I haven’t done this in a week or two and I need some help getting things stirred around again so here we go.
Prompt: Narcissism *of course it is*
Music: Ghostpoet – Dark Days + Canapés (very much recommend him)
Alright, 10 minutes on narcissism – here we go ….
You like guns, weapons of mass destruction
Requirements in a world
You see.
Blow down walls,
Abstract pieces of death
For everything
You never knew you could be.
Shreds of humanity
Staring back at you
From garbage bag souls.
Gaping mouths
Of back alley way holes,
Well, well little girl
How’d you end up here?
Masks are the one thing
You ever truly taught me.
Paint them, wear them
Paste that smile,
Statesman handshake
With a flick of the wrist
And darling doe eyes
Bait for the next fight.
Perfection in reality,
Matching clothes and
Cringes at your words,
Smooth as silk,
Like slime sliding
Down sewer walls
Called home.
Bruises you can see
Complemented by deadly cuts
Beneath.
Worthless unless you find value
In our innocence,
Value in our ignorance.
Cut down inch by inch,
Your guns, weapons of mass destruction
Leave nothing but
Rubble in their wake.
Very powerful. Great piece on a very disturbing platform in this country.
Thank you, I actually wrote it about verbal and emotional abuse but reading it back it can go many ways.
No, I got that too, lived it for eight long miserable years. However, that is how society is nowadays…Look at our own President for crying out loud.
Very true! I think one of the things that triggers me the most about our president is that I can see my dad in him. My sister’s and I joked that we could write a book about surviving a narcissistic parent and let Ivanka do the forward.
Love it! I think you should go for it. 🙂