05-30-2011, 10:55 AM
"she's so pretty in her casts damaged so prefectly she's so pretty in her casts the prettiest thing i've ever seen" - Pig Destroyer, Pretty in Casts
Through the mist of depression a sudden empathy
takes shape, sunlight in a graveyard,
stretching shadows on the grass.
I look at the dates regarding the day, this new burst of joy,
and their silence takes on fresh meaning.
I love whoever's reading this and everyone who's not.
I would live and die with you all, man or woman,
cruel or good, I'd find us a house with a garden out back
and grow you every shade of rose. Lilacs for the porch
and daisies in a vase by the door. We'd drink your favourite beverage
until the sun goes down. I'd be your dream catcher.
Every tidal wave of pain is visible in this moment,
as I open a porthole and see our whole race,
thrashing, screaming, staying afloat.
I cannot save a single one, and they cannot save me,
but still I love them, the useless, the great,
as we all drown together in this living sea.
Through the mist of depression a sudden empathy
takes shape, sunlight in a graveyard,
stretching shadows on the grass.
I look at the dates regarding the day, this new burst of joy,
and their silence takes on fresh meaning.
I love whoever's reading this and everyone who's not.
I would live and die with you all, man or woman,
cruel or good, I'd find us a house with a garden out back
and grow you every shade of rose. Lilacs for the porch
and daisies in a vase by the door. We'd drink your favourite beverage
until the sun goes down. I'd be your dream catcher.
Every tidal wave of pain is visible in this moment,
as I open a porthole and see our whole race,
thrashing, screaming, staying afloat.
I cannot save a single one, and they cannot save me,
but still I love them, the useless, the great,
as we all drown together in this living sea.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe