don’t try to tame a beast you cannot face

“arson is always the answer”
he says with a delinquent grin
we’re fucked and fucked up
smashing our own storefront windows
for the sake of the beauty
in the shattered glass,
in the crimson staining our skin  

we keep ourselves busy
tending to our wounds
then brag later, calling them battle scars
in an attempt to counteract
the pitying stares and then
the disgust when it’s learned
their source is our own hateful hands

just stroke our teenage egos,
stoke the flames
and we will continue
to set your world ablaze
we’ll search for awe and distraction  
fuck consequence
you know we had no future anyways

-originally written apr2013.

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Author: korey

minnesotan writer/musician.

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