i, who art in a tree. i, who art nothing.

curse me.

and i stand rooted

as my maker has intended.

and i will bear the sweetest fruits

and the brightest leaves will shine.

curse me again.

for your resentment

means nothing

and knows nothing

into the air it will falter and vanish.

when shelter you seek,

shade i will provide.

but fear and fear you must

for time and tide waits for no man.

beware your shadows

beware your exhalation

for a single intended broken twig

may and can

paralyze you

forever. 

sympathy for no one

there is no mercy

for the cheaters, liars, deceivers

and repeated offenders

there is no glory

for defending the 

ill-intended 

there is no blessing 

for your ephemeral

hedonism

there is no agreement

there is no compromise 

like an intravenous wound 

forgive dont forget. 

(hide) and seek.

in guise of their light

you are guided

in guise of their shimmer

you are healed

in guise of purity 

you are cleansed 

in guise of love 

you are enlightened

in guise of their preaching

you are reformed

and in this blind faith 

you are born again

you are sold

you are bought

you are prostituted to no end 

your god is now here

your god is nowhere. 

- - - 

watch ready player one.

watch wild wild country on netflix.

watch the path on hulu. 

psychical psychosis

here we go again

ushering in a new orbit

recycled resolutions

promises from faraway lands 

with so much hope

and so much faith

until everything collapses

crumbles

and diminishes 

like dust

like nothing 

but.

with obstinacy we continue.

with tenacity we fight.

for.

in our minds, we are immortal, 

and in our minds, we live forever.

listen to afsa. (http://afsa.bandcamp.com)
listen to hardihood. (http://hardihoodsg.bandcamp.com)

nervous nurses

there is 

far too much

anxiety 

paranoia 

and 

lunacy. 

instability. 

refracting through these mirrors. 

a couple of steps back

and look not directly

into them. 

you will be fine.

you will be okay. 

ikhlas

in sickness

and in health

for better 

or worse

when transparency

is scheduled around convenience

around motives 

and gains and benefits

when honesty 

and upfront responses

are strategised accordingly 

when just 'being'

is now a myth

a legend a fairytale 

echo those vows

let them sink through your skin

drown in your blood

and encompass your soul 

sincerity

sin.cerity

your move. 

choose your adventure. 

attention appetition

look at you

basking in your self-made glory 

riding on another's back 

guised in such grandeur 

so resplendent

so magnifique 

indeed, this is what you deserve 

or what you think you deserve 

from your magnified deception 

champion of champions

you win hands down 

as there was never a competition in the first place

except 

only in your head.