Poetry

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written by: OurSacredHonor

Another end, a new beginning
Asking myself "am I winning?"
As the lights are slowly dimming
Another chapter has been written

I put my pen down
So I can take a look around
And I'm disgraced by what I've found
Behind the curtain that came crashing down

Like an actor with stage fright I was hiding behind that curtain
I know so much, I know so little, so few things are for certain
I try my best, I give my all but I can't relieve the hurting
I try again to use my pen but nothing seems to be working

I'm out of ink
I can't think
At the brink
Of my own destruction
I need something
That I can't put my finger on
So as time lingers on
I fall further into this depression
Of self suppression
And regression
Like a recession
I'm stuck in reverse
It's like a curse
I'm enveloped
In this disease
I can't develop
The cure to put me at ease
I can't switch gears
It seems my fears
Have taken the wheel
My life they steal
Blindly they steer
Off the road I veer
Into a ditch
You can't switch
Lanes on a one-lane street
I'm losing traction, no ground under my feet
I'm spinning out of control I can't find the brakes
I'll do anything it takes
But I can't seem to begin
To stop this slide I'm in
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Sliding farther
Sliding faster
Slide forever after
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I can't break this cycle
So I recycle
my thoughts
I've been taught
To reuse
Taught to plain use and abuse
I can't defuse
I'm a time bomb ticking
You can try to stop me
But I'll go down kicking
And screaming

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Sliding farther
Sliding faster
Slide forever after
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