Of Delight and Despair
Half of this body is so prone to poison The stinging turns to burning And the burning melts my skin What distinguishes fear from hope Fear from love, love, fear from isolation Never have you ever felt a sadness just like this What I see before me? Sickening, sickening, sickening Keep your back straight I know my spine will break And the segments will fall like building blocks Let's thread them through and string them along Scratch until smooth There’s nothing to do here No one but you, there's nothing to do This is so wrong, so misplaced What I see before me? Sickening, sickening, sickening This dead smoke is rising and seeping through All the fractures in your inconsistent shine Of the soul that you use From nothing, nothing Echoes in empathy Keep your back straight, I know my spine will break And the segments will fall like building blocks Let's thread them through and string them along Scratch until smooth There’s nothing to do here No one but you, there's nothing to do Birds, bees, and centipedes Live within my chest Causing unwavering unrest Burrowing to the surface To reach the luminescent crescent
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Time to make a decision Are you ready to find out which way’s more? Your sense of comprehension? Psychotic failed remorse You found a way into my dreams Every single night this week And with stars in your eyes, I couldn’t hear you speak Is it closure that you seek? It’s in my blood It’s in my bones It’s everything I’ve ever known It’s in my heart, it’s in my soul It’s everything I’ve owned You found a way into my dreams Every single night this week And with stars in your eyes, I couldn’t hear you speak Is it closure that you seek? Thousands of falling feathers spanning the length of forever Just blame yourself and move on It’s over, dead and gone Life would go on, I guess It would be extremely saddening But it would not be the end of the world. I’m sorry Something has just broken in me Is there something that I can do to help? Anything I can do to help you, anything? And yet again, love was lost What once was is now not Beneath the foliage of the trees You left a tiny note for me It said, with words too faint to read: Like a blind and totally unconditional love and acceptance I don’t think you even existed at all
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
A memory that equally overwhelmed my heart and my head From the ecstasy of attachment To the growing void of abandonment That’s the way it’s bled Hands filled with veins engulfing my own Gentle and warm Hold your candle And as it’s lit, it bathes itself in light Hold your candle and as it’s lit, neon shining bright When we sit back to back, our spines will intertwine I feel within my consciousness That your gears will move with mine Hold your candle And as it’s lit, it bathes itself in light Hold your candle and as it’s lit, neon shining bright When we sit back to back, our spines will intertwine I feel within my consciousness that your gears will move with mine Soon sorrows will come These sorrows will often stay I will always help you to find your way One of us will experience a great pain
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Keep low to the ground, so only the birds can see you Surrender your heartbeat over to the sound Put your hands to your head and pretend you’re not here Dissolve your breathing into the air And hear the daylight dying in the distance Dissolve your breathing to the air Hear the daylight, oh it’s dying Scrounge what you can from an existence so bleak Follow my voice and move your legs To my hideout in the tall grass Please move even though you are wеak Shuffled footsteps is enough to makе your heart beat Keep your calm, clench your fists, hand yourself over to fate It’s time to vacate Heat releases from patches on my body and it flows Repentance will bring you nothing You will be caught by decay without warning You will be torn apart by grief or by teeth And you never want to exist Not ever again Flowers form from where I stand, flowers form from where I stand Flowers form from where I stand to create a garden For every fallen part In a heartbeat I’ll continue the sound For the lost souls still walking around
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026