IYI - All That Murder Offers

So finally in your despair
you fall from grace broken and bare.

Now sleep
with my knife
tucked in between your teeth
while I try
to remember what it means to be free
of your lies
your manic pretentious beliefs
make me wish I had died
before you took over me.

Now lost within your darkest fear
don't give up hope I need you here.

I screamed
to the skies
like a child at prayer believes
one wish will suffice
to keep you forever with me
in my own tragedy I lay
you'd call this love or is this hate?

("Jealousy is not only inbred in human nature,
but it is the most basic, all-pervasive emotion
which touches man in all aspects
of every human relationship."
— Boris Sokoloff, 1947, Jealousy: A Psychological Study )

I searched for happiness
at the razor's edge
I searched for sanctity
out on a broken ledge
I searched for hope and help
in the hearts of wailers and scoffers
I searched for a reason to live
and all that murder offers.

Pain grows
as love dies
hate flows
caught in a lie.