Lying Down
I’d hate to lie down
I’d hate to lie
Again
Like I did once before
Like I should have never done
Shouldn’t have
Regret
Haunting my mind
Lie down like a corpse
Giving up
Giving up all hope
All fate, all destiny
Never escaping
This life
This death
I’d hate to lie down my life,
Like a corpse, motionless,
Waiting for the mortician
To take me
Make me, pretty
Prepare me for the end
I’d scream and thrash and tell them
I’m not dead yet
Keep me here
Keep me here, for a while longer
My soul is crippled but not dead,
Not dead,
Never dead,
Hope comes with faith
Faith comes from my heart
My heart still beats
Thumping,
Thump,
Thump.
Copyright © Melissa Ross | Year Posted 2008
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