Skin Deep

Riddled with sickness
Confined to a bed;
The sickness dwells inside you
In that now vacant chasm
This scourge has left you
Defiled and broken
Forgotten and alone
Your once angelic beauty
Gives way to complete filth

Oh gorgeous how you've fallen
It's a real tragedy;
The shameful life you're leading
Will bring your downfall

But baby in your future
In all honesty
The shameful life you're leaving
Won't save you
From anguish wrought from solitude-
A viral suicide

This punishment against you
Is more than being used
Their greed and brazen insouciance are homicidal

But you were a willing subject
Far from unaware
The risks were there before your eyes

Ruined, you wretched whore
Defiled, you are a crimeless victim
Ruined, you begged for more
Lifeless, you're a walking carcass

You pray the retrovirals
Will boost your immunity
But now the cancer's spreading;
You've sealed your fate

You pray the retrovirals
Will boost your immunity
But now the cancer's spreading;
You've sealed your fate

There was a fairness in your voice
Get up, get back, get away from me
But the inflection that you gave
It made the world tremble

Ruined, you wretched whore
Defiled, you are a crimeless victim
Ruined, you begged for more
Lifeless, you're a walking carcass