Drag

NothingbetterNothingbetter Wichita, KS Posts: 570
edited September 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Drag

Like a cancer spreading through my veins,
Consuming my world within,
I continue inhaling this drug,
The light is growing dim,
Poisoning my lungs,
I lie here gasping for breath,
You want to break me down,
Won’t stop until my death.
Have to stop feeding you,
Allowing you to grow,
My memories are fading,
You’re becoming all I know.

Chorus:

Silent cries,
Fall on deaf eyes,
The sun goes down,
Never again to rise,
I look in the mirror,
My reflection I despise,
I prefer my shadow,
My own worst spy.

I sit here in the night,
But I feel a sun burn,
My skin is peeling,
For the light I yearn,
The stomach pain means nothing to me,
The sacrifice I’ve earned,
For trying to be free,
An anguished lesson learned.
The pain is my cross,
I take it up and bare,
The heavy weight and all with it,
My penance is fair.

(Chorus)

Not worthy of these blessings,
I haven’t done enough,
You’ve handed me a royal flush,
But I screwed it up and bluffed,
I once was a child,
Worth all the effort,
Now just a cactus,
In this unbearable desert,
Holding water,
For those that look deeper,
These mountains I climb,
Are getting much steeper,
If I reach the top,
I hope I’m accepted,
And not a disappointment,
Of what you expected.

(Chorus)
Kansas City 6/12/03 ** Kissimmee 10/9/04 ** Atlantic City 10/1/05 ** Denver 7/2/06 ** Denver 7/3/06 ** Chicago 8/23/09 ** Chicago 8/24/09 ** Kansas City 5/3/10 ** Dallas 11/15/13 ** Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ** St. Louis 10/3/14 ** Tulsa 10/8/14 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/22/16 ** Oklahoma City 9/20/22 ** Ft. Worth 9/15/23

EV - St. Louis 7/1/11 ** Tulsa 11/19/12
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Comments

  • KovoKovo Posts: 255
    I like it.

    "My reflection I despise,
    I prefer my shadow,
    My own worst spy," sums up a lot of things for me.
    I shouldn't have to fight a battle I'll never win, just to lose those I've never had.
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    You’ve handed me a royal flush

    how can you even argue?
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • NothingbetterNothingbetter Wichita, KS Posts: 570
    ISN wrote:
    how can you even argue?

    Argue what?
    Kansas City 6/12/03 ** Kissimmee 10/9/04 ** Atlantic City 10/1/05 ** Denver 7/2/06 ** Denver 7/3/06 ** Chicago 8/23/09 ** Chicago 8/24/09 ** Kansas City 5/3/10 ** Dallas 11/15/13 ** Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ** St. Louis 10/3/14 ** Tulsa 10/8/14 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/22/16 ** Oklahoma City 9/20/22 ** Ft. Worth 9/15/23

    EV - St. Louis 7/1/11 ** Tulsa 11/19/12
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