From Illusion To Despair

The cruelty of desire, the blindness of need

Defined by nature and an absence of reason

Compromised dignity and squandered affection

From illusion to despair

Spent and discarded like a cancerous organ

Clinging to fools and cowards, pliancy of the weak

Contentment always out of reach

Liars and pestilential whores

Those who sought attention instead of wisdom

The shallow placate the insecure

With the grace wounded dogs

Held close enough to push away

Held dear enough to take for granted

The measure of one's worth perishes

As if never conceived

A smiled carved in dead eyes