Submissions by crisstub (Cristin Stubbs)

By and By
Time flies
The clock on the wall ticks
As my life passes me by

By and By...

By and By
The wind blows
Right past me
As my limbs go cold
Till I can't feel
And I shiver

By and By...

By and By
I grow older
I grow wiser
And now I know
I now understand

By and By...

By and By
I row my boat
Into vacant lands
I lose my way
Yet I know and understand

By and By...

By and By
God breeches my soul
Then leaves
Yet still there
I feel his...

One must escape from the affects of rust
From the crashing spiral leading to rock bottom
The sharp edge of mistake pierces the flesh
Leaves a blistered dark mark
Showing a constant reminder of various faults
So as the vile presses against shameful lips
Recall the moment of sacrifice

As death trickles down the throat
Poisen reveals its powerful lust for weakness
Satens thirst for deceit
Now as the pain hits the heart
And alertness strikes the mind
Birthing realization and awareness
Actions deceiving truth and will
Functions...

Away in a cave
Disintigrating by rage
Crippled and bent over my cane
One thousand tacks piercing my brain

Singular heart at a crossroad
Eyes dialated each way I walk on the road
Wrinkled and dry on my walk through the cold
Heavy is hell on my heart transforming to stone

Alone in a frame
Absent warmth on my bane
No angelic voice to call my name
Stereotypical eye for the one who's my main

My shaking spirit sold
Prescribed medication to embold
Light on my heart now unfold
Victory of freedom enrolled

All I pray for is a little justice
Treated with fairness
No choice between tricks or treats
Rewards or punishment
Just liberty
Liberated by liberating means
To be free, to be seen
To be or not to be
Over looked
Tossed over ya left shoulder

Chance my just heart
And just ways
To justify whether I am worthy of justification
Enough for them to just let me
Stay, because I don't want to leave
And I didn't mean
To give it all away
Reversing a blessing into greed
Sin of greedy hands
See me brush my dirty fingers
...