With Earthly Eyes...

Here on earth with earthly eyes
Gazing away under moonlit skies
does Gawd, the ghostly Gawd look too
both from behind and right back into
these same searching earthly eyes
transfixed under His celestial skies

Does Gawd see the depth of depths reflected
in the superficiality of a sparse soul's sunken eyes
cast down unto His ocean floor, dejected
by the struggle of squints for a minor glimpse
of more than scattered shards of the shattered shadows
that cast such an abysmal darkness over a slumbering earth
which appears much more forsaken than protected

Here on earth with earthly eyes
Does Gawd gaze back as moonlit skies
as I look to see Gawd looking down
to see if Gawd can see Himself all around
in things above, beyond, or under ground
Or at least to see Him see Himself conflicted
in these earthly eyes so disparate, desperate, & restricted

Must all this light be intertwined
with all these shadows so maligned
Must this darkness so surround
any light that would abound
& Must these eyes be so confined
by umbral shades of an earthly mind

Here on earth with earthly eyes
with heavens obscured by night's disguise
and light no deeper than the ground
there must be something more profound
than truths that masquerade their hues
while tinged by shadows' blacks and blues
or unglimpsed by earthly eyes recused

For why else would these earthly eyes look out
and not cave-in, collapsing under sightless doubt
No there must be much more light than this
There must be so much earthly eyes have missed
More than sparks obscured by densest existential mist
Like loving words unspoken by beloved lips unkissed

Here on earth with earthly eyes
watching as my own light dies
only surfaces come into view
despite the depths from which they grew
All sights unseen or stared straight into
illuminate there's so much here I never knew
and give these earthly eyes insight to continue

The Cenobites Are Calling...

You'd eaten the fallen apple
and opened the infernal box
Then done penance at the chapel
and sacrificed your entire flock
But that blood-sugar aftertaste
was still upon your praying tongue
and your hands remained soiled & disgraced
as you'd held that sacrificial blade and swung

Now the Cenobites are calling
and they have such sights to show
While the bottom continues falling
and your blood is made to flow
The Cenobites are calling
and their secrets are yours to know
if only you'll answer without stalling
and surrender to depths beyond below

There is no sky beyond here
No light descending from above
Only fallen ceilings and crumbled walls
There are no grounds to tend here
Nothing to sow, nor reap, nor love
Only an abyss unto itself that forever falls
Where there is only one abundance
of artificial light and veridical darkness
Intertwined in eternal redundance
& ornamented only by sheer starkness

With the Cenobites still calling
and having such sights to show
While the bottom continues falling
and your blood never ceases to flow
The Cenobites are calling
and this secret you now know
there was never any forestalling
your descent of depths beyond below

Memories illuminate your gloom
as lost life ignites the fires of doom
Every good deed becomes a lie
and each sin good cause to die
Your infinite squandered futures
now eternal wounds that weep for sutures
So far from any life and without death
only perpetually emptied burning breath
With no words upon strained exhalations
only the silence of eternal exclamations

As the Cenobites are calling
with still darker sights to show
For the bottom continues falling
and your blood will forever flow
The Cenobites are calling
they've secrets you'll never know
so your suffering won't be palling
while descending depths beyond below

A Narcissist's Guide To Self Importance (For All You Losers That Wish You Could Be More Like Me)...

Having Noticed The Trend In Self-Help Book Sales I've Decided To Unashamedly Capitalize Upon Those With The Limitless Desire To Be Guided Along The Path Of Self-Help. I've Taken Quotes From Celebrities And Historical Figures, Random Statistical Findings That May Or May Not Be Accurate, Scientific Studies That Don't Matter If They've Been Peer-Reviewed Because They Reinforce My Points, And Other Things That Are Either Not Copyright Protected Or Utterly Made Up And Have Peppered Them Into This Life Changing Guide. Now You Too Can Be Mystified By My Personal Insights And Finally Learn How To Be More Like Me And Become The "You-est" You I Can Possibly Convince You To Be. Here Is A Chapter Index So You Can Get Some Idea Of What Kinds Of Life Changing Knowledge I Have To Ruse You With In Exchange For Your Money.

Chapter One- Why I'm So Incredibly Awesome And You Are Not (You Bought My Book Sucker)

Chapter Two- The Six Number-One Things In The Way Of Your "Number-Two" Stained Dreams

Chapter Three- The Three Simple Orders You Must Follow To Become Independent-Minded

Chapter Four- How To Put Yourself First (After Me Of Course) And Manipulate People Into Subservience

Chapter Five- Tax Havens, Shell Companies, And Other Tools For Protecting Hard Earned Scam Money

Chapter Six- Maintaining The Appearances Of Success Without Drawing Too Much Attention From The IRS

Chapter Seven- Seduction & Subversion: Sex Scams And Circumventing Charges Involving Sexual Misconduct

Chapter Eight- How To Accept All The Credit When Things Go Well, Deny The Blame Whenever There Are Problems, And Give Yourself Praise In Front Of Others

Chapter Nine- Divorce, Bankruptcy, Indictments, And Other Things That Successful Followers Of My Proven System Don't Need To Worry About When They Inevitably Go Through Them

Chapter Ten- How To Convince Yourself That You Did Nothing Wrong When You've Been Incarcerated For Fraud, Tax Evasion, Rape, Or Other Criminal Offense(s)

Chapter Eleven- One Last Reminder About How Exceptionally Fantastic My Life Is Because I'm So Incredibly Awesome And Why You Should Do Everything I've Told You Even If It Ruins Your Life, Which Of Course Will Not Be My Fault

Chapter Twelve- If You Still Don't Get It: A Brief Guide To My Seminars, Special Services, And Other Expensive Things You Can Buy In Order To Get The Most From My Empyrean Wisdom
(Don't Be On Your Own With Self-Help)