Self, Lie

The demons come to face you
Your silhouette runs scared
And the verses between to save you
Instead make you turn to fear
You speak words not to be taken back
Because there's too much vile
You break hearts
You hate life
But you still stick around for a while
You cast out all who try to show you love
Difference of opinion inconsequential
It is only in yourself that you find the drug
You are proud
Pitiless and no one sees you compromise
Too stark, too daunting
For innocents
You prize those truthful lies
And yet you end up doing nothing
Because you're actually callow and without restraint
A child knows better than you
Yet you think that you're the king
Still you keep on running
Thinking that the skies the infinite
Forgetting that laws are natural
And where one law ends, another begins
But you're still that shallow
And you pride yourself upon some insular charm
Sarcastic, wit
Forgetting and remiss in the fact that you're the fool
Of shit.

i really liked this, jared. the subtle rhyme scheme picked up at the end and it was really nice and kind of drove home the ending "shit." n