Dichotomy

Dichotomy of soul
Crumbling at my feet
Limited time and limited bodies
The walls fell around my mind again today
And the scent of a ghost filled me with decay
Immaculate affliction
Pureness of insanity
What clarity pain brings
Perpetual schizophrenia pulling all the wrong strings
Tears dance on the walls like so many misfortunes
Vanishing hopes in a self made wilderness
Experienced desires for brief moments like rain running across the train windows
I can still remember you and
I'm afraid of my own company
But it's safer at night
I'll break down in the shadows
And
Sleep it off again
And face
The horror and judgement of another day
Copyright 2000 - M.D. Burke