Xeno Hemlock

Author of "I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me" and other books.


Xentheos

They can break my heart again

But I will see this through to the end.

Like a fighter down on his feet,

I shall get up again.

They can doubt my sanity

But I have plans with destiny.

By my side and behind me

She’ll never abandon…

It took some time to feel this bliss

Whereas before something’s amiss. I

Made a vow, solemn, “I shall…”

Never let it go. Never let it go. Never let it go. Never let it go.

From the outside’s a fortress of gloomed apathy

But the inside is burning, greatest of the seas.

For thou can be felt, ne-ver to be seen.

The bard of the cosmos couriered me.

They can douse my heart with fear

But I kept all that got me here.

Flickers, shards, dust, agate.

I shan’t be shaken.

It took some time to prize this bliss,

Once in the blue moon of life. I

Vowed with troth, my armament.

Never let it go. Never let it go. Never let it go. Never let it go.

From the outside’s a fortress of gloomed apathy

But the inside is flowing, deepest of the seas.

For thou can be felt, ne-ver to be seen.

The guard of the cosmos unfettered me.

And it’s over. I have crossed over.

There’s no giving up. There’s no giving in.

I’m 

Living underneath,

Smooth,

Graceful,

So serene.

From the outside’s a fortress of doomed apathy

But the inside is bursting, bravest of the seas.

For thou can be felt, ne-ver to be seen.

The son of the cosmos…

…ministered me.

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

…ministered me. 

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

Never let it go. Never let it go.

… provisioned me.

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

… engendered me.

Never let it go. Never let it go.

And it’s over. I have crossed over.

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

There’s no giving up. There’s no giving in.

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

I’m 

Living underneath

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

Smooth,

Graceful,

Never let it go. Never let it go. 

Never let it go. Never let it go.

So serene.


This was originally published on July 2015.

Photo by Oliver Sjöström from Pexels



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