Behind the Mask of the Perfect Soldier
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I saw you smile yesterday
As you searched the weeping heavens for signs of ever-fading salvation
Your wind-tossed hair a sea of earthen shades
Your face a canvas for the paint of tears
A slight shimmer dancing in distant cobalt depths
A subtle curve graces pale lips
Behind the shield of your bangs
Your mask crumbles at the edges
Shattering your image of a
Perfect Soldier
Fingers of wetness
Not your own
Trace the curve of your cheek
Hoping to soothe your pain with their touch
Supple arms of fog
Sheath you from reality
In a haze of whispered promises and faded dreams
Your eyes are open doors to me
Showing me the depths of your heart
With their untold secrets
Somewhere within your soul
Happiness lies dormant
Locked in a box
With a light that won't shine
Pain ever present in your stead-fast gaze
The crimson force
That marks us mortal
Mingles with tears of the sky
Seeping from a self-inflicted cut
On the edge of your mind
Inner wounds mirrored by your
Soldier Eyes
You pulled the trigger on your dying dreams
Cutting from the inside out at your memory
Treading the line between hate and love
You scream for what you've lost
It echoes in your fiery touch
And fades in your icy stare
Your sadness seductive
A lost soul
Shrouded in black
Dealt a painful blow
By a last roll of dice
On the battle-scarred chessboard of your life
Waltzing forever to humanity's torturous melody
Ice running through your veins
Instead of blood
Am I the only one who sees you
And not the dark outer shell of a shattered being
Trapped in the confines of your creation
Are you afraid to let me see beyond the image of the
Perfect Soldier
Your mask has too many cracks to hide behind
Reach for the light
From your darkness
Self-imprisoned
Let your mask slip
If only for a moment
No fantasy beyond recall
Shards of dreams whole enough
To be reforged
Pain slipping away
Like sand through my grasp
Silently and unnoticed as Death
When its dark fingers shade your eyes
I saw you smile yesterday
Curved in agony and lust
For the relief of Death's embrace
Spreading wings of twilight over the horizon of your life
Memories fading to black
You catch my gaze from where you stand
Leaning in the open doorframe
Tank top wet and clinging to your skin
A subtle curve graces pale lips
Your mask drops and shatters
As you take the leap of faith
Leaving your emotions naked
Entrusting them to me
I saw you smile today
I would die a thousand times
In a thousand ways
If it meant seeing you smile again
Without pain or death in your eyes
All scars on your mind and body healed
A subtle curve graces pale lips
As you cross the room
Smiling that gentle smile meant for me
And no one else
You will always be my
Perfect Soldier
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I saw you smile yesterday
As you searched the weeping heavens for signs of ever-fading salvation
Your wind-tossed hair a sea of earthen shades
Your face a canvas for the paint of tears
A slight shimmer dancing in distant cobalt depths
A subtle curve graces pale lips
Behind the shield of your bangs
Your mask crumbles at the edges
Shattering your image of a
Perfect Soldier
Fingers of wetness
Not your own
Trace the curve of your cheek
Hoping to soothe your pain with their touch
Supple arms of fog
Sheath you from reality
In a haze of whispered promises and faded dreams
Your eyes are open doors to me
Showing me the depths of your heart
With their untold secrets
Somewhere within your soul
Happiness lies dormant
Locked in a box
With a light that won't shine
Pain ever present in your stead-fast gaze
The crimson force
That marks us mortal
Mingles with tears of the sky
Seeping from a self-inflicted cut
On the edge of your mind
Inner wounds mirrored by your
Soldier Eyes
You pulled the trigger on your dying dreams
Cutting from the inside out at your memory
Treading the line between hate and love
You scream for what you've lost
It echoes in your fiery touch
And fades in your icy stare
Your sadness seductive
A lost soul
Shrouded in black
Dealt a painful blow
By a last roll of dice
On the battle-scarred chessboard of your life
Waltzing forever to humanity's torturous melody
Ice running through your veins
Instead of blood
Am I the only one who sees you
And not the dark outer shell of a shattered being
Trapped in the confines of your creation
Are you afraid to let me see beyond the image of the
Perfect Soldier
Your mask has too many cracks to hide behind
Reach for the light
From your darkness
Self-imprisoned
Let your mask slip
If only for a moment
No fantasy beyond recall
Shards of dreams whole enough
To be reforged
Pain slipping away
Like sand through my grasp
Silently and unnoticed as Death
When its dark fingers shade your eyes
I saw you smile yesterday
Curved in agony and lust
For the relief of Death's embrace
Spreading wings of twilight over the horizon of your life
Memories fading to black
You catch my gaze from where you stand
Leaning in the open doorframe
Tank top wet and clinging to your skin
A subtle curve graces pale lips
Your mask drops and shatters
As you take the leap of faith
Leaving your emotions naked
Entrusting them to me
I saw you smile today
I would die a thousand times
In a thousand ways
If it meant seeing you smile again
Without pain or death in your eyes
All scars on your mind and body healed
A subtle curve graces pale lips
As you cross the room
Smiling that gentle smile meant for me
And no one else
You will always be my
Perfect Soldier
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