Some days the tide of pain overwhelms me
and god do my lungs burn unbearably
then I cough for Jesus
blood clots and bits of lung
but I will be dammed if I'm gone

I will do my utmost to cheat death
for I have too much work to do
I will not go down easy
I will leave this world the way I came in
kicking and screaming for breath

I get so annoyed at my friends
looking at me with sympathetic eyes
I don't want them to feel sorry for me
as I fight hard for my life
yet do slowly in pain die

So I lock myself away with the only love I have
and suffer for my art on my own and in private


By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris
By NeonSolaris

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