Poet's Madness

Poet's Madness

I've got angels shining around my head

And demons dragging down my feet.

Temptation's Siren is calling my name

But Salvation's knocking at my door.

This old world moves faster and wild.

I can't stand in this place forever.

There's Opportunity opening doors

And Fear slamming them closed.

The voices in my head grow louder

While my voice is reduced to a hum.

I should scream for Sanity's sake,

But what's one more cry in this cacophony?

I confess in ink and paint portraits with tears.

Try to sell my soul with fake smiles,

And have it returned, cracks painted over.

Obey my voices and I deny myself.

Cauldrons boiling over in my skull

And tarot cards at my fingertips.

A Holy Bible by my bedside

And a prayer dancing on my lips.

A contradiction of a new conception

And an emanation of confusion.

An example of poet madness,

I am my Muse's warped reflection.