i dont know where to begin

i dont know where to begin.
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Let not the title
confuse you...
there is a certain
optimism beneath the
surface madness..
Hope in spite the
Certainty of Suffering.

(and a profound love
which  opposes those
lackluster marionettes
who wear hateful
masks to obscure the
Grim-Hearts-Bleeding .)

I Walked in your Shoes..
Yesterday...

Today I wear a Dead
Man's Boots..

He was My Brother..

I, His Father...

The Tie which Binds?..
TRUTH.

(until it all became
A Lie.)

How far should I take
this thing Love?...

I've seen the Abyss,
and it's not so terrifying
as that Empty Stare
which see's beyond
Me to Another Grave..
where Muses Bath in
The Devil's Pond..
and Plot Vengeance
every Yesterday!

but I'm sure nothing
would impress "You"
anyway...

You who has
seen it all and earned a
Blind Mans' T-Shirt..
to Celebrate how
you Always Win.

so, Perhaps I'll title
this: "The End"...

yet...

(I don't even know
where The Hell to
Begin.)

j.Stephen.h