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greetings self and all between , shackled to mind with a searing cuff
hello shame , its been so long , not nearly long enough
hello heart , what have we here? a new excuse for age old pain?
hello soul , what did you find when out in the freezing rain?
conscience has left or so it seems , he wont be joining us today
hello shadow , watching me , hardly kept at bay
these parts of me they watch and learn and change throughout my years
loving, hating and all the rest , to conjure my deepest fears
i see them there , as always theyve been , whole and working slow
and yet beneath my skin and flesh lies something i dont know
so scratch the skin and lay bare the lie ,pull it out like weeping string
flesh on floor and heart in mouth i breath deep and then begin
take me apart and lay me bare , for all this world to see
the coiling mass of dark and hate , shadowing all that is me
a single tear of salt and love rolls down my bloody cheek
and my mouth gasps a tiny bit , as if i want to speak
but no words will come and blood will flow to be followed by the dark
my soul is the dormant fuel , my shame the deadly spark
so as i light like a pyre into the crimson sky, and ashes cascade from the stars
remember all those youll never know , and who they are when pushed too far