Month: Jul 2021

Moments Of Destruction

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Isn’t it scary – collecting wild roses,

Knowing you won’t be able to take them with you

Once the final gate closes?

You always called me cynical.

I used to throw my palms in harm’s way for you,

Thinking it was my pinnacle.

Now you’re getting ripped apart by the thorns.

Everyone warned you, but still –

You burned alive every single thing you adored.

I will take my rose with me,

Enjoying each moment of the destruction,

Forgetting you were once my legacy.

A piece of me will ache all the same.

And I should be happier than last year, but still –

It’s never easy to drown the shame,

So I scream at the rain from my window sill.

-JW

Perfectly Silent

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They kneel before me as I enter the city.

No knives, no boots,

Just some hope behind layers of pity.

I will never surrender, I will never cave.

This is my home,

No need for me to play this brave.

My dark thoughts work better alone.

The misery never leaves,

It whispers, curses and moans.

But I dream about my city when I sleep.

This is my haven,

This is the heart I wear on my sleeve.

And they kneel as I am ready to dive in.

No fear, no dreams.

Just some salvation, perfectly silent.

-JW

Unsafe

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I fear stillness and putting down roots.

Home is needless

If you only think after you shoot.

When you live on pins and needles,

Nothing is safe.

Be it graveyards or grand cathedrals,

Be it deep sea caves.

-JW

The Gilded Cage

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My skull is a long-lost ship adrift in its own boiling darkness.

It smears my thoughts with soot, hiding blades in deep waters.

The daggers only leave scarlet scars if I pull them out weeping.

Searing misdeeds call for my neck whenever I try sleeping.

It has been months since I have seen shore or even a beacon.

The hope overflows each morning, but every night I get weaker.

My anthracite tears drip slow like honey, they burn with rage.

My head is a snarling beast, captured and locked in a gilded cage.

-JW

Wasted Away

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The feathers fall on weathered tombstones.

All the candles are dripping bright orange wax,

And the lights are calling me home.

Shapeless branches cover me like a blanket.

I hide from the moonlight yet another night,

Seeking out shadow to thank it.

Leaves get tangled in my hair with spiderwebs.

There is not a single soul around in these trees.

I give up my common sense.

Tranquil whispers shuffle in the distance

As I waste myself away hour after long hour,

Searching for a sinless existence.

-JW

Crushed

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You pick and choose the colors you assign to my halo

While my ribs are bursting open like volcanoes.

My worth is always equal to how much I lie for you,

After all that I did you still try to hide my truth.

I paint myself in gold, but you erase all my glory.

The more I obey, the more you twist my stories.

There is nowhere to escape, only pressure on my chest.

My lips are painted grey as you tell me to rest.

You crush my lungs between the tips of your fingers.

The sound cracks in half and the violence lingers.

You pick and choose the spots where you cut me open.

As I bleed out dry, they still look for a motive.

-JW

The Downward Slope

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I reflected at the still lakes,

I searched through hundreds of wells.

They say I am missing my heart.

Well, I do not know where it fell.

The mirror image says nothing.

I am out of pity and patience.

The deep waters still scare me,

Even if they are an imitation.

My thoughts joke crudely,

Taking away the humanity I saved.

The left leg punches thin air,

The right one breaks, trying to be brave.

And I am stuck at the beginning,

Always tied to one more hope.

The end is reaching out its sharp claws.

I am headed for the downward slope.

-JW

Only One Way Out

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No, I don’t expect them to see this as clearly as I do.

I’ve been scorching my eyes,

Trying to erase the moments I’ve been lied to.

No, I don’t bother when they send the dogs after me.

I keep running up the hill,

Trying to save my barely breathing legacy.

No, I don’t stop, I don’t even look back when they yell.

Their teeth snarl angrily.

I know too well that it’s a telltale.

No, I don’t hide when they breathe down my cold neck.

I’ve burned all my masks,

Turning your powerplay into a wreck.

No, I don’t ask for comfort once they hunt me down.

They’ve been after me for a while,

They’re my ticket to flee this town.

-JW

Alone In Your Mind

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Your scalp tingles when the night loosens its safety pins.

Two feet can take you far but so can your sins.

Still, you rush towards the lanterns like a little kid.

The jar of darkness has lost its seven lids.

You feel like it is your fault, and you want mend it.

The stars meddle with your vision, but you cannot defend it.

You hear voices in the background screeching for truth.

They turn into whimpers.

They are coming for you.

-JW

They Took Our Mothers

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The sun still rises, even when all has been written down.

We switch disguises,

We offer the mountains our crowns.

The ink betrays us, it paints us dismal and cruel.

Our crimes are heinous

But we try to keep our heads cool.

The burning sky raises hell over our weakened frames.

We are losing our high,

Lifting armors and cursing names.

There is no one to bother, not a soul will hear us out.

They took our mothers,

Exchanged fresh air for doubt.

-JW