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The Devil crawled with me
From the pits of despair
To the foot of prosperity.
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The Devil walked with me
Uphill to the Gates with a grin
Only to be cast out again.
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The Devil ran with me
Into the arms of salvation,
Burning at the sight of creation.
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The Devil saw me through it all,
There never was a “greater call.”
There was a rise, and now, the fall.
The Devil will see me through it all.
The Moon was
Calling them
By the wrong name
Pillows learn
To shed both
Tears and Bloodstains
Change of sheets
Broken streets
Driving’s long lost all mystique
Beams on high
Blind the eye
Moon forgot to tell them why
Coming soon
Self-respect
They fell for the Moon
As one would…
They say that the rain will
Wash away the pain, but
I never learned to walk
Without an umbrella
You see
Right through me
Into my scarred bone
My nervous systems
The tale telling heart
That never wanted to believe
What my
Screaming eyes had seen -
Was I fired properly?
Are there bubbles or
Imperfections, do you
Expect them?
That comes as no surprise
When red eyes monetize
My story? My trauma
Turned best selling drama
Suspense, thriller
There can be no killer when
Mistakes never die,
They wake me
In the night, so I
Withdraw from public sight.
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She was last seen
Open and bleeding,
You saw that, right?
Of course you did.
You never stop filming.
The Boogeyman breathes
The Boogeyman eats
The Boogeyman dreams of white steeds
The Boogeyman walks
The Boogeyman runs
The Boogeyman catches and will not release
The Boogeyman grabs
The Boogeyman holds
The Boogeyman takes life for their own
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Don’t be surprised
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When The Boogeyman comes
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The Boogeyman has eyes for everyone.
We leave the ones we love behind
To reach for greater things.
We leave the ones we love behind
To cross the vastest seas.
We leave the ones we love behind
But then we start to think,
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“Maybe the greatest thing of all was left behind me.
Maybe, to them, I am lost at sea.”
She lives in perpetual darkness
She doesn’t know when to sleep
Biology compels her eyes
Fear keeps her on her feet
Drifting off, yet
Never leaving that
Sedentary solitary space
She pours tea for Hatmen
She welcomes their embrace -
There they go and here they
Come, sick dreams that
Burst from open eyes
Colorful delirium expands her
Restless mind
-
She streams at night and screams at times
For relief that will not come, her
Screens ooze drying blues
Her heart a pounding -
. . .
A heavy blink,
Darkness deceives -
A groaning breath,
That small reprieve -
A groggy mind,
Nothing to see -
But did I really catch any zzzs?
My world is black and white
Without your color
In my life
