Careful not to let down your guard

Or you will turn this conversation

Into a cry for help

Before you make an attempt

You sacrifice another day to this dead-end race

This façade reopens old wounds

To think of letting go...

How could you

When I sacrificed it all?



Now lend your faith

Towards somewhere else

This path will lead to avarice so

I'll secure my place in Hell

There is no crawling out

While you're still alive

Stand tall to watch a shelf life

Wear itself out



My purpose here feels antiquated

And like a double-edged sword

It brought out the worst in me

No better than the words I speak

A contoured reaction sheds

An inkling of truth

That dissolved upon its debut