Into the Wire
Spent years deadening my nerves Turn violence inward Rise to the sight Grey industrial haze shroud over the city Resign rationale for reptilian calm All frustrations mount and spiral Anneal my animus slavering teeth rake venom from my tongue Dredge up far reaching horrors Suffer patiently Invite infection to nourish the cancer Unparalleled extremes Enter, if you will, virgin territory No comfort here inside this, the bleak house Darkness absolute A pure form imitation of life Room antiseptic white, blank expressionless Sliding hands across the plaster Feel for faults and fractures My head swimming in circles Floating endless slipstream Body salamander slick Shriveled as a newborn Vigor wrenched out in pools of salt water Ground to a halt Beat of life pulsing intermittently vacillating - Indecisive Sliding hands across the plaster Feel for faults and fractures Breathe deep the frigid air Cough on the numbing sting of sleeps pins and needles It's like swallowing razors Jagged pieces of glass and steel Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Searching for a simple diversion Self-induced sense deprivation Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Icicles form in the furrows of my brows Sub-zero and sweating Stare into the sun Frozen open eyes
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025
Summon forth the rain wash away the filth I can blanch memories I can't cleanse my soul Summon forth the flames, strip flesh from bone I can't slough memories they're like second skin One cut for memory another for hope I'm probing for answers Can only strike a nerve Cutting cables Unloading dead weight Until nothing remains An innate self-loathing pouring from every aperture These holes in my skin let the darkness out Let it flow These holes in my skin let the darkness out Let it flow There's nothing less in this world than what I think of myself A broken man Paint a picture of a broken man Search - For a reason Probe deep Strike a nerve The scars have faded weathered away through the years All memories remain intact, clear Crystalline and unpure Cutting cables, Unloading dead weight until nothing remains These holes in my skin let the darkness out let it flow In rivulets of blood that flow down my arms Into the drain Rivulets of blood flow down my arms Into the drain An innate self-loathing pouring from every aperture Never a truer feeling than pain To assure me I'm alive
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
If you were to fulfill my desires Imagine the price you'd pay You've never felt the anguish That I've hidden inside My pain shared unto you Drink the tears I've cried Just tell me how hard life is When you haven't bled Tell me what you feel As a tear descends Principle of pain and pleasure Actions sacred yet profane Within the temple of the flesh Private rituals are ordained Dignity torn, ripped to shreds Innocence lost nothing remains Within blood I've spilled Wash yourself clean Reptile shed your guilt Suffer unto me No one is innocent We all have our crosses to bear Once you felt you were safe in a familiar place Desire and purpose rearranged Stumble over a piece of your past you wish kept locked away To isolate yourself from misery and pain You want to isolate yourself Isolate yourself from the misery and the pain Cast your pride aside and let your emotions take control It's something you want to feel so let the tears fall Sifting through remnants of what you left behind Reopening scars to see what I find Dignity torn, ripped to shreds Innocence lost Nothing remains Sifting through remnants of what you left behind Dignity torn, ripped to shreds Open wounds never mend
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
This evening's no different from last night or the nights before I find myself in a fetal position Hands wrapped tight around my throat I'm thinking nothing seems to flow except this drowning sweat that's choking me to question What I wrote you, at the time, I meant every word Now each thought like my body twists and contorts Felt this churning peristalsis reversed Fluttering in my throat a swarm of locusts erupts from my mouth Running, stumbling hand over hand Slipping through and splashing the floor Running, stumbling hand over hand Slipping through and splashing the floor Running, stumbling hand over hand Slipping through and splashing the floor Pure adrenaline surge tensed muscle tears from its frame Pieces strewn from end to end Still feel no pain locked in overdrive And if you could move it would only be a crawl I've see you before in my life I want to tear you down Immerse myself in your flames Bathe in your ashes before this day I never felt so alive I've see you before in my life I want to tear you down I've see you before in my life I want to tear you down Immerse myself in your flames Yesterday erased a trace of my life I can't recall But your voice reminds me Forever war Lifetime burning Another battlefield to prove my worth Prove my worth as a failure In your eyes Ten minutes sway as far as the eye can see Electrical towers span mile after mile I've see you before in my life I've see you before in my life and I want to tear you down I've come to tear you down My mind is a ghetto where I'm breeding disease No refuge in the germ factory From behind my window I see you standing on the platform waiting on the northbound Plan my moves six steps in advance Take refuge in the germ factory Visions of technicolor murder so vivid so real Visions of technicolor murder Fulfilling some obscene prophecy I've come to tear you down I've come to tear you down I've come to tear you down I've come to tear you down Obsession spreading like cancer (Awareness) heightened to arc light precision Every last detail
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
Unmistakable, the scent, the chill in the air Feel Autumn creep into place Those uncharted thoroughfares and shallows deep Speak in intricacies Pale illumination secret emotions For ransom behind a paper mask Inside a heart shaped stone Uninhibited reins unfurled I couldn't resist the urge to hesitate when I heard you cry Bastard, you have no shame Don't you know tears won't wash away real or imagined crimes Design's flawed structure tests failure seems a perfect fit Relinquish those ties that bind Bare devotion in no uncertain terms Together we'll share our misery Foster this beautiful child versed in the fury Spare me the pain of love Each day I reach a new low I took the low road to zero I know you're just like me You bear the mark, the stain I know you're just like me Together we'll share our misery Foster this beautiful child versed in the fury You're just what I need Take my hand Press it to the burner Love tastes bittersweet Screams for revenge There will come a time, someday soon, you, too, will be alone You felt the wind at your back so you ran You took what you wanted You took as you need Thought you could disappear leave without a trace Lose yourself as you wade deep into the city So run silent, run deep With closed eyes I focus on the lull of lush static white noise off the highway Imagine the tide crash the shore I'll lay here, watch it fall and I won't make a sound I'll lay here, watch it fall and I won't make a sound Stirred by the pitter-patter of sleet bouncing off the sill Nudge my head further into the pillow Not content with the dreaming A sprawling shade of gray Pick myself up tip-toe across icy tile Nimble as a firewalker Quick glance at the clock I'm going no where at all Idly passing the time Filling in the gaps has become routine Devote endless effort to a single thought can afford the attention because it doesn't cost a thing Under a facade of normalcy A wolf in the guise of sheep I'll draw you out into the wire When I bait the trap with rose petals I'll draw you out into the wire When I bait the trap Cascades of red purl over gnashing maws Love tastes bittersweet, it screams for revenge Felt nary a tinge of misgiving at what I've done Excuses are paper thin Fit to bur Hold you to nothing I'll honor your lies
I writhe serpentine Slither into your mind's farthest reach A little corner of Hell Endhouse, backyard served as an execution chamber Pets drown in their cages Across the street backyards dropped into an alleyway There, compost twists the guts into knots Feel the roll Expect the coil to anchor me to the spot
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025