Each moral is a vanity,
Every law a lie
There is no such thing as happiness
Settle for violent discontent
Everyone vies for first touch; the corruption of innocence
All is to my distaste
The desires are truly a pursuit of life
Abstinence is a wish for death
Every pretty little lie makes me stronger;
It is the world I wish to contaminate
Those people so contemptible
Stand by and swallow my lies
Serve the one that blasphemes the best
Let me sever all of your useless ties
Now build me up to be your martyr, your new dutiful God
Betray my trust, tear down my loyalty
Watch as your God dies
Lick the red from the dirt
Gaze upon my dead eyes
Let me decompose in my world so perfectly constucted
Let my soul drift away
Ask me why I leave you to die alone,
Ask me why I leave you to suffer and toil
I’ll simply say,
“For those horrible things you did to me”
Nobody gives a damn about you, or anybody else.
This poem feels as if it goes from talking about the superifical; vanity and reputation, then moves into deeper matters, like what we all lean on as we try to live, our desires and faith. And I kind of think it relates to our beliefs letting us down; people, gods, dreams. I also interpret this as talking about how our betrayal and intolerance of other people, other faiths and ideas, can come back at us with the worst. And even when we kind of spit on the idea of our own faith the moment things go wrong in our lives, you know, blaming god or who ever we believe in for everything bad that happens.
Lol…maybe I look too deeply into things, but I took a lot away from reading this :)