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staybellmined
Junior Member

since 2001-07-29

Posts 21
insanity, usa (killeen,tx)

0 posted 2002-07-22 05:42 AM

silhoutted by the explosions of the mind,
they roam, fearless and lethal
the demons of a past so harsh and cruel
where even being awake can't stop them
revealing their faces one by one
in a slow torturous catalog
and there's nothing you can do
but take it in and await the storm
it's like slow brewed insanity
names places facial features
forever burned into your soul
cutting deeper than any blade
never healing, never to fade
just a steady burning inside you
like a fire that can't be doused
roasting you with memories
soaking your skin with tears
in a vain attempt to stop the pain
and they taunt you with the things you've done
in a nonstop ginsu commercial
while you wait for the waves to subcede
as they send shivers of remorse
through the fiber of your shallow exsistence
and you wonder, "when will I be free?"
can the good I do ever cancel the pain I do
could I ever hold my head with pride to see
will I always be nothing to my eyes

it's bad when your shame goes so far as your name
where you don't feel like anyone should follow you
anything you've ever done should be avoided
and the one who you'd give anything for
you can't even tell the half of your demons

so beware the shadow warriors
that dwell in the folds of your mind
as they wait for a time to haunt you
when it's your past you look to find
prepare for battle
for soon it will come
they will touch you in ways unheard of
where even words can't begin to describe
these demons more terrifying awake than asleep
yet even a sane man would fail to rest
when his demons have him up to test

beware the faces of your past
for those are the faces of ghosts
you can't have back

if it bleeds seven days and doesn't die, then it's something you should be happy to get.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2002-07-22 08:38 AM

I love this--it's a theme that plagues me too--I once called such thought "lesser gods"--but I like the Jungian theme here of boxing with the shadow. Very nice work here.

Temptress

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

2 posted 2002-07-23 01:56 AM

Bumping this up

I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement.

Temptress

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

3 posted 2002-07-24 02:15 AM

damn stubborn thing is still on the bottom, and it doesn't deserve to be there. I'll keep putting this up there until the whole forum reads it if I have to.

enjoyed the power as usual.

I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement.

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