Arguing With Shame

And like water against stone
It is your emotion that I am after
The depravity of bravery is where I find cowardice

It was fear that dragged the knife,
Between my ears. Not your hand.
"But you are brave!", I would whisper,
Into the same ears.

Naked and covered in blood
Like the truth should always be,
Nothing can hide behind
The filth.

As you are swallowed by the autumn leaves,
Self-hatred as your shield,
You will lose
Everything you will never have.

Blank

Joyful countenance shown as such a stone's

And crafted to be masked

Not so bland and lifeless

More so stoic and hidden

Even in blasphemy

One can repent to oneself, if not to another,

An outside if you will,

But nothing is ever forgotten

Class is such an ugly word

So selective, and cold,

Nevertheless, left at the bottom, I rot

Decay and age drives them all away

"Time heals all wounds",

Lies,

It has been decades

And I'm still bleeding