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Light

I've lost some passion to the casket  
where I've abandoned my flask.    
Now I'm tasked with finding new    
suns to bask in, for now I can barely    
get a match lit, they say this will pass.    
   
The night that never ends, well I guess    
it depends. I could learn to adapt    
or get a new pen, one that glows in the    
dark perhaps, or one from a friend.    
Maybe one off a pal so at least I could    
send good wishes and late kisses    
to those who defend    
me while    
I'm at my worst, practising curses    
in the back of a church.    
On a bender playing chicken with hearses,    
I'm so sick of seeing nurses,    
been feeling  worthless    
and for now I'm alone.    
   
Stone sober, feeling how    
soft I have grown, wondering    
how bad it's been shown,    
a cover been blown, now I'm trying    
to get it right.    
   
Got not much left, but it's the bit that'll fight.    
It's the bit with foresight.   
If I deserve it, bring plight.    
Let my limbs drop off    
before I swallow a knife,    
just know that I'm trying,    
I'm prying the crack, yelling for life.    
I'm not looking back,    
no more bottling strife,    
No more poison swallowed    
behind a throttle, no more wallowing    
in pipes. This may kill    
some creativity, may be likely    
it might, but that's better than    
a soul being lost to the dark  
in a world so bright.    
I'll try to get it right,    
I'll try to be strong,    
I'll try to kill a demon    
and be a picture of might.    
   
I'll try to be what you may    
write about and not an image of fright.    
I don't mean intimidating,    
just a sickening blight.    
Cure me, myself,    
keep this will iron tight.    
I won't hear ill-will,    
or I may just smite.    
Here's to feeling somewhere    
nearer fantastic,    
as I back from the casket.    
Here's to all to get my back quick,    
here's to finding the light.    
Time to get it right    
   
     
 
Written by ExercisingDemons
Published | Edited 16th Dec 2022
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