Occurrence I: The Dissimulator

Pursuing that light
Westward off the shore
Glimmering soliciting some kind of help
Some kind of motive
Or some vindication
Or sweet salvation

Oh come aboard
This ship is blessed and bound for holy war
Would you like to be reborn?
Keep licking up your wounds
Keep assuming you're this insolent person
That's why this happened to you

The stitches on your heart
The claw ending your arm
Dear God, all wrong

It's been so long
A man is nothing in the absence of frictional love
Nerves begin to twitch
Your beauty's not lost on this desolate ship
Can i kiss your lips? Can i hold you down?
Is that you growling in your sleep?

I watched the light leave his eyes
I watched the blood pour out like wine
I watched a bastard man die and turned my head
Did you forget?
Animals have no regrets

(I watched the light leave his eyes; where did he go?)