“All this pain is an illusion,” Maynard sings
I slam my head back and forth
Desperately hammering those words into my skull
As pain sinks its sharp teeth deeper into my chest
It’s all a lie
I hear
Even the truth is a lie
No way to really know
We float helplessly in nothingness
Embracing lies to survive
Teeth and claws break apart my rib cage
The loud crack smacking my ears
I watch my heart, torn away in an arc of liquid red
Now pounding within its jaws, dripping
I bleed eternally into the thirsty dust
The illusion feels too real tonight
To cope
To see the truth of my existence
Swallowed by suffering
I see eyes glowing yellow in the dark
Hovering just above a wide, red smile
[ hidden void photography ] 