Within Eternal Flames

The Mad Man Who Wanted Love But Couldn't Get It

The burning man is filled with rage

Exposed up front in a spotlighted stage

I sit just below and watch his performance

I wonder what he calls his act today
      Cautious?

      Curiosity?

    Insecurities?

Whatever it may be I wish not to be apart of it

However, this man seems so pained I start to feel pity

I'll shed my tears just as you burn,

I'll cover my ears just as you scream,

And I'll cover my face just before your fist meets my face.

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You keep me grounded in the same place

For months,

For weeks,

I longer feel pity but

  Ominous fury

Though my actions had spat a complete different story.

For this I grew mad,

And soon enough

I was no longer sad

In fact,

I felt nothing at all

No fear nor happiness

A mindless being incapable of showing emotions.

Everything you have gave me had no longer felt like devotion

It was as if I was trapped in a dark curse

And true loves kiss is how it would break

An impossible deed that no one can make

I am asleep and waiting to be rescued

I have hope that someone will come find me

Tell me stories that made him the man he is today

To share his deepest thoughts and promises he's here to stay

But for now I am alone

Waiting and ready to be awakened.

-

Stuck in a void

I am not to be toyed

Commanding me to stay

Continuing in my days

As a mindless puppet

And you're pulling my strings

Desperate for affection

You look hard into your reflection

Hating the beast behind the mask

Flashes of signs that this game will not last

You scream and shatter the glass

Ordering me to clean it up fast

Before you shout for not completing the simplest task

I'm not sure how much time has passed

And from the look on your face I can see you're also unsure

Sick of these ways

It's the price you must pay

For forcing love to someone who cannot

-

I'm sorry I was not the one

But you can't keep me here

I have life waiting for me to reach it and start it

I hear it calling me

But I am blind ..

        I am lost

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Hurry my savior

This is my message to you!

If what my dream shows me is indeed true

Then I fear there appears to be some bad news

I'm quite weak.

I hardly even speak

And when I do it's never for long

Stuck this way

It leaves you very sad

With no one on my side

I have no where to hide

       Slowly

I'm reaching the point of surrender

Death seems like my only answer

       Don't let me fade

I know I must wait

But locked like this? ..

I need

   your
       
            kiss