Succulent Shadows

Bleed from me

like the manifest disappoint that our life’s turned out to be
Blinded and fueled on ecstasy
Like everyone is inside their frail worlds,
drunk and dreary and stupid
Like our hearts turned to dust by cupid


create the hope that you can’t desire
trapped in a cage of our crimson hire
burned for blood we left the flames take us past the ancient paint
Forgotten clauses our parents used to say
Poking around in empty souls
Losing track of any personal goals



You live to serve a different cause

lost and bought and bought and bought and bought

oh have you forgot?


You don’t exist here
every torn limb leaves the gashes known
suffering alone
bearing a lost song
when she stopped singing along