RedRaven-Designs

My heart I can not find And I can not define The twisted thoughts inside my mind My body and soul are in a bind I don't understand the things I see I feel as though I'll never be free The shadows are my friends I watch them dance and I watch them bend Outside the fire As the flames grow higher They whisper sweet things to me About the demon that is He My eyes are stained with tears And all I know is fear I try but I can not run The demon is having too much fun I have been brought up lame Trying to play his games I do not want to anymore But I'm broken to the core I try to board the train But all I feel is pain And somehow I'm back

My sanity is on lease I tear myself apart piece by piece Break me for your gain The only thing I feel is pain The colors of the world have faded out All I can do is scream and shout My fingers are stained in blood It pours from my skin like a flood I don't care anymore what you say On the cold hard floor I will lay You loom over me, your shadow falling across my face And I realize once again I have lost the race My sanity is on lease I tear myself apart piece by piece Break me for your gain The only thing I feel is pain All I want is you to take me in your arms After all you can not possibly do more harm But you just stand there, watching

I can break my knuckles against any surface and it still won't be enough to quiet the pain of violent fingers digging into my thoughts. I can poison my body with intoxicating substances and it won't calm the self-destructive side of me. Soothing bliss will wrap tendrils about my mind though only for a moment, the shrouds always return, contaminating me and forcing my hand. I can indulge in any fantasy, and bleak reality will always find its way back. I am a ghost among the living, a vague impression of what I once was. I drift silently and emotionlessly through the crowds, unseeing and unseen. Stained by the past and cursed by the future. Th

Using the key, Cody unlocked the door to the apartment and stepped into the dark room, a tingle running down his spine as he surveyed the shadows. Depositing the duffel bag on the floor, he switched on the overhead light as the door closed slowly behind him. The harsh yellow light flicked on, illuminating the barren state of the temporary room, and his eyes found his brother Karis, sitting tensely in one of two badly worn armchairs near the small dingy window. He looked closely at his companion's features as he hesitated near the door, right hand curling around the metallic object hidden within the pocket of his overcoat. Karis' expression w