Black pearl

Black pearl

What if I told you

My heart was full of hate?

As if cutting my skin

My blood so thick with sin

Bubbled like boiling tar

Escaping the filthiest chamber of hell

Causing my labored breath to resemble smoke

So Toxic even I often choke

The way it burns the eyes and throat

Is only sinister

An autopsy of me

Reveals festering wound

Filled to burst with maggots

Centipedes crawl between each rib

A sea urchin jammed beneath my diaphragm

Makes my speech deliberate

Dissect me

And at my core

You will find emptiness

But also, a pearl

Both empty and endless

The soul of a poet

Empty and Endless

The soul of a poet

A perfect reflection

Crystalline canvas

For a world of wonder

Like water

With a tranquil demeanor

To disguise the void

To hide this woe

I wear a mask

A gentleman and a scholar

A Black cat in necktie

And hat.