21st Century Process Welcome to the institution Of purely frigid revolution. Here souls are sapped from flesh, Lines of clones and wire mesh. Humans stripped of human traits Bound by steel walls and gates. Eyes that search only for prey: More #life to quell, more men to flay. Here, hallways shine with death, Classrooms throb with baited breath. Day and night knit into one, And so a blankness #life becomes. Children placed through factory lines, Processed, modelled, new designs, Made to last for preset times: Love is under warning signs. Welcome to the institution, Of purely frigid revolution. Humans stripped of human traits, Assigned a #life, a world, a fate.

Ripping Down The battle field slumbers for the growing night, at least. Rivals sleep precariously beneath the eaten feast. Fury burns and bubbles in the belly of the beast And I sit on the bloody ground awaiting from the East. A tension builds around me, there's violence in the air: Corpses of our angels growing grey, blood-matted hair. Their empty words as weapons, broken lies and fickle flares, Fall behind me such as dying souls in the orange blood-moon's glare. I'm torn between two deities, my morals run aground, My thoughts and better judgment swamped in noise and in it drown. I cannot make a truce between them- my words don't have sound, And I can only watch their claws that clash when ripping down. ~ Copyright © Alex Beaufoy Salguero 12 • 3 • 2013

Lip You have some lip to be biting mine, But then again, there's not much time 'Cause time goes quick when I'm with you You beat my worries black and blue You gave me will to write again You bought me back into the game Your smell the sweeter inspiration- Your skin is stained with new sensations A warm embrace against the cold It shuts the yells out, makes us bold A splash of blood across my teeth It hurts but nicely when you breathe I'm not quite in the swing of things A bird's voice sore now that it sings But what I really mean is I'm just Not quite swinging yet.. ~ Copyright © Alex Beaufoy Salguero 22 • 2 • 2013

Roaring Youth I appear to have lost my way There's something in me gone astray And I quite honestly feel like it's all because of you I loose with every move I play I feel it every single day And honestly I know that it is all because of you See I just want to try to pick a path that you once knew But it seems that every step I take is pretty wrong to you. Won't you tell me why you do this and the other things you do? I just want to understand exactly what is wrong with you... I'm looking for a way out of this mess I guarantee That all the songs that I possess Are purely made because of me And every time you try to sink my ship and screw my Odyssey I will prove to you that all this music comes to majesty Oh do you think that this is worth a low kick in my side? Why do souls like mine always seem to want to die inside Every single word we throw across the room is pure pride Every comments every compliment is sarcastic and snide Oh I am sick of those that always seem to be right out to get others down. Do they really have nothing better to do? I just want to chase every dream I ever head and break it out. So maybe all those shallow minded people might know: Exactly what we do.

Sloom #greatlyricshare ~ ~ ~ The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice. The seaweed that wrapped its arms around you... The carpet on my cheek feels like a forest, And I run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me... The books that I keep by my bed are full of your stories, That I drew up from a little dream of mine, a little nightmare of yours... To be us- to take this plunge, to forgive and forget. And be the better man, to be a better man, to be a better man... So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well... The cat's silhouette as big as a monster in this concrete jungle, With street lights hanging their hats... So make all your last demands for I will forsake you, And I'll meet your eyes for the very first time, for the very last... So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well... So love me mother, and love me father, and love my brother as well... So love me mother, and love me father, and love my sister as well... So love me mother, and love me father, and love my brother as well... I met a man today and he smiled back at me... Now there are thoughts like these that keep me on my feet, that keep me on my feet... ~ Copyright © Of Monsters and Men 31 • 12 • 2013