I covered up the mirrors.
\nI avoided myself the best.
\nI tried not to look at that demon,
\nStuck so deeply, back of my brain.
\nLike autumn, it had come to my life.
\nHad promised me beauty,
\nHad promised me repentance.
\nThe demon had faked a soothing breeze,
\nTo snatch away all my golden leaves.
\nTo tear away what had covered me up.
\nAnd here I lay, cold, bared to the world –
\nBarely covering my naked soul –
\nBuildings? Knives? Rope? Poison?<\/p>\n
That demon, is now a graceful lady.
\nShe wears all my gold. Glitters all around.
\nLooks a lot like me.
\nPerhaps without my black stains.
\nPerhaps without my criminal colours.
\nFeeds on guilt. Nourishes on esteem.
\nTo some – it’s imagination, forgery.
\nTo some – it’s eccentricity, insanity.
\nTo me – it’s simply my poetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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