scull the water to sail above the wave

Picture Perfect The picture you like Framed upon the wall  Yellowed and crumbling  Never to be again The background masked Behind lifeless eyes You chose never to see The frame--warped Contorting reality & dream The wind of the world Fades into black  Once bright colors   Fade into oblivion Scenery once scenic Now a nightmare Fingerprints smudge  the perfect picture Into whirlpools of grey Frame illusions So clear of truth Picture Perfect

Bandaids on Broken Bones Shattered bone shards  Pierce lungs and hearts Breathless footprints  Trying to plug cavities Sheer gauze immerses Ruby rivulets envelop White bones spike tents Tents of torn tissue Trap sparks mid-mission Sparking forest fires Trapped in suspension Charring bone Crumbling dreams Squares of reality Fade into insanity Healers fantasize Sealing cavities permanently Illusions inflame Etching disorders  Permanent bandaids Choking shards Into prisons of dreams Agonizing ideas Losing pulse Bandaids on Broken Bones

The void Slipping between  Strings taunt Twisted ideals Lost in translation Pressured dreams Dissolve in red Unknown to all Shatters smokescreens Revealing cracks Doorways to  The void Choking silence Shackled movement Tied up in  Unrevealed dreams Demon shards  Draw black skeletons Out of the void Graveyard of dreams Emotions lost Pain dances Drawing in red The void

Choking sadness  escapes my ears  swirling around  in a noose around my neck paralyzing energy trying to escape  droplets frozen in fear of falling out of bounds bounds of walls  gates of indifference  locked with rusted locks  of disappointment and shame disbelief suspends in ruby shatters melting from the flames of despair reaching the sadness trying to end it all smoke spirals through cracks in the facade  brought upon my own ice picker

Holding emotion in Behind a glass mask  Know everyone-  Thinks its a picture Sometimes its the truth  No-one believes it anymore  Just keep holding it up Never let go  The mask illusioned as bulletproof  Bullets whiz right through Shattering the image built up for the world Fight hold on to the shards in your hand Glue expectations and reality Meld in a messy frame Hardened soul cries blood Building bricks of tears  Know its all worth it Keep your eye on the prize  Moments' aren't lost in the eyes  Shattered glass reflects them  Images distorted in puddles Smokescreens stab lungs Gasping for future Eyes unfocused Framed in  Masks of lies

Mortal Imperfections Imperfections magnified Abscesses explored Beauty shadowed Shimmering imperfections  Pain crackles Image unclear Negatives hang Positives disfigured Blood outlines Neglected existence Illusions encompass Reality compressed Intangible ideas Contained in nature Canvas stretched Blindingly empty Lenses reflecting Mortal imperfections