An Empty Vessel
He fills his head with Bible quotes
to silence the storm inside
An empty, hollow shell
he mimics in disguise
You were not wanted
You were unplanned
You are a nothing
You have no stand
He bows his head and speaks in tongues
to still the flames of rage
the pretender, fake, the fraud
hiding in plain sight
You were a mistake
A thirty minute accident
a constant regretful memory
who seeks reason to breathe
from holy ghosts
and devils in red ties
the more you take
the lesser man you are
smoke and mirrors
a shifting shape unseen
You are a mistake
You know it well
A fake, a fraud, a lie.
*Yes, I'm thinking of a certain someone we know.
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