Mentally Discarded

Familiar voices speak in foreign tongues

I feel no core of being

Wandering becomes the only sense

Of movement for my broken mind

What's left of life funnels to this deep hole

Sucked down and spiraling toward the

Final maddening finish of emotions

And of understanding and of love

It's a journey I travel alone

No friend or mate will offer hands

Fearing my disease might push them over the edge

I don't expect them to fulfill shallow hopes

My every golden principle tarnished in time

Each eagerly clawed for a pound of flesh

I'm held accountable for every blown line

Until the curtain falls to silent acclaim

Speak a trite "hello," a superficial "how are you?"

Then spit upon what's left behind

Connive the means to get ahead

And figure who your next fool will be

I can't escape or be forgiven here

I am a witless, braying ass to try

I'm living undead in the real world

A living heart for carrion meat

So just leave me alone

Don't remind me of an evil past

Don't count on me for anything

Just dust me off the shelf with pride