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A Lonely Man Sits In A Room and Contemplates His Folly

by @reece

I was never your protector, you abused my stoic nature Madcap orgies for days on end, and copious substances, abused The blaring music, disturbing the peace, rattling windows and you dismantled my structure, and yours alongside it I am just a house I was never the crutch you needed, nor was I a friend Remember those long nights on the town with raving girls and you were irate when I fell to the floor; rich man's art piece Now you snivel and scratch because you flushed me in haste I am just cocaine Pair me up with old white friends in speedball imprudence Meticulous measurements in early days but you grew reckless Now your ghastly macabre silhouette on back alley walls Is all that remains in this dead town that you still saunter in I am just heroin You put too much emphasis on me, to defend the sentient and you stare me down on the kitchen table, questioning You hold me close and I feel your brow, indecisiveness and now I'm caressing your temple; bemoaning barrel I am just a gun You sit and attribute voices to the voiceless and inanimate because for years you have repressed your depression When you should have asked for help and not escapism and today you end it all, alone and weeping for something you know not what I am just your psyche
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Published
Dec 12, 2013
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