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- WITHERED CHRYSALIS -
O, those cruel angels scream
Lies and despair
A black shroud thrown over
All I've ever known
Memories and tragedy
Be still this labored heart
Sleep becomes you
Grief becomes me
Numbing all I need
Penance coming due
Why pray when no one harks?
Apathetic in agony
Sick of this heartache
Trembling hands cold to the touch
Black is the shadow
Losing all
I never knew just how much
My soul has been plagued by what ifs
If only I'd done this or maybe done that
One thing I could have done
Nothing at all it seems
Gray thunderclouds gather
On clear blue days
Rain pours from swollen eyes
For parades of guilt
Memories and tragedy
Be still this labored heart
Sleep becomes you
Grief becomes me
Numbing all I need
Penance coming due
Why pray when no one harks?
Apathetic in agony
Sick of this heartache
Trembling hands cold to the touch
Black is the shadow
Losing all
I never knew just how much
My soul has been plagued by what ifs
If only I'd done this or maybe done that
One thing I could have done
Nothing at all it seems
I think of the path that brought me here
And realized I'm selfish in my despair
As I sink into bleak waters
Freezing with fingers growing numb
In this pit that I've succumb
As I spiral downward
Out of control
Why lift me up and give me hope
Just to stretch me on this rack of torment?
My heart is like a withered chrysalis
Left to decay in a sea of laments
Is my pain exquisite enough
To satisfy all the paltry watchers
Who feed on agonizing woes?
Leave me beneath my mourning star
and let me sink sink in the undertow
Memories and tragedy
Be still this labored heart
Sleep becomes you
Grief becomes me
Numbing all I need
Penance coming due
Why pray when no one harks?
Apathetic in agony
Sick of this heartache
Trembling hands cold to the touch
Black is the shadow
Losing all
I never knew just how much
My soul has been plagued by what ifs
If only I'd done this or maybe done that
One thing I could have done
Nothing at all it seems
i will see you on distant shores
(c) 2016 Frank Green
Published 25th Dec 2016
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Anonymous
25th Dec 2016 10:29pm
Hades.. a heart wrenching write.. questions will always remain.. but life claims our innocence, with things that should not be.. positive energy sent your way.. forever brothers in steel..
Dave
Dave
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26th Dec 2016 8:30am
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28th Dec 2016 9:32am
Darkest Lord we all have a destined date.. nothing you could have done please don't torture yourself dear one.. my heart is breaking for you..
I love you..
love Brenda
I love you..
love Brenda
