Lecter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AiI2oc6YXk&t=28s

You have seen me. Intrigued and enchanted
By the fleeting impression I gave
You have taken your safety for granted,
Tracked me down, and found a cave.

So descend for me down below,
Hold your breath, gather senses, and pray.
Find the usual route I go
By the delicate trail of decay.

If you venture for me underground,
You will enter a hollow space.
Rotten mist will be swirling around,
Falling out in drops on your face.

So descend for me down below,
I will give you my bloated heart.
It can't beat, but can shimmer and glow,
Just like radium coming apart.

In this cavity creatures don't chatter,
Winds don't blow, and grasses don't bloom,
Sticky waves separate, sink, and shatter
Barren islands in cloudy gloom.

So descend for me down below,
To be honored as one of my kin.
I will share the secrets I know,
My disease will take roots in your skin.

Leave it all, your concerns and your worries,
Hold my hand in the soaked abyss,
As I whisper apocalypse stories
In a voiceless and feverish hiss.

So descend for me down below,
I'll expose my festering slits.
I don't think I can ever say "no"
To the fragrance your spirit emits.

Are you tempted or are you dissuaded?
This is only for you to decide.
My appearance, withered and faded,
Lets you guess what is hidden inside.

So descend for me down below.
Or be wiser and let me slip by.
For without a tender "hello"
There won't be a bitter "goodbye".

It was him who once drew me choke
On a dozen red question marks.
I can't see it if since we spoke
Through the pain that this vision sparks.

And the other, whose words are vapor
Played with dozens of lives in my name.
I myself traced my skin like paper
And forever we split the blame.

Only you never spilled your hatred
Into artwork or scheming too,
Kept it separate, secret, sacred,
Only fed it to those two.

I'm no artist and no intriguer,
These are things I can't do for you.
But I'm tempted to pull the trigger
And to start our feud anew.

I'm no artist, but I'm a poet
I can pour this pain on pages.
You may think I am dirt, but know it,
I will curse you for endless ages.

We were poisoned by our disgrace,
And you've hidden your head in the cloud.
It's been ages since I've seen your face,
But your voice is obnoxiously loud.

You cough out hate language like dust,
And you fight just to prove that you live.
Are you sure discredited trust
Is the thing you should try to achieve?

As you burn on your own exposure
Fire melts icy frames in my bones.
I can kiss you good-bye for the closure,
And you're left to attend to your thrones.

Speculating on tears,
Redefining “enough”
You have played with my fears
For a life and a half.

And believe me, I'm learning
And I want it to end.
Why do you keep returning
With a knife in your hand?

Cut my flesh and see fire,
Then embrace me and burn.
Don't you tell me it's dire,
That's the prize you did earn.

Watch the world as it crashes,
It won't hear your cries.
And from our ashes
I shall rise in the skies.

This one was created when I was salty over someone I viewed as a friend talking badly behind my back about me and my administrative abilities in particular. That is probably the most constructive way to resolve drama I ever applied.

You who never had to choose,
You who never had to lose,
Come and say it to my face
Why you think I’m a disgrace.

I don’t argue, I’m a swine,
But you too are not divine.
Shiny armor, dirt within,
So step down or step in.

No mistakes, you heard me right.
Come to me and take a fight.
Have no doubt, this is it -
You’re called out on your shit.

You who never worked to pay,
You who never worked to stay,
Come and say it to my face
Who has more rights to this place.