The Isolate

[Max]

The Isolate


From the box of bright lights

So white its angels blind

Somewhere in the abyss

Of an isolated mind


A pox on war and envy

Blessings to hate and fear

Whether or not you see him

The isolate is here


God wastes those sorry sinners

Just shadows of the world

They die out and leave nothing

But a tapestry unfurled


There’s a monster in these mirrors

He was right here he was

A mirror tries to let us see ourselves

But never, ever does


I’ve spent some time talking to

The pictures on these walls

And then the paint, then bricks, then foundations

Until there’s nothing there at all


I’m fishing for reflections that

Die when I cast stones

I’m waiting for the rippling man

To leave me all alone


The isolate in the cell

Created by his mind

Who escapes and falls to hell

Where no demons can he find


The isolate hears rhythmic patterns

Falling slightly offbeat

Its subtlety is terrifying

It my soul has defeat


I need food, so I’m hunting

The shadow of our death

Every time I take a bite

It takes away my breath


I’ve been left deaf, dumb, and lame

Also blinded by their lies

I feel stabs of freezing needles

Buttoning up my eyes


I smell rotten eggs and plastic

Burning like my heart

I taste blood rushing out my throat

Before I can get smart


With ideals to become rich

I play a dirty game

I waste my life and death gambling

For infamy or fame


Just a flash of the hands

And a quick flash of the blade

I rip out from his chest

Not a heart but a spade


I’ve wasted all my money now

This everlasting light

Seems to become dim

In the canvas of the night


From a dirty mirror stares back

The isolate, suicidal

He’s gotten all his love know

He is the people’s idol

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