Two roads diverge
Simplicity of ill intent
Destruction held
In the need
Of materialistic things
Choices building
Each step solidifying
Bars descending
Trapping reality

Tears cried
Freeing the souls
Despondent pleas
Mistakes ripping away
The fabric of self
Life becomes
The road chosen
Abilities lost
Hidden forever by
The chosen mistake
Leaving only the
Iron cages and
Padded rooms
Filled with laughter
Of the deranged

Heart and mind
Knowing the future is lost
With that initial step on
The chosen path
Realities dull patina
Camouflages the pain
As one lives a life
In the cage built
By each step
By each choice made
Bringing forth
The justice of fate

LAO Poetry 2016