Eyeliner labyrinth/Mascara maze

Part I

To all the lost friends

You left the door wide open when you went out and did not return
I have been struggling since to close that door
I failed
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, shouting your name Part II Eyeliner Labyrinth

Evoking smokescreens only works for so long

Yet you cling to them like leeches do to skin
Everytime another person comes along
Lest they see the real man hiding within

It would be fatal if they laid eyes on him
Neglected child that he has forever been

Erase him, root him up, forsake him, kill him
Reject everyone who dares to make him seen

Let him starve and thirst, pound on the walls and cry
Above all, never let him be loved again
But make him drive away those who would try

You must stay in control of this tiny man
Resist the ties that love inflicts upon you
In their stead, choose precious silent solitude

Never again shall they be able to intrude
Trespassers will be punished with an icy stare

Hide deeper, crawl into a void no one will share Part III Mascara Maze

My dearest friend for a decade
Angel of my moments of despair
So our love has begun to fade?

Change has come too soon in ways unfair
And left me wanting, aching, wondering why

Remember our genuine affection
And our basic primal pure connection?

Memories have surrendered to defeat
As our mutual source of comfort has run dry

Zygomorphic complements we were
Ending up as halves now, incomplete