And I bleed from the tip of my pen, dragging the black blood across the paper, pouring out words, making out sentences. My words beat out emotion, I know how much it hurts, I know how bad a memory can be, but I bring it back to life anyway. I throw everything I have into the pen and make out magic, if I can. I know how intense pain can be, I know the best ink comes in red. I take moments and freeze them in time, no matter how much it'll hurt, I take the risk.
I am the pain the mother feels when her youngest daughter doesn't come home.
I am the misery of the little naive who sits and cries over a boyfriend.
I am the idiot who knows nothing of the world.
I am the kings and queens with nothing to live for but money and fame.
I am the artist who lost his touch.
I have no problem drowning my victims in the ink I write in. I have no problem making out roses, and putting them on the grave of the young woman I've always hated. I'm a dreamer, I'm a cheater, I'm a murderer. I paint masks to get my way, to have peoples' memories poured on paper, to have people thinking they're crying over a myth. I may stain my hands in the blood of my victims, but who gives a damn anyway? I stalk the night, they have no clue. My guns and pens are ready to be loaded with pretty red ink.
I am the father who doesn't know what to do anymore.
I am the bride who knows he isn't "the one".
I am the teenager whose hands are red and his classmate too.
I am the girl in the bathroom who looks in the mirror, afraid to grow old.
I am the unsent love letter that sits on the kitchen table.
I am the rebel who goes against the machine.
Look at me, look at me now. Here I stand, as a writer, as a murderer, as a poet, whatever, just look at me. I am everything, as well as nothing. I'm everything you hate in a person, I'm everything you want, wish, to be. I'm the child who cries over nothing, I'm the teacher who stares you down, I'm the neighbour you never noticed. You wish you were me, you wish you had ink running through your veins, you wish you had something to live for, you wish you could make a difference, even if it's on paper. You wish you could pick up a pen and write in my beautiful golden ink. Oh, you wish you could. You want my happy endings, you want my pity, you want my stupid thoughts. You wish you could. You just wish.
And I continue to bleed, it never stops. Once I start, I can never go back. My pen keeps on moving, my words pour out, along with my blood, but I never bleed to death. Sometimes I wish I could, sometimes I want to, but this will never happen, because death isn't a choice.
I'm a dreamer.
I'm a cheater.
I'm a murderer.
I'm a writer.
I force my smile, I fake my screams, come and see what I have planned for you. Get ready, I'm coming, my mask painted on, my guns and pens loaded. I'll walk on sunshine, to get to you. I'll force this poison into my arms, to get to you. I'll twist the sane, to get to you. Be ready.
And my gun is loaded.
And my mind is set.
And I'm young and reckless; don't test me.
Get ready.
Like a bed of roses, there's a thousand reasons in this gun. Scream for mercy, give me satisfaction, make me smile behind this painted face. I'll make your skin crawl, I'll make you feel sick. I won't stop, until I'm dead.
I'm a dreamer.
I'm a cheater.
I'm a murderer.
I'm a writer.