you don't know the times
I bled out onto the page,
wrestling with my demons,
regretting my inner rage.

you don't know how I fought
to stand here and say this tonight.
just please honor my sacrifice
for freedom, for my life.

plug me into my visions
where I never feel the pain
of living, caring, losing,
and the colors never drain
away.

plug me into a world
where I can forget this one exists
the killing, hating, betraying;
my friends waiting to whisk
me away.