"If I were you, I'd give up."
Solacecomes in the form of self-destruction. Pressure crushing our ribs in order to makeroom for a beating heart. Flames kissing our lungs, consuming them slowly inbillows of smoke because breathing sulfur is better than not breathing at all.We place a gun to our temples in order to cleanse the thoughts of restless mindand smothering in gun powder the reasons against. We rot from the inside out becausewe were taught that the most beautiful flowers bloom within wastelands.
Solace isfound in the form of self-destruction because we have been fed bullshit in theform of a romanticism.
Tonight’slies in the fissure of Minseok’s lips, embers lighting up his features withevery drag he takes and fall with every single breath. The cigarette is thegun, the flames, the pressure for both but it is only solace for one. Codeine forone and a noose for the other. If that is the case, isn’t then the word nothingbut a faulty concept? Is that the reason why he wastes his time in futileattempts to rip the cigarette off the other’s hold until he is told off? Isthis why he keeps on trying over and over regardless of the fact he has lostcount?
“If I wereyou, I´d give up.” And through the suffocating mist, truthhad never been spoken as clearly when annoyance edges his voice.. Because one cannot change a person to theirown ideals in search for a peace of mind. Coax the devil into the form of asavior, wash the blood of their hands and their sins between prayers then burythe remnants beside the same church. No matter what, the essence remains thesame.The noosetightens and a silent I’m considering itdies at the back of his throat. Burying itself in a graveyard of the untold, waitingto rot in the crevices of his rib-cage and bloom into something ‘better’.
“Notuntil you put it off. I’ve never been able to handle the smell, and perhapsyour lungs could thank me afterwards.” He eyes the man from the corner of hiseye before slumping back against the bench. Up to this day, the ashes still digon his flesh. “You could try cutting it off a bit when I’m around at least. Youknow, for starters.”








