The man without a face has no mouth
But you can hear the venom in his voice
The man without a face has no eyes
But he has a glare that could kill
The man without a face has no nose
But he could smell fear from miles away
The man without a face has a heart
But it is locked away and hidden
Behind a ribbed cage
As though it is shameful
As though it's a disgrace
Because the man without a face knows
That if he gets his heart broken
He would die three times over
And all the insecurities he has ever kept
Would float right up to the surface of his face
In the shape of a nose
A mouth
And a pair of eyes
And the man would then have a face
With nothing to hide
The empty mask has fallen to the ground
And everyone can see the sadness in his eyes
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June '09
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Its a gradual build up, but then:
ReplyDeleteBecause the man without a face knows
That if he gets his heart broken
He would die three times over
That's the part when I felt like I plunged from a 20 story building with no parachute. And the following words are new slaps along the way.
I didn't quite hit the ground though.
Something feels off with the last bit, but all in all I loved it very much, gorgeous imagery, bestieboo.
Yeah... Yeah, I do agree with you. It's not my best, and I'm feeling rather sluggish lately :(
ReplyDeletedulu gw seneng bikin yg galau2 gini, tp stlh adanya pacar baru *man, that counts something. big-something!* tb2 langsung jd hepi smua.
ReplyDeleteand suddenly all my notes on facebook's gone. disappeared.
maybe He wants me to start a brand new life.