Author: ace mars lest july

no i’m not tired
i’ve just been here
for awhile
been waiting for
everything to come around

it’s not fair
the trouble you face
longer shadows
in your short days
coming down

don’t look now
there’s no point
in giving up
forcing your luck
on a broken fence

if there is a means
i’m sure
that you’ll succeed
in solving problems
you don’t need answers to

but don’t listen to me
be your own
ears and reasoning
never thought i was
helpful to the seeking

just count up
the fallen words
stretch out
follow through on
what you’ve come to believe

listen in
i will tell you a lie

it will evoke an emotion
that hinders attention

you’ll have lost
only time and patience

but filled your curiosity
to cruel levels

the truth of it
is unbelievable at first

not that you’ll see
blinded by greed

know that i strike
with endless tenacity

only to illicit
your unknown response

you and i
are one and the same

free of thought
but not of pain

your blood runs blue
under a red sun

you cut off ties
that suffocate

i gasp for air
under pressure

my eyes misled you
to rapture your soul

there is no truth
in disowning the past

you choose to believe
that the future heals

you are molded
by your own lies

why have you decided
to interest yourself in mine

would you mind
lending me a hand
i’ve gone off again
looking for trouble
only finding desires
that follow my endeavours
to dark corners
in new neighbourhoods

can you pry off
these clinging beings
who are biting down
on what little’s left
of my modest soul
breaking my skin
bound for brittle bones
and sour marrow

it’s time again
to call in a favour
repay me in actions
it wasn’t long ago
that i carved off
your blackened heart
severing the poison
from infecting your core

time is of the essence
my blood no longer boils
the chill of death
marches forward
to the beat of bells
please make haste
heal my warped wounds
push these demons back

i can see you now
in the distance
the break of dusk
facing forward on
breathing in the scene
only to grin from afar
they beckon to you
my friend, come undone

the bell you have rung

don’t feed my fear
it always consumes
regardless of it’s hunger
it’s desperation always
resumes

growling for attention
nothing will remedy
the hollow intentions
will continue through
dawn

measured by terror
plausible to subdue
with poise and attitude
crippling any weakness
relentlessly

forgotten to dwell
upon past mistakes
old habits and desires
rectified by tears
fortifited

inside of your own skin

did you catch what was on my mind
derivative of the changing times

whose the best to judge us now
with our empty pockets drawn out
the only calls we make are collect
no one ever picks up to accept

only old souls lay beneath our feet
drowning in puddles of perseverance

what once was our claim to fame
has left us down a cold well
as dry as the hearts of a disbeliever
who had sin running through their veins

when the sun came up and it still rained
did you give up and accept the never-ending pain