The Garment

AS ASPIRATIONS TARNISH AND PERFECT MEMORIES RUST WE LOST A CHARITY OF TRUST BUT JUSTICE NEVER LIVED HERE WHERE THOSE REACTIONS FEEL UNJUST WITH EACH COMPARISON ANOTHER RING CLOSED IN - IT WAS THE SHOW THAT LEFT YOU COLD THE STEEL YOU WORE, YOUR SUIT FOR WAR WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE, YOU DREW THIS SHROUD AROUND YOU THE ANIMALS THAT STOLE YOUR SOUL AND WAS IT ALL FOR NOTHING? DID YOU LIVE WITH NOTHING WHEN YOU FACED THE BLADE, DID YOUR DELUSIONS FADE REIGN IN YOUR FEELINGS, THEY’RE MISPLACED OR WERE YOUR FEARS DELAYED BY PROMISES THEY MADE DID YOU FEEL YOUR DREAM HAD BEEN ERASED AND AS YOU WORE THE FACE, YOU SELF-FULFILLED THERE WAS A PROPHECY IT KILLED - YOU WALK A PATH THAT THEY CAN’T KNOW THE STEEL YOU WORE, YOUR SUIT FOR WAR WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE, YOU DREW THIS SHROUD AROUND YOU THE ANIMALS THAT STOLE YOUR SOUL WAS IT ALL FOR NOTHING? DID YOU LIVE WITH FEAR WAS IT SELF-FLAGELLATION THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE WHERE YOU FELT THE STING OF ARROWS WHERE PEBBLES RAINED UPON YOUR SHORE YOUR EYES WERE ONLY BROKEN WINDOWS WHERE LIGHT BROKE THROUGH NO MORE YOU’D ONLY DARED TO DREAM OF GIFTS BEYOND AND BENEATH THE SKIN THEY LURED YOU IN THEY’RE ON YOUR SHORE THE STEEL YOU WORE AND STILL YOU’VE BORNE A THOUSAND ARROWS