Waterlillies

from Futurism by American Ethos

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"Life is a four-letter word."
-Lenny Bruce

Did it hurt when landed,
facedown on the floor?

Do you still get confused,
when you can’t find the door?

In a palace of nothing,
we created ourselves.

We question our motives,
of why we burn in hell.

Did no one give you, the attention you need?

See the stars in your eyes, how they lit up the night,
But now they just stay cloudy for days.

Where do you find courage, when the party leaves?

Maybe there, on the corner of your bed,
You can find a little sleep.

Did you choose not to answer
when they knocked on your door.

Did you open your skin
to see the color of war?

In spectra or in secret,
We burn ablaze in limelight.

Just actors in guild,
Just patrons of night.

…so did your pray for help or did you pray for death?

There’s nothing left.
There’s nothing left.

After this, there’s nothing…

…and when I get home,
I’m going to sleep.

Force myself to breath,
force myself to eat.

Sleep is charity for a mind that leaks.
In dreams of fantasy, I see with clarity.

But when I wake up,
it’s a new day to care.

A new day to try,
A new day to fail.

And when I get home
No letters, no knocks, and no phones.

Just four white walls to remind me

(that I am all alone).

….when I get home, I am going to sleep…

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from Futurism, released March 16, 2018

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