Beautiful Boy

You are but a second skin Worn atop the stains of sin Sold upon his innocence; For ignorance will long for bliss Say you're warm and hide the shame Never to witness the rage Here is where he can pretend To be a simple, easy man Such a beautiful boy, with his life in his hands How he screams his demands, how the deaf reprimand Such a beautiful boy, how he clenches his fists How he bellows and shifts, how he slashes his wrists You are but an empty vessel Filled with hopes that aren't your own Born-to-die-adjacent, calling Feeding from his joy dethroned Warm inside this frozen waste Never to witness his hate Here is where we can pretend He ever was a simple, easy man Such a beautiful boy, with his life in his hands How he screams his demands, how the deaf reprimand Such a beautiful boy, how he burdens his veins How he snarls ensnared, how he cannot be tamed Such a beautiful boy, how he doesn't exist A phantom wearing a skin, how he bellows and shifts Such a beautiful boy, slipping life from his hands Vainly grasping at strands, how he screams his demands.