Now and Forever Amen  − 27 April, 2008

Withering roses and ashes of lust:
futile reminders of what falls to dust.
Embryos planted inside of my head:
rumors of love that is better off dead.

Mystic swirls of tacky fate
cloud my mind with bitter hate.
Can’t the faceless man appear
and call awake the single tear?

Brutal abandonment strangling my air
cannot compel me to seek you out there.
If you don’t want me then why did you try
to undermine everything that makes me fly?

Restless vibes of darkened love
still attack me from above.
Now I see you never saw.
Only I can now withdraw.

Cancel compassion and call off the fire.
Ignorance clouds me of what I desire.
If you could handle me then you would know;
There’s nothing to fear when you reap what you sew.

Childish lyrics drag you down.
In your soul I’ll never drown.
Call me whore and free your soul;
Sans my love you won’t be whole.

Liquor and laughter will unglue this bond:
lost in the darkness you’ll never respond.
Hate me and rape me and snub me again.
You’re dead to me
Now and forever
Amen.

© 2008 Alexis Heikkinen