70 / 70.5 ~ The Enlightenment Game / Soft Stance
The Enlightenment Game I was promised peace Brushing life a sickle breeze All I had to do was invite apathy The numbing of eyes blind Hiding to bypass empathy Tipsy on empty But this isn't the serenity That was promised To me No Only a desert Dry of any real clarity Only when I became sober No longer drunk On emptiness I began to know Calm Within the storm Touching something so primordial Before knowing a warm light Before running from a cloaked night A taste so forbidden But never hidden Underneath self-treason I knew it before knowledge spoke I felt it before emotions provoked It dawned A love expressed Simple and sweet Remembering Here I am ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soft Stance I only wanted to feel free Nothing came but apathy I thought I had footing I was only numbed I couldn't tell I fell Turning away from the devil Hiding beside him in hell U...