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this is not for you

silently spend your time oversexed and can't find a day to unwind.

your energy's gone into your biggest fantasy instead of the man you used to be.

struck with a moral dilemma, two peas in a pod blown away through stormy weather.

never to return, always on the run, seasick with eyes bloodshot lacking sun.

 

what is this face that looks into my mirror, sullen with a taste of pain

always hesitant on what to do, but would you really call him insane?

alone again, he wakes up silent waiting for the day to begin

within a hollow body, his heart beats softly to the rhythm of the wind

 

the attitude of a broken man

quietly aging in the dark

his eyelids with worn black bags

hoping to find a spark

 

contempt found in his ever changing moods

splitting one day at a time

so confused, desolate and alone,

if he could only find a sign

 

what's the point of waking up if you have nothing to look forward to?

he speaks each morning beneath his breath

wisecracks of the summertime inching into a dribbling bore

the longer he stays awake, the more he becomes a pest.

 

eaten up alive by the world that he loved so much

dreaming away a life of happiness

if only he could smoke the residue of the day

perhaps the light will bring well needed rest.

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Jul 16, 2010
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