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To be

As far as I've seen

Is an exercise in endurance

A never-ending fight

A moonless night

With claws and teeth carved deep in your heels

The bloodletting getting worse and it feels

And when free from others, there is still you

Ruthless inner discourse

Unforgiving all-knowing tormentor

Torture or a cry for help

From the depths of my psyche?

Perhaps a call to action towards brighter days ever away

I hope dearly there must be more than this

Breathing, fucking, killing, running

If there's a sun

If it still burns

Let it scorch away our yesterday

Dawn comes upon a rosy canvas

A brief recess between two shifts of vandals

Suddenly, it all seems worth my while

As the fiery sky paints life with life itself

Become as one with all there is

And realize no time exists somewhere

Swine, pearls won't shine in filth

No matter how high the pile

Such an ornate testament to utter mediocrity...

Recharge to uphold

Whatever little faith that gives hope

To persevere on this eventful course to a dead end