Befriend the Orchid, Pts. 1, 2, and 3

Befriend the orchid Lure in a lifeline Laughing and licking With a dusty smile that never dies Befriend the orchid Show it your spleen There's love to be found in hate Your fingers push and come out clean Befriend the orchid Swallow its mold Caress through its aching veins The orchid groans and glows like gold Who are the lonely? Who are their kin? You etch out a rune into that stem, Pretend it means a thing Why would you stay? What love can heal the quiet By its silent decay? What babbling brook that beckons Like a lost dog twitching its nose? How would you know? Why would you go? And what would you find? What warmth worth all that worthlessness Behind your bare eyes? Why wash your dirty hair When you are clean enough to survive? Aren't you alive? Why would you try? Well, you stormed out your home For all the smoke that its decrepit walls Had once known For all the seasick songs you'd ever beamed Like beacons of hope It's good on your own Just like years ago Snd a devil was born Beside the blinding highway In a thicket of thorns A devil with its tattered skin The earth bends, blisters, and blows But how would you know When no one's calling you home? Help me, please, I am lost in space I've burned the truth just to lose its weight I'll make it worth your while If you show me the guileless way