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Solemn Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep
Now I tumble and I scrape
Now I chipper out the pieces
and sell out the rest
Here I lay in incomplete
and utter frustration
of what was meant to be
scarred body, mind and spirit
Here I fall from resurrection
and into the depths of the untold
Flailing limp to lifeless
Here I melt from the mold
I am disowned
so call me your vile names
as I throw it all away
Incomprehensible, eluded
A no longer definition of what was yours
The facetious has become disputable
My soul, irreconcilable
Now I lay me down to sleep
Broken lines where eyes meet
A shaking banter
And what I call my solemn
the facetious kept under locked doors
You couldn't know
My damage tucked away
misgivings, illuminated
So I run my steam
And a trickle down my lip
outline my scars
of veins run dry
The pressing stone,
the contorted
the first one thrown
Tell my beloved
It could've been with him
In glorious abyss
if it wasn't
For the power of red music
And I'll tell him not to look
they were already cast
For the black lace is the devil
and we are just far fetched
As vultures search
My spring run dry
Cloud his eyes
Now lay him down to sleep
I pray the Lord his soul to keep
that if I die,
before he wake
I pray the Lord my knife to take
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