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the noose

i have fashioned and tied my own noose
fitting it snugly around my neck.
you wonder why and are unable to understand
why i have decided upon this blatant travesty.
i will answer your question with one simple remark:
the darkness has consumed me, became a part of me
leaving me drifting through the turbulent seas of sorrow.

condemned to fade away from this life
from the lies that lay as thick as moss.
i place the rope over the rafter
and close my tear stained eyes.
with one step forward i plummet
spiraling through gray clouds and red mist
it is now that i finally see the way.

something went wrong, the story of my life
i am still alive trapped in my own selfish misery
remaining in repeated agony, dangling, swaying
bleeding, pleading as i am found, please don�t set me free.
feeling them release the rope from my worthless neck
they lower me to the floor refusing me relief.

i question as to why not leave me there
leave me in my agony for all to see?
for all those who hate me
to praise the ending of this worthless life.
for their own mighty tribute of acceptance
as they lay me to rest in my earthly grave.

they place me in a small enclosed room
with no windows, no light can i see.
they think it was insanity
not realizing they created this monster
who lays bound to this bed of burden.
they do not understand the state of the barren mind.

slowly drifting into a catatonic state
left to rot helpless, never to wake.
but soon they will understand
the making of a very grave mistake.
leaving me in this coma
drifting upon an endless sea.

condemned to fade away from this life
from the lies that lay as thick as moss.
dreaming through a dormant sleep that will not last
to their surprise, appalled by what they see
i awake from this hibernation, from this pain
and it is now they will finally see the way.