Beneath the walls of elastic duplicity, are concrete walls of animosity Furious rage burns everything within myself, Exposing my self A shallow frame I'm shameful & frail My coated walls of pride hide this helpless, this visceral reality Mostly from myself From me, from myself As I comfort my being with feigned ignorance over reality Oblivious to this darkened menace, hopeless & subjugated. While I wither in silence & erect these monoliths of self From me, from myself A reality running out of time & in need of a saviour