Locked in a Vacancy

Shakespearean Tragedy

Locked in a Vacancy


For in the last days 
mankind will become 
lovers of themselves 
moreso than lovers of God 

These superficialities 
bombard me from all sides 
through the window blindly 
foreshadowing our own demise 
The inner self ignored 
left unexplored 

As I endeavor 
to never measure up 

I cannot recall the day 
when I found myself 
unsatisfactory 
the mirror doesn't lie 
unpleasing to the eye 

Never thin enough 
never built-up enough 
Never measure up 
never measure up 

Secret prayers etched in carbonite 

Exalted images 
of plastic perfection 
Tear them, tear them down 
Self-mutilation 
for sensory gratification 
Tear them, down to the ground 

I lose myself 
preoccu-passionately 
dim mak affliction in the pupae stage 
spawns the sickness within this chrysalis 
leaving behind a man now dead 
I remove you from myself like a gangrenous limb 
before the infection spreads 

For in the last days 
mankind will become 
lovers of themselves 
moreso than lovers of God 

These superficialities 
bombard me from all sides 
through the window blindly 
foreshadowing our own demise