Rock<br />
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My lips touched the chalice of blood that tasted not unlike water to me<br />
I fed from the flesh of christ, a sugar wafer-thin entity<br />
Stand/sit/kneel, now pay, now pray; this shallow dilligence daily you dole<br />
No righted cross to weigh my neck, I keep my fantasies under control<br />
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My soul is impenitently<br />
Burning two-fold<br />
Turning into rock<br />
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As I cradle disdain<br />
A wary walk with pain<br />
A show of strength from strain<br />
Begin my first foray...<br />
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But condemnation forthwith<br />
A xenolith<br />
Retains and carries me down<br />
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You stare into this timeless void<br />
For want of change, for want of a choice<br />
You sigh, my pointed anger builds <br />
A well of hate that you help to fill<br />
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And as you turn and walk away<br />
Another hardened part of me<br />
"Don't leave me"<br />
Another darkened artery<br />
<br />
Death-inciting<br />
No more pain<br />
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From your lips the nectar of love that left an aftertaste bitter and cold<br />
From your body the prospect of affection finds an empty bottomless hole<br />
Do this/Do that, stay/go away; didactic nurturing signaled the start<br />
No vessels remain intact, you put together, then tore me apart<br />
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My heart is impenetrably, freely<br />
Beating two-fold<br />
Bleeding to be rock<br />
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