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Jul 2013
Today I woke up angry
And by the time I feel better it'll be too late to save me
While the voice on the TV sang the
******* reasons why they think I did it.

I got my snap back turned back
Ready to make a head snap back
When I let my rifle crack
Everyone will know I did it.

They will say I am mentally ill
When they were the ones who gave me the **** pill
Wrote depression as the cause on the itemized bill
Then send my *** out for another refill.

They turned the neighborhood into a war zone
When the cops came to my home
I would have come freely had they phoned
Instead they had guns drawn, ready to unload.

Hook me up to a gurney
Stick me with a poison needle to send me on my final journey
While a group of people look upon me
Never once believing my story.

The truth is, the bullet was meant for my own head
But I got scared and pointed it at the window instead
I shot a three year old girl as she slept in her bed
When it was my own life I wanted to end.

Today I woke up angry
Today is the day they are going to hang me
The death knell sings all around me
Life's final reminder of the ******* reasons I gave not to live it.
Written by
Patrick Conroy  PA
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