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It just takes a heartbeat. You are brought into this world Shaking and crying Confused and lost Awake and aware Unable to speak Barely breathing Eyes wide with innocence Pure as sunlight Screaming from the pain And your mother Collapsed in agony Suddenly detached From her first born Relieved yet bitter Nostalgic and anxious Her precious child With nothing more Than a pulse, A heartbeat, And wide eyes Revealing the universe With every blink And you grew up so fast Too fast, she claims As you watch the home movies together Over popcorn And cigarettes And the pixels expose How you waddled through the weeds Speaking in tongues And gibberish And you fell down But you never cried You look over And your mother is passed out On the old tattered couch Slowly, mechanically, you rise And sneak out the front door Delicately and deviously Alone and brave Unaware that the youth Are far from invincible Your pal Trevor meets you A block down Blasting that punk rock **** Because your mother hates it And secretly, so do you And in a heartbeat You're in his front seat Screaming about the world And how ****** It all is Trev smiles sadistically Passing you a **** Of something sweet To take all your troubles away And suddenly You're flying Down the highway With your arm out the window A wing spread Your heart bursts You grow up so fast And suddenly You don't hate the world at all But it's far too late You look over And Trevor is passed out In his old, beat up Chevy Gracefully, rapidly, you rise And ascend up to the pearly gates Tragically and disturbingly Alone and afraid Suddenly aware that the youth Are far from invincible And your mother gets the call Four in the morning Distraught and confused Suddenly the words pieced together And she lost her baby To this cruel, ****** up place. She screams. And sobs. You were taken from this world Shaking and crying Confused and lost Awake and aware Unable to speak Barely breathing Eyes wide with innocence Pure as sunlight Screaming from the pain It just takes a heartbeat.
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May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 at 9:29 PM UTC
In a Heartbeat
It just takes a heartbeat. You are brought into this world Shaking and crying Confused and lost Awake and aware Unable to speak Barely breathing Eyes wide with innocence Pure as sunlight Screaming from the pain And your mother Collapsed in agony Suddenly detached From her first born Relieved yet bitter Nostalgic and anxious Her precious child With nothing more Than a pulse, A heartbeat, And wide eyes Revealing the universe With every blink And you grew up so fast Too fast, she claims As you watch the home movies together Over popcorn And cigarettes And the pixels expose How you waddled through the weeds Speaking in tongues And gibberish And you fell down But you never cried You look over And your mother is passed out On the old tattered couch Slowly, mechanically, you rise And sneak out the front door Delicately and deviously Alone and brave Unaware that the youth Are far from invincible Your pal Trevor meets you A block down Blasting that punk rock **** Because your mother hates it And secretly, so do you And in a heartbeat You're in his front seat Screaming about the world And how ****** It all is Trev smiles sadistically Passing you a **** Of something sweet To take all your troubles away And suddenly You're flying Down the highway With your arm out the window A wing spread Your heart bursts You grow up so fast And suddenly You don't hate the world at all But it's far too late You look over And Trevor is passed out In his old, beat up Chevy Gracefully, rapidly, you rise And ascend up to the pearly gates Tragically and disturbingly Alone and afraid Suddenly aware that the youth Are far from invincible And your mother gets the call Four in the morning Distraught and confused Suddenly the words pieced together And she lost her baby To this cruel, ****** up place. She screams. And sobs. You were taken from this world Shaking and crying Confused and lost Awake and aware Unable to speak Barely breathing Eyes wide with innocence Pure as sunlight Screaming from the pain It just takes a heartbeat.
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May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013 at 9:29 PM UTC
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