I feel death all around me
I hear it's beautiful intoxicating call
Beckoning me to come ever so closer to reach out and touch
A tombstone and grave will be my most peaceful resting place
In it i will have rotting flesh and maggots devouring this earthly shell
Consuming me in the everlasting circle of life
In that I know I have done something useful in this unforgiving callous world
Skeletons walk in and out of closets of my mind finding new ways to disguise
I recognize them briefly but get lost in the nightmarish dreamland I'm in
Spiderwebs and insects gather and rejoice on my skull and bones
Is it crazy I find beauty in my gothic infinite fate
The hands of time have been amputated and only phantom limbs remain
A roaming nomadic aggrieved soul that can not find a glimpse of peace
Eyes that have been plucked and discarded into the blackest night
This is my paradise of suffering and I'm just a ghastly apperition of my former self
©david1981
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