The Blood & The Bones

I see the violence in you

the want for the song of blades cutting skin

and fists impacting meat and bone

the hard on for inflicting pain

it sits emblazoned on your calloused palms

like fire itching for a firefight

the way the bullet slides through metal

and finds it’s unwilling home

building the rage

until you’re all but consumed

disguising it as doing

what you’re trained to do

you become the beast

on too long a leash

a machine for war

a hired goon

but, I see you

I see the terror

as it fills you up

to fuck your brain

into submission

convinced that it is not fear

But strength for the mission

as you prepare yourself

for it to begin again

waiting to be used

for the sinner’s sins

your eyes on all the ways in

even when you know it’s just me

on the other side of them

yes, I won’t lie

I see the killer in you

but, unlike yourself

I see the man too