Figure 8

“Life begins on the other side of despair.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

As long as I'm alive I'll never be perfect

because you will always exploit my flaws

You never listen to what I have to say

rather you just believe in the fallacies

 

So watch me fall

Collect my remains

Hollow as my soul

And desperate...

Despaired by all

Even when I pretend

Nevermore

For all your criticisms, I

Really want to know

Every shallow thought you

Understood as kindness

Despite how I believed

Everything I am is what you wish to destroy

 

In your eyes I only see Zapruder

as you cut yourself for the Cult of... whatever

There is no living God as there is no empathy

There is nothing unique if you wish to homogenize art

Author's Note

See if you can find the message in the chorus and the various references in the poem which support the overall theme.