Between Pity and Empathy

oh let me hear a rhyme

a cry in the night, across the neon city lights

listen for the anguished singing, and join in the wails

graffiti slung on creaking warehouses and prophets in back alleys proclaim

the despair of the world, the shadows of teeming skyscrapers

Despite the brilliance of sunrise we still cling to the dusk and the dust

Burn away paper skin and shatter porcelain bones

We shout as one, 'who are we, if we do not destroy ourselves?'

because there can be no light in a world of romantacized shadows

And so we lean over the bridge

Aim the gun

clutch the knife

open the bottle

yet even without the action being complete. we can feel ourselves falling, the poison seeping in our veins and the blood permeating the carpet

There's already a poison in us, flooding through our heart and into our brains, corrupting as it numbs

We stand alone, clutching our chests as our hearts thrum with the beat of traffic

W E H I D E W E H I D E W E H I D E W E H I D E W E H I D E W E H I D E

hope love

> find and hold fast is the only answer <

hatred fear

{ bury no one or they pity you

your feelings MUST KNOW

scream everyone and they cannot feel the same }