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Hell Is a Basement

The demons just want me to be dead,

They want to bury the secrets in my head,

Sunlight kills their dark souls,

And there's no light to hold,

I'd give anything for a savior,

Give my firstborn as a favor,

I just want to not fight for every breath,

To not fight inside my own head,

I'm so tired, so tired, so tired,

And the voices multiply like a choir,

They tell me what to say,

To make everyone think I'm okay,

But inside I'm punching myself over and over,

And I try to quiet it by not being sober,

 

But you can't stay high forever,

I always nose dive and take a header,

Straight into the ground of which I bleed upon,

This life just seems played out and done,

 

I'd pray to God if I didn't think he'd forsaken,

This child of which followed him with other children,

But then I found the dark side of life,

The kind that has no spark of life,

Who's dull eyes stare out from sunken skulls,

Knees aching on basement floors,

Don't be fooled by the bible,

The devil is a female,

And she takes innocence,

While faking she's innocent,

So beware of golden hair,

And skin that's fair,

Because it'll make you wish for death,

For the rest of your entire life,

 

But you can't stay high forever,

I always nose dive and take a header,

Straight into the ground of which I bleed upon,

This life just seems played out and done.

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Written by
Punkiex3
33 / F / New York
Published
Jul 28, 2018
Lines·Words
36·253
Tags
#sexualabuse#childhoodtrauma#sobriety#alcohol#drugs#sober#depression#suicide
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