Lessons learned

Forgiveness is a lie

Crafted by the weak,

Filling up their foolish heads

With platitudes to speak,

Loving is a joke

Narcissistic flame,

Burning up your good intent

And killing you with shame,

Joy is like a knife

Cutting through a vein,

After all is said and done

You're filled with naught but pain.

All the lessons I have learned

Broken bridges I have burned.

Wisdom

To learn what gods and monsters know
Contemplate the tree of woe,
The world will judge and it will show
As you feast upon your crow.

It is good to know

Who is the scorpion,

Before you jump in.

Remains

All the things I left unsaid

Echo through my shadowed mind,

Pressure builds within my head

Love and hope are left behind,

Agent of my own demise

All my sins take me apart,

What is left to my surprise-

My diseased and broken heart.

marked

Bruised up

Battered down

Broken again,

Some dreams shatter

Before they begin,

Reflection

Am I fighting the good fight

Taking up worldly slack,

Or am I just another frog

With a scorpion upon my back?

lovelorn

Still in my despair
Bewildered by this turn
Loss has left me torn.