Provokation of Blood and Steel
If only she could see, understand how much it hurts me
Every time she cuts and bleeds
Whether it be for a reason I don't know
Or something I provoked
It's only a little one
But the little ones hurt, at most they hurt me
If not for her they make me bleed
And she asks what happened there?
I say it's only a scratch no big deal so please leave me be
Before I sear myself to deeply I must know if it's me
And nothing campares to that
Of the pain I've felt for them and for me
They know not what they do but know I'm simply arrogant
In enough to think I'm not the reason
The reason that she bleeds
The reason that I hurt
Nor the reason I care so much about a heart that's not mine
I know it'll fade but if before then I die
From a loved one cutting
Then maybe she'll notice
That's it's not the who, when, where, or how
But it's that you hold on to the hurt that's been imposed on you
And in the manner you release causes me not to breathe
So where am I when she needs me the most?
Forty miles away with an attitude to boast
That I'm the bigshot taking him down
What I forgot is there's more to life than violence and me
And that when I'm needed I'm never around to continue my help
What little is given
To anyone who asks for it I'll lend them a hand
But to her I wasn't near and why I don't know
So she continues to cut again
I can't take anymore it is me who needs help, I won't accept if offered
It's the demons driving me to be self-absorbed and finally figuring out
That it hurts me when she cries and bleeds for a cause I don't know
Or was it soemthing I provoked?
Copyright © Charles Grisham | Year Posted 2006
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