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Devotion III

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for who,
I always wanted--

without the burden of outside influence to direct it,
the body simply curls up - an instinctual reaction, to trauma,
when no longer the brain can cope with the outside environment,
and begins to shut down.

the natural state; fetal. naked. safe. withdrawn. alone.
towards the love that will always exist. internally. eternally.
could you tell me, what does it mean?
And do they even know?
And could they tell me, all these years,
how many tears I have cried?
And how many times I have wanted
to just lay down and die?
would they forsake heaven for the love-- this love I feel inside?
And could they tell me, how many times, have I?
cast out, excommunicated.
like heretics and pariahs. You, and I.
waiting for someone to absolve us
like we're worth too much, to be touched
in this useless, revolting goddamn world.

Here,
where we are strangers,
and they call people like you and I insecure
because they've never even known what it means to love.
just souls, to wield, As power.
and they'll take,
and take....
The machines they built, transmitting images of decay;
homogenous plastic cadavers and cosmetic smiles
the harvesting of a soul's value, a human's affection, for power
like a competition to destroy the only thing worth anything
on this rotting, disgusting mannequin planet.

And you,
And I;
Our depression is the knowledge that we were meant for so much more
and the distance we feel inside.
We are ALIENS
YOU! and I!
withered, powerless. cold.
pale flesh, broken bones, growing old.
waiting for the eternal mother,
to come around, take us home!
orphans, the bastard children, perched on a dock..
in an obscure corner of the universe..
waiting for a ship, that will never come.

And Why?-- WHY did she leave us here, on our own.. just to die?
without an answer, without even knowing why?
So they could take and take,
until there's nothing left?
Did she just leave us, in this,
for the worms and dirt, lost innocence?

And you,
Oh, but you..
the gentle one in the corner, alone
too fragile to exist
too silent, to be known.
extra terrestrial from the stars,
have you come to take me home?
I wanted you.
How I wanted you.
life preserver, in the endless sea of nothing.
The eternal, everlasting, unattainable romance.
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segura2112's avatar
I know this feeling too well,  of being an outsider, of not fitting in. Thank You