Poetry

Hand of Jokers

written by: OurSacredHonor

It's been some time since I've had the chance to express
All the pain I've endured while dealing with this stress
I mean sure it's all worth it but that doesn't make it hurt any less
So once again I'm sitting hear and to you I confess

I've done a lot of wrong in my day
And I can't always say I've done things the right way
But I don't regret it and my dues I pay
And I stand behind each and every word I say

The good times, the bad times, the ups and the downs
The anguish, the pain, the anger, the frowns
I struggle everyday to keep stuffing it down
I just hope it's not so much that I start to drown

Sometimes it's all too much for me to take
Sometimes I just need a little break
But no matter what I do I am never fake
And I'm thankful for each and every time I wake

I can't understand some of the things I want
And some of those things always seem to taunt
And the ghosts in my closet, they seem to haunt
And these fears I deny they continue to daunt

And life goes on, and on, and on
I'll never let myself become a pawn
Because relentlessly thoughts in my mind they spawn
All night long until the break of dawn

And when I return to a conscious state
I try to find a way for me to relate
I never seem to fit in but I never hate
And life goes on so I accept my fate

I breathe another breath, I cry another tear
I keep living my life, I live another year
I live another day, I fight another fear
When I know just where I'm going the road begins to veer

So I turn the corner and try to be bold
Scared of what the future is going to hold
I've been dealt a hand of jokers but I refuse to fold
Because I live life my way and that's the way my story's told

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