sleeper desire
short in the wire
red myth conspires
to make lovers liars
seek our perfection
deceit of perception
the doubt of reflection
a coupled infection
comfort's a bandage over the gash of the self
complacency's surrender to parasitic possession
a lifetime of ownership or a death alone
of body and mind unattainably divine
the value of beauty weighed out in flaw
solitary arrow collides
tastes itself in the bitter blood
double standard pierces the bride
splinter the marrow of love
(hollow gestures / false forms)