Poetry

Bloody Footsteps

written by: OurSacredHonor

I'm overwhelmed with anxiety
When suddenly
The pressure crashes down on me
And I can't see
Anything in front of my face
I can't stand this place
The race
Is too fast paced
I can't keep up I'm falling behind
Losing to time
And I can't find
Out why it slipped my mind
Like these thoughts always do
To me and you
It's true
But I can't seem to break through
The partitions
Or the premonitions
Of Apparitions
That we envision
The words evade
And lead me on an escapade
In a game of charades
A lyrical tirade
The thoughts don't fade
Like the night to day
This shine of the blade
Won't go away
No more masquerade
Let the masks decay
Cuz we're gonna invade
Your doorway
Forced entry
By a sentry
Not of gentry
Won't relent he
Is out to get you
No matter what you do
He's coming through
Forcibly
Resourcefully
No matter what his course will be
You'll see his face eventually
Cuz it's you he'll stalk
And then start to walk
You off the plank
Into the deep and dank
Ocean blue, sank
To the bottom and wash on the shore of a river bank




Bloody Footsteps

Curves and straight lines
Blood stains over time
Appear to be fresh
I digress
But to start new
Is hard to do
I feel incomplete
Can't pick up my feet
To take the next step
I feel I've left
Something important behind
Is it in my mind
I don't know
Where to go
With my life right now
And I don't know how
To make things right
But at night
When I try to sleep
The darkness creeps
Into my head
When I'm in bed
It takes control
Of the pistol
Points it aimlessly
Shamelessly
At the next victim it wishes to take
And though I claw and rake
Out my eyes
And despise
This thing inside of me
It just won't let me be
Why do I bother
To depict the horror
That infects my being
I'm not seeing
Cause for its existence
Its persistence
But it returns in my dreams
Or so it seems
It's ghastly to behold
Truth be told
That this creature
Is a feature
Presenting itself to the crowd
It's voice is loud
And deep
In my sleep
It won't let me be
And It can't be seen
But nonetheless
It does possess
Me in the dark
Like a lurk throughout the park
It trances through my mind
Trying to find
The things I don't want it to
The things I hide from you
With just cause
But it claws
For the unseen, unheard, unthought
The rope is taught
Around my neck
Feel like a train wreck
It's fast on my tracks
There's no turning back
It's getting closer with each sleeping moment
It likes to torment
And tease
Not let me be at ease
No rest
Just a tightening chest
And a growing fear
As it draws near
Don't let it get to me
It's gonna get me
I've gotta set it free
Don't let it get me
Just make it let me be
I've gotta set it free
It's gonna get me
...
Here it comes
My mind goes numb
The chase is on
The sun is gone
Hunting me down
Gaining ground
I can't fall now
Hideous sound
Grows loud
So does the dust cloud
Shadows consume
My spirits exhumed
From it's grave
And tries to save
What It is I have left
From this theft
In a gallant effort it tries
But dies
Just like everything is bound to do
Even me and you...

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