Have these crumpled legs lost their steely grip
Against the grain and pain of
Forget it all
I’m useless here
Never mind, it’s all for naught

An outcast among the living
Those with dreams and happenings
An empty shell, I’ve become
Having balked beyond my will to see,
Stuck in some forsaken swamp
Crushed here all by myself
No one else’s fault
This land of gothic screams

What happened to my smile and laugh
Of yesteryear, of times gone past
I’d like to think I was once alive to be
Yet, here I sit, tumbling inside myself
Afraid to even think,
To get up off my bony ass
Rise again, like I need to
Find hope again to carry on
A reason to believe

Without this endless drudgery
Oppressive weight of ne’er do well
That follows my every breath,
That hangs on every sound hurled my way

‘You messed up royally’
‘Your time has passed’
‘No good for nothing syncopate’
‘Be glad you have us here to take’
‘Forget yourself, you’re insignificant in this scheme of things’
‘Be quick and get my plate’

08/18/2007

Posted on 08/18/2007
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