !
Why are you asking that?
You’ve gone this far
Close to the end
On the precipice of success
Don’t go back
To what ruined you
Inside you want to go
But I wont let you
Swear that it’s no good
The hurdles have been cleared
Yet when you jump over one
You create three more
Wish I could be your hero
Zero possibility
But how about
I knock the hurdles down
This wasn’t here before
Stop building up defense
For a threat in your imagination
Listen to me faintly
Cry for mom
Yell for dad
Whatever gets you out of this
Trip toward tragedy
You question the world
Daily
Why can’t you accept yourself?
Oh how I wish I knew
To save you from yourself
It’s not your fault
Life is just this way…
For now
Strike down the illusions.

In the red vortex
Black lines
Move around the sky
They're everchanging
It's because...
Those are people
In this world

Assigned at birth
I'm your Lenta
Use me anyway possible
First for love
Hug me
Pick that up, please
Now you've...
You're the same.
Just a little bit of ferocity
**** them
Grab him
Put him in the Sanction
It's the same.
It's the same...

Pray for a break from the day to day
Before I decay
The world is in a rush
Sudden flush
Young boy no care in the world
Teenager begs for a dreamworld
Adult finds comfort in civil life
Elders pray for a decent afterlife
In between the busy weeks
I wish to feel the sun on my cheeks
Cold drink freezing my hand
Looking toward my promised land
Then the sun quietly sets
I sit in silence with no regrets
Stare at the night sky
A beauty I can’t simplify
Of course, this is a mere thought
Haven’t quite yet hit the jackpot
One day I’ll be on the roof
On that day I’ll feel bullet-proof
One day I’ll enjoy my youth
On that day I’ll face the truth
One day I’ll be an adult
On that day I’ll still exult

Cast to the river's depth
Punctured on prevalent pieces
Stone and flesh come to one
Commander has fallen
Leader’s reign comes to an end
Not by human hand
By chance
Roll fate’s dice
Taking up the mantle
Emotions soon dismantled
Feel like an imposter
Invading a title I never deserved
Everyone’s got their doubts
There are many routes
Down to the grave
Avoiding grief at all costs
Last time I led
Looked for bodies not men
Time taught me
Chance is the way of life
Brace the spirits of the men
Recognize the wishes of the women
“Welcome to paradise”
Who’s paradise is this?
Not one I pursue
Slung around wrists
Cold metal I was raised in
Leading brought me trouble
Now I end where I began
On the wrong side of life
Corrupted mind
Purified heart
It’s all I can muster
Fresh out of luster

Oh, you trapped my soul
Locked it in the jailhouse
I came here a man out of time
Today a parasite
Clinging onto the walls
Wrapped around the bars
Stone walls are my friend
Prisoners are my family
Orange jumpsuits for a uniform
Carving the lines into the granite
What time is my parol?
Tastebuds conform to the slop
No one believes my cries
This verdict isn’t mine
I never did the crime
I must have been framed like a picture
Tricked by the trickster
My lawyer was in on the plot
Helped no one but himself
Oh, you trapped my soul
When will the day come
Where I leave behind these walls?
Somedays I think
This is where I belong.

A harsh winter breakup
Heist of a jewel
End times of the dead
Terrible tragedies
Fear personified in one
Wars that ask
Have we been fighting in vain?
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There's a film for it all.