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Stretched over gaping hole of failure
Don’t fall into my inky, sticky grime
Trust me, it never washes off

Acting out to hide the nothing
Bundle of mistakes that I am, I hide
Under my mask and name
Pretender in human clothes

Julia, rebel from the waist down
Don’t love me, don’t even try
Just call me beautiful
And I’ll settle for your empty praise

Use you as much as you would me
To prop me up, to hide me away
Under a fold of deception, treachery
Not unlike the masses in the least

Except in what I have to hide
Burned brownies and children’s toys
Face ugly with tears and neglect
Total war of the soul, salt in the fields

I’m a sinner in a cloak
A beauty made from hell
Nice to meet you, how can I break you
And use your shell to build up my walls
So no man can ever get back in? [comments] => 2 [counter] => 190 [topic] => 61 [informant] => Chamaron [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => selfstruggles )

Total War of the Soul

Contributed by Chamaron on Monday, 6th September 2010 @ 11:45:59 PM in AEST
Topic: selfstruggles

Walking the warped wooden planks
Stretched over gaping hole of failure
Don’t fall into my inky, sticky grime
Trust me, it never washes off

Acting out to hide the nothing
Bundle of mistakes that I am, I hide
Under my mask and name
Pretender in human clothes

Julia, rebel from the waist down
Don’t love me, don’t even try
Just call me beautiful
And I’ll settle for your empty praise

Use you as much as you would me
To prop me up, to hide me away
Under a fold of deception, treachery
Not unlike the masses in the least

Except in what I have to hide
Burned brownies and children’s toys
Face ugly with tears and neglect
Total war of the soul, salt in the fields

I’m a sinner in a cloak
A beauty made from hell
Nice to meet you, how can I break you
And use your shell to build up my walls
So no man can ever get back in?

Copyright Â© Chamaron ... [ 2010-09-06 23:45:59]
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Re: Total War of the Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by ProfessorReason on Tuesday, 7th September 2010 @ 06:47:54 AM AEST
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You should check out Romans chapter 7 in the bible its there that I find the best description of that internal fighting from within

Re: Total War of the Soul (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 8th September 2010 @ 04:35:27 AM AEST
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Very similar to my own story, just replace 'man' with 'woman'. Very raw and real. I especially empathized with this bit:

'Acting out to hide the nothing
Bundle of mistakes that I am, I hide
Under my mask and name
Pretender in human clothes'

Too true.

-Phil

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