what to expend

What to Expend?

What to expend on a life worth nothing?
What to give to a corpse long dead?
What to kiss on the lips a bleeding?
What to exchange for emptiness instead?

Love? Hate? Life? Commitment? Soul?
The mirror faces downward, exuding cold,
Existence seeks its predetermined role
To find its fate has since been sold.

What to love when all betray?
What to hold when you turn to illusive vapor?
What to know when confusion reigns?
What to write when deaths the paper?

Destiny strangles its prey alive
Wearing white gloves to cover bloodstained skin
Behind shimmery and deceiving masks they connive,
And fate plays the role of destiny’s twin.

So what to believe in when truth is mangled?
What to trust when trust’s abhorred?
What be your creed when codes lay defiled?
What to confide in when God’s ignored?

Age old questions answer with blank stares
And broken hearts mended with screams and threats
Here our wounds lie mortal, infested, and bare
While for our soul’s possession demons place bets!