The Gutter // Interstellar [Ghostface/GZA]

Sun, 05/02/2021 - 00:39 -- albm34

Turned into a Make-A-Wish kid

Cut on the right eye was vicious

Narrowly missed the right temple, accident forgivness

Left cowering in the corner like he heard three 6's

In a row repeated, battered and beated, heated up like some mashed potatoes/gravy/biscuits

Look kid, whatever you did, it's no excuse to act all mighty and high

I said I was gonna make you tear and cry, herein lies, your broken spirit

Folks can hear it, to think you'll recover from this with no interference is doubtful

Seem like a doc went to town on your face with a scalpel

Clocked in and out of consciousness, then permanently out cold

Before and after picture like an orange to an apple

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Tried to warn 'em, but this like Tatooine's second Sun

Not done, old show, rerun, concealed like it's a gun

Dark all of a sudden, freckles gone, what a disaster

Replaced with bullet holes, blacker than black, no NASA

Under the surface, an abscense of trash or plaster

An empty void, seemingly with no composition or matter

Quite the opposite, particle physics theorizes the latter's-

Antithesis which consists of an infinite battle

Converge on this verse, as a few heads are already rattled

See, there were two twins alike in every way except hereafter

One was viewed as a hero, though never the one to bend a knee

The other quiet and mysterious, perceived with negative energy

Always did the right thing, but oblivious of anything

Finally they went their separate ways to live out their separate dreams

One died chasing fame, the other ending evil schemes

One full of intention, the other without a care to please

2nd verse like a pastor, but the message not auxilary

The true hero of the universe, much less the the galaxy

The darkness was slowly reduced by the second twin's consistency

A product of both siblings being born and dying repeatedly

And even after the all the darkness is dealt with convincingly

They'll be here long after you and I are considered history

See the battle wasn't between the twins, but the twin and ultimate fire

Characterized as dark, difficult to pin and impossible to retire

Somehow the twin won without putting a finger on the lighter

In other words, skipped the whole "fight fire with fire"

An entire allegory to give you something to inquire

What's more gangster than offing a foe without even trying?

True, their hearts are cold and their rage is blinding, but

Gain the upper hand, look at both eyes, and don't fire

Think what that'll do to a person's psyche, almost frightening

Anxiety and paranoia creep in, no oxygen, so confining

Eating away at their core slowly, yet expeditiously dying

 

 

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