The Conscientious

 

The world burns up around me.   

An actual apocalyptic fire                          

                                  consumes the entire earthly domain.   

And I feel sad about it.   

And I feel guilty.   

And I feel pain.   

And I spend my days                        

                                 feigning innocence,                                 

                                                and a bit of disdain,          

    for this is my way of coping                                

                                              with a life of guilt.   

And it is my one and only claim                                   

                                                 through it all,                              

                                          that I am innocent of it all,                              

                                          that I am lost,                              

                                          that I am insane,                                        

                                                           totally insane.   

And during the nights,                   

                            I conjure images in my brain,                                                

                                                     to kill the pain,                                                

                                                                          to kill the pain       

     of this maddening innocence                                    

                                                   that I claim.

 

 

Previous     Next