Ephemeral

Obscure reflections stare back at me
 Through the tainted water
 Neglected exposure
 I am the product of this distorted culture
 Eclipsed by my antic disposition
 I'm merely an illusionary shell fed to chimeras
 Fragmented constructs of a fluorescent realm
 Incept a twilight and destruct the elms
 A collective myopic gaze entrances us all
 Oh how i pity this despondent existence
 The lustrous phantom; Speaks of tongues obscured
 The pale lumiére; Speaks of eyes deluded
 My innocence was stolen by the birds who couldn't see
 Singing sonnets as the earth stood still and screamed
 And at the end of it all
 I was torn from my soul
 Begging that one day
 I might be whole
 And at the end of it all
 I might be whole
 I set my heart ablaze and watched it flare nihility
 But then the gateway appeared to me
 And showed me the path
 That would reconstruct my life
 That would purge this condition
 And understand my disdain
 This world is nothing more
 Than the quintessence of dust
 Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me
 And at the start of it all
 I was torn from soul
 Begging that one day
 In time
 I might be whole
 Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me