Ashes In the Air

ALL SELF-CONGRATULATION

AND LESS ATTENTION PAID

WE GROW TIRED OF ASSUMPTIONS INDISCRIMINATELY MADE

BUT YOU ARE JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS

HANG ME BY SOME BRITTLE THREAD

WHILE YOU NEVER UNDER / STOOD A WORD I SAID

 IT’S A MILITANT REACTION

 BUT I JUST SEE DESPAIR

 AND ALL THAT’S LEFT IS ASHES IN THE AIR

WE’RE DISPOSABLE HUMANS

IN THIS AGE OF FALSE AMENDS

EXISTING AT OTHERS’ CONVENIENCE

IN THE FILE WITH ALL THE OTHER DEAD ENDS

THIS / IS / A FIRE THAT BURNS INCESSANTLY

IN THE FACE OF THOSE WHO WAIT

WHILE THEY HIDE THEIR SELF MADE MARTYRS

IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SAINTS

 IT’S A MILITANT REACTION

 BUT I JUST SEE DESPAIR

 AND THAT’S LEFT IS ASHES

 ALL I HEAR IS THE SOUND IN MY HEAD

 UNTETHERED ANGELS DRAPED IN RED

 THEY’RE BLOODSHOT IN THE TWILIGHT AT THE WAKING OF THE DEAD

 THE TRUTH HAS BEEN UNLEARNED

 WE GET JUST WHAT WE EARN

 AND IF WE HOLD ON TO NOTHING WE GET NOTHING

 WE GET NOTHING IN RETURN