Face & Embrace

Picture a life, unlived...

Closets full of dreams, mirrors of weight

And any passion disappeared

From self denial to hate

It doesn't matter what comes between

The following of your heart

Is the voice that screams

It's simply the sound

As it resonates, it bleeds

Urging you, the water

To embrace its seed

Betrayal, guilt, the blame, and pain

These are the after effects

Of this, the subconscious game

It's not within your realm

To truly understand it

And it's not within your ability

To withstand the urging of it

Someone will always be hurt

And someone will always blame

And someday it will be you

In their shoes, the same

There is a vampire

In your heart, in your soul

Starved and lurking

Waiting for you to let go

It's you

It's a part of you

Make No Mistake!

Your divine nature

And oceans within

Will always cause you to break

Spare me your guilt

Or spare me your blame

We both got what we wanted

And will suffer, the same

You're a dreamer, a creature

Of comfort, asleep

A parasite, a demon

A viper, and weak

You're not exempt from this

And you're far from above it

Stop pretending!

And your sudden case of conscience

Is a lie, and pitiful

Embrace this beast you deny of sleep

Stare into the face of your image's defeat

You're not holy

You're not a good fucking person

You're not even honest with yourself..

And you disgust the rest of us

Wake up... And be alive

Witness this beauty

Witness your heart, only pure

Witness your spirit, in its unfathomable-ness

Witness your body, as the animal it is

And witness your mind, for its function only

Now, witness the whole..

There is blood in your veins

And it's dripping from your tongue

Bittered by the salt of these 'unforgivable' lies

Like all the previous ones

Don't torture me with confessions

Let's not pretend I'm that naïve

I'd just play the bitter and broken

And again pretend we both believe

Our hearts simply scream

For dreams yet unseen

And the nature of this parasitical comfort

Is simply not enough to grieve…

ⓒ 2006 Shawn Michael Quinn