VANTAGE POINT...

I HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES & HAD TO REALIZE THAT THE CONTACTS I WORE WAS JUST ME NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE "EYE CONTACT" TO THOSE WHO GOT TO WITNESS MY SCARS THAT I KEPT SO DEEPLY HIDDEN,
IDOLIZING VOGUE IMAGES~WITH A PRETTY FACE WITH NO REAL HARCORE BLEMISHES~
THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER OVER MY BEAUTY SHOULD NEVER REPLACE BUT MERELY REPLENISH.....
LIKE WORN OUT FABRIC FROM SLEEVES THAT'S TATTERED,
BUT WHO STITCHES GARMENTS WITH NEEDLES MADE FROM DAGGERS THAT'S BEEN SHATTERED...
ONLY DEATH COMES TO A HEALER WHEN THE PATIENT DIES,
DEATH OF A DYNASTY ONLY COMES WHEN YOUR TEARS BECOME APART OF THEIR VERY OWN CRIES...
BUT WHO HEALS ME WHEN I WATCH FROM A DISTANCE,
KODAK TRIED TO CAPTURE MY PICTURE BUT THE DEVELOPMENT WASN'T INSTANT....
STILL I SMILED FOR THE CAMERA ON A BLACK AND WHITE CANVAS,
CLICKED MY RUBY RED SLIPPERS BUT THERE WAS NO HOME BACK THERE IN KANSAS...
ONLY THE TIN MAN WHO JUST WANTED A HEART,
SCARED OF A SCARECROW THAT ROARED LIKE A LION ON PIECES ON RETRACTABLE ART...
IT'S HARD BEING A VIRGIN TO THE MIC WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO BLEED,
IT'S HARD GOING IN FOR THE FIGHT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU UP AGAINST 1001 APOLLO CREEDS...
I UNDERSTAND WHAT REALITY MEAN TO THE PARANORMAL,
WHEN I LET THE WORLD WITNESS MY PAIN I'M NOT BEING IMPOLITE I'M BEING FORMAL...
LADY LIBERTY CRUMBLED MY AMERICAN HISTORY ON A BRIDGE JUST LIKE BROOKLYN,
I WAS STILL STANDING ON THE LEDGE WAITING FOR YOU TO SAVE ME BUT THE NICKELS IN MY BACKPACK CAUSED ME TO LOOSE MY BALANCE & ALL OF MY FOOTING...
HOLDING ON CAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANNA LET GO,
BUT THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST DON'T WANNA LET YOU GO~...
SO MY FINGERS DIG DEEP INTO THE IRON HOLDING THE BOLTS IN BETWEEN THAT OPEN RIDGE,
HAD ME FEELING LIKE "BILLIE JOE MC'ALLISTER" WHEN HE JUMPED OFF "TALLAHATCHIE BRIDGE"....
FACE DOWN AS THE RIVER "ROSE"
UP TO MEET ME,
LIKE JACK ON THE TITANIC I GUESS THE ICEBERG TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WOULD EVER FREEZE ME~
WATER SPLASHES MY FACE BUT NOW I CAN'T SEE,
AFRAID OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS LYFE TIME SO DOES THAT MEAN LOVE WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE DEATH OF ME...
I DON'T THINK SO CAUSE I KNOW ALL STORMS EVENTUALLY PASS AND BRING OUT THE SUN,
AND SINCE I CAN WITHSTAND A HURRICANE I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO EVER RUN...

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3-27-2015