Love Poem: Embracing Your Spirit of the Con
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Written by: Matthew Bailey

Embracing Your Spirit of the Con

Just because you didn't finish that thought 
Doesn't mean we didn't know what you were thinking 

And you’d think the voice in my head had no choice but to agree with me 
But the knife’s dripping and the guns smoking 
And I didn’t want my lungs to feel left out 
So I took a hit while the voices were speaking  

My mind is a hospital with celebrity guests 
Everything is urgent but nothing gets done 

A cursed tomb, but the hieroglyphics had your face in devastation,
Worse than a car crash
And defeat worse than waiving the white flag 
with an enemy boot on your back 

I'm not used to the targets being on me 
They thought they would find us at the source of their qualms
Through following crooked maps drawn from our palms 
The treasure they found was innocence and a youthful pact
They didn’t know what they were looking at 

We rose and we created a death march 
Everybody loved when we lined up the culprits 
And as we walked by, we all pointed and laughed 
Our brutal yet satisfied democracy at work
They couldn’t tell what they were looking at 
Brutal, not so brutal 
Your cursed tomb of shapeshifters and unhealed wounds
I brought you here, miles and miles and oceans away 
Just so you could see yourself 
When we see you, this is what we’re looking at 
A tomb of cobwebs and a god complex laid to rest; 
This is what we’re looking at 

I’m not used to the targets being on my back
I stole their fashion statements right from their drawyers 
And I’m not giving them back
And why would I expect you to feel bad?
You’ve been playing this game since you were born 
You’re the only person I would trust to come out of this alive
Shout my name from the hilltops when you’re done
to let me know you survived 
You’re the only person I would trust to come out of this alive
You’re laying lifeless with your arms crossed against your chest 
This is what we’re looking at 
A tomb of cobwebs and a god complex laid to rest 
You’re the only person I would trust to get me out of this alive