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timothysangel1973

Senior Member

since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

0 posted 2005-05-25 09:01 PM

I'VE DAMNED MYSELF
MORE THAN ONCE DURING THIS JOURNEY,
ONE THAT SEEMS TO NOT HAVE AN END.
NO GOLD AT THE END OF THE ROAD,
ONLY MADNESS FROM WITHIN.

SECRETS AND SHAME,
LIES AND ALIBIS,
THE SMELL OF SIN IN THE AIR.
LEFT TO ROT AND DECAY
CAUSE IT SEEMS NO ONE CARES.

I SEE YOUR PRIDE
AT THE MESS YOU HAVE MADE,
NO SECOND THOUGHTS OR REGRETS...
JUST YOUR FIST OF RAGE.

...ARE YOU DIZZY FROM THE RIDE YET...

AS THE PENDULUM SWINGS

JUST ONE MORE SHOT OF PAIN,
ONE MORE SCAR TO MARK THE WAY.
KILL ALL THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR PAST,
DISREGARD YESTERDAY

DON'T DARE LOOK IN THE MIRROR
AT THE EVIL YOU HAVE BECOME,
PRETEND YOU ENJOY
THE INSANITY OF IT ALL

...AS THE PENDULUM SWINGS...

THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO WANT,
OR HATE, OR EVEN LOVE.
THIS IS THE ROAD TO TRAVEL,
BUT WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH?

BREAK THE CHAIN OF SIN
AND FIGHT FOR SOMETHING REAL.
THIS ISN'T YOU,
THIS ISN'T HOW YOU SHOULD FEEL.

SLOW THE ROCKING BACK AND FORTH,
UNDO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

STEADY YOUR FEET ON SOLID GROUND,
AND TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE.

GRASP THE IVORY HANDLE,
AND PULL BACK ON THE KNIFE

CHOOSE TO LIVE, AND LOVE...
AND ALL THE IN BETWEENS,
DRY YOUR EYES, AND SHELTER YOUR HEART

...AND LET THE PENDULUM SWING...

I may hate myself in the morning - but I'm gonna love you tonight
-Lee Ann Womack

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2005-05-25 11:31 PM

very powerful write here

adagio
Member

since 2005-03-19

Posts 449
Marrero, La.

2 posted 2005-05-31 04:36 PM

This one should be shouted from mountaintops!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2005-05-31 08:08 PM

DON'T DARE LOOK IN THE MIRROR
AT THE EVIL YOU HAVE BECOME,
PRETEND YOU ENJOY
THE INSANITY OF IT ALL

This is so powerful, it's scary!
I hope you are writing fiction and this is not set on a real life stage.

Take care of you, Tima~

timothysangel1973

Senior Member

since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

4 posted 2005-05-31 09:17 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind replies... and Bluesy, well lets just say that one time, a long time ago this was ME... I finally found myself, and now, these are just memories, but in order to stay staright I have to remember where I've been.

Love ya all

Tima

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