Catch and Release

Baited by a thought
The molest of exploited immodesty
It’s buy one body get one soul
When attraction is an overpriced commodity

Two edges of the same fight
When flirting on the fringe
Responsibilities thrown to the wind
Sedated by these images
Fed through the minds syringe
Subtleties of seductions lure causing us to bend

Hooker, lie, and drowning
Adulterated hearts
Tricking for cheap affections
Reputation suicide
Sell yourself for parts

We melt like water soluble metal
When integrity is poured into the mold
Taking shape after the cultures compromise
Domesticated by the current fads to which we have been sold

Pin the blame on the jack ass
When everyone has their own saddle
When the river eats like acid
You’re up the creek without a boat much less a paddle

Catch and release
After you’ve been filleted
Going all in with nothing to show
When all you are is retrograde

Backtrack to digression
Reckless pleasures of depression
Writing war to tell the story of transgression
Self worth gradually trending towards perpetual recession

Keep conscience quiet
Till you’re numb enough that you don’t have to feel
Living the dream of someone else’s fantasy
When faking is easier than too real

Users, abusers, victims
We are all of us the same
When flesh is the DNA of damnation
The only way to win is to quit playing the game

Tell me the truth behind the myth of the fish you say you’ve caught
When it’s the size of the heart that matters most
In a world where everyone is on lease, everyone is overbought
When one’s cancer is another’s host

Ailments and cures of perspectives
Compatible as the work it takes to commit
Looking for true love isn’t a matter of the bed
But finding something authentic in a sea of the counterfeit
Eat your heart out, when you are what you are fed…