The Refracted Dark

 
bate the water and troll  
I am destined for beauty...nothing more  
I seek not the seeds sown  
deep down I'm worth more  
 
Your fascination with the flesh is stillborn  
let go of the dreaded edge and get real  
a dull instrument at best...little thrill  
 
A needed effigy for your thoughts  
they come traveling a beam of light  
burning who it ought naught  
Duality of reflection  
mirroring your own so much you think  
therefore you are...darlin  
 
Grieving for like company  
you cast dispersions of apathy  
The lust of life is in you  
down to the particle I am connected to you  
 
You will not find me languishing in my mortality  
kiss the dawn and know me  
Have you come for a visit  
 
or to toil in futility?  
 
titillating the darkness  
I pray to slay the ego  
inside me the capacity  
to insult the host dearly  
 
Is that conducive to the greater good  
or a growing exercise in madness  
nothing more than a mood elevator  
I'm easy to bate  
not so easy to placate  
but I think you seek a rise out of me  
 
It's beneath me really  
but I like flexing my wings  
I will show no fear,  
my anger will simmer  
Watch your step in the land of Nod  
for, It will be my Father who strikes on my behalf  
 
It's really not up to me  
he is the regulator  
I am the pupil  
he has ordained my steps  
my fate is in his hands  
he might let you take a poke at me  
but believe me  
 
His is the final say