Rusted - Blistered

I’ll wipe my mind of the memories

I will destroy your legacy

Page by page cast into the raging fires of contempt

I await the day when your flesh and earth become one

And I will be there, vindicated

With eyes shut tight, as a hero you are venerated

Standing upon this pedestal built on our backs

I never saw the real you

I never saw your flaws

I never saw the rust and rot behind your thin veneer

Lightning strikes and sets fire to your facade

Your porcelain beauty cracks and breaks

Your vanity bears weight no longer

I cast you down

Your power is denied

Your soul is rusted

Your guts are rotten

I weep for the time I wasted

Believing you were a hero

Hours, days, weeks, and months

Pissed away

I tear down statues in your image

I crush them now beneath my feet