and this is what shall come to pass.
a new precept for the world to adopt.
and this is what the children shall learn...
prepare for the lowest standard.
rough diamonds in the palms of fools
unabl
I have to let you die.
I have to let you fade.
So spare me the male accusations.
I would have told you those things you wanted to
hear
And I would have cared
The way you thought no one ever would.
An
from flesh to steel i'll fortify...
fortify this, easily splintered bone into a
stronghold of will.
as the balance of man lay beaten in the wake of
its own frailty.
hollow words will burn and hollow men
it is truly the perfect being:
its armor is tenfold shields.
its teeth, swords.
claws in the guise of greeting hands.
how does it sleep at night,
this tyrant -
heaping slaves on the pyre
just
brilliance,
a heart of gold,
and a voice that whispers,
i am wholly miserable.
he is the most miserable of men.
every word he speaks reeks of failure.
he has failed where others
have succeede
the salt from my eye burns
as does the acid of my tongue.
might a tempest relieve me of sound and sight.
might i unearth the hatched
and put it to proper use
my hand is poised, and in fury.
onl
fail the sun to shine as there is no more beauty
left to alighten.
what once flourished has weathered away
and what will not weather
i cannot stomach.
oh, the cruelty of a persistent scar.
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