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- - - THE SUFFERING - - -


I am a statue of man
In the eye of the storm
Slowly breaking on winds
Blowing with burning scorn

Harrowed to the shatter point
I can feel the weight of the world
Pushing down on tired shoulders
Barbs are piercing my feeble core

What demons wait in the shadows
Reach, eagerly, from below?
Pave the road with the bones of the dead
And the visions in my head

When your dreams take their last breath
The beasts of burden cease their whispering
When the hurt is all you have left
Will you endure the suffering?

What angels wait in the darkness
Reach, eagerly, from madness?
Cemetery blues condemning me
Surrounded by phantom streets

Hallowed by the bitter truth
That I am a waste of the world
The stars burn in desolation
In throes when misery is born

Remain a statue of Man
In the eye of the storm
Slowly breaking on winds
Blowing with burning scorn

When your dreams take their last breath
The beasts of burden cease their whispering
When the hurt is all you have left
Will you endure the suffering?

Not matter what I sacrifice it is all for naught
The path I sought, a sacrament in poisoned vines, caught
I burn for times I desecrated with my lies
I feel as if I deserve these demons

NO!

I am a statue of man
In the eye of the storm
Slowly breaking on winds
Blowing with burning scorn

When your dreams take their last breath
The beasts of burden cease their whispering
When the hurt is all you have left
Will you endure the suffering?

(c) 2015 Frank Green
Written by HadesRising
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