#debts
I've been searching all life long
Placing my bets
Amidst all my missteps
Listening to the same ol' song
Dancing on gass soaked briquettes
Risky as it gets
Find me between right and wrong
Racking up debts
And future regrets
My self hatred is strong
Setting precedents
With no true benefits
Only ever told I'm wrong
No corrective steps
Only more empty threats
Just wanted to belong
But that's too complex
Don't want to know what's next...
...out beyond the smouldering bridges and life threatening safety nets...
...my residence
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Jan 1, 2024
Jan 1, 2024 at 6:38 PM UTC
works burned to cinders
poplar trees leaking resin
bulging eyes lashed
punishment as a lesson
but his chain links snapped
fresh from slavery
hefty debts to the procession
the gally of people alike
that lent him a hand to his ascension
a journey his own
luck and his mind
fortified his constitution
they carried him to his fate
that was to be
absolution
May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 at 12:15 PM UTC
Jubilee
All the books are cleared
No more debts
No more liens
All properties are returned
The past is buried
Aug 19, 2015
Aug 19, 2015 at 4:45 PM UTC