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Haunted by reality
I seek the answers to questions
I don’t remember; I can’t put into words
Searching my mind for the stitch in time
And things I never knew anyway
Drinking prana with my morning tea
And crying because it feels good
I haven’t remembered how to forgive you
If I screamed till my lungs burst
And blood pours from my eyes
Would my penance be paid?
Could I escape this hell I’ve built
An ambling skeleton who points the way as he rows
Hearing the screams from below me as I ride
Like a slow fall into lunacy, my mind begins unraveling
Life decays as time goes on
Spewing its pestilence into the setting sun
Bruising the sky, purple and bleeding
Until night kills the putrid day
Facilitating the murder of freedom
Voting in bigots and hypocrites
Thrown into the dungeon and chained to the rack
Stretched, screaming, rending, broken
Pulled apart by loyalties, torn between two evils
Take the money and run, pull up others less fortunate
Will you serve your house well
When the man says, “I want you”?
Does any of it matter, will it be remembered as the past
If I affect my memories on a child will I make a difference in his life
And when the time to chose has come to pass,
Will he lead by example
Or follow the driver to slaughter
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