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Wishing To Drift Away

the clock speeding away every tock is a  slap in the face
1am and then 2am and yet your nowhere to be seen 
worry eats at me like a moth to a cloth and anger is deep with in
the fire of it just waiting to bust with out 
yet its my fault tis the truth my failures haunt me like a revenging ghost
nowhere to hide and nothing else to do but face reality that i had went down the wrong 
road
dread is my friend and together we wait out till the end 
sun barely shines when you walk in
tears and frustrate are at my wits end 
you reek of poison that you can not control when you drink it 
never in my life had i wanted to harm you intill this final moment 
your breaking my heart cant you see
but the poison clouds your vision and the wall is up and 
all i hear as i walk away is your sicken laughter and maybe
if i listen close enough i might hear " i am sorry mom"
i close my tired eyes and i bandage my damage heart
i drift away intill another day

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You Are

you are 
the laugh, the light, the shoulder to lean on
year after year pass and time moves on 
your still my muse 
our bond is inseparable our love is forever 
no matter what happens we shall stand hand in hand into our hair turns grey and 
every winkle of life shows on our face
and god call us home 
nothing can break the chain 
for you hold half and i hold the other 
            you are 
the voice i look for,  the one who knows all
in one other heart is where we hold one another deep
you are my friend, my love my soul

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Mother

i call for mother
for she is sleeping on the sofa 
i look more close for death has come to call on this sunny spring day
"mother , "mom" "mommy"
no words will wake her for death has made his final round
my breaths shall not save her no matter how hard i pump
my pleas nor cries will bring her smile back out from behind her blue lips 

i stand before mother in her favorite dress and i hold her cold hand as those around say it 
was for the best
i lay in mother empty bed smelling her perfume waiting for her just to walk though the door
i wait in darkness for my heart has no light 

my days are full with routine but i am dead on the inside my smiles are fake and my laughs 
are brittle
"just one more day to get though"
i am lifess and joyless i am pointless

my children grow but i am blind 
i grow older but my grief ages me even faster
my face i no longer recongize though the mirror

long roads and dead ends but i can start to breath again
recovery is so hard mother but recover is a must 
my smiles are real and i can now laugh without crying 
no longer do i look to the door waiting
some days are long and i must really work at it
some days are so easy that i never want them to end

i stand with flowers in my hand and the spring breeze ruffles my hair 
i look to your grave and 
i can finally say i will  be fine
i will be ok

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The Tale of Best Friends

heart in heart hand in hand together they stood facing the world
broken homes and despair dreams they at least had one another 
year after year they grow from hiding under the sheets from harmful parents 
and playing under the bed with cuddly kittens 
whispering all their fears and hopes in one other ears
writing notes and hearts with boys name 
the outside could not touch them for their love was the proctor
soul mates "is what we are"  swinging together on the playground 
though the emotional teen years and all the heart brakes and 
even petty fights their love kept strong 
deaths and marriages come along 
hand in hand they comfort one other 
holding each other babies laughing saying "forever"
but the hands start to crack and love is fading on one side
the friend tries to hold yet the grip is slipping 
left standing outreaching for the "forever" that will never come

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Father

your eyes are not my eyes
your blood does not run though my veins
you made me angry and at times i despised you
you taught me math and share your lunches
even brought me birthday presents
i fought with you i yell at you
 maybe i even admired you 
your blood is not my blood 
your face is not my face
your love is my love 
and my love is your love 
in my heart is where i hold you
for you are father

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Daddy

does he know what he doing does realize the pain he will release 

step by step move by move he walks towards his demise with a rope in his hand and intent 
in his mind 

i wonder the thoughts he thought i wonder if he still walks along us 
invisible to the naked eye 

for many say may god have mercy on his soul 

could he have been saved would he want to be save
 
it replays a thousands times in my head picturing him walking to his death 

like a shadow in the background i can scream and i can shout but never can i reach him 
for he is already gone 

disappear from my life gone from his family 
destruction is what he left behind 

memories of your face may fade 
but like a livid scar on my heart the pain and anguish stays forever

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The Tie

look at me
look at me
see my fake tie
see the yolk that bounds me
my tie may be fancy or cheap
stained or clean 
no matter because its really a chain 
all you see is the tie and the joke 
be rude, be angry, be disgusted, be envy 
and i with my plastic smile shall greet you with sincere 
 for my tie dictates me to 
the tie most will love to wear for the tie may mean a stable future and a nice income 
but beware the tie warps all great minds greed or resentment may be next
this tie my tie that dictates me i will rise above and reach my hand in your hand 
i shall be human again and help lead the way back to generousity

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Hourglass

a young girl blows out her 14 candles no big party for her
all her friends left her,  her family barley speaks to her
stares all day long and whispers as she walks the school halls 
everyone tries to shames her.  she dons her fake face and her waving confidence 
but behind close doors the front always falls 
tick tock tick tock time is closing in she knows 
she lost her way and must find a path
what is right? what is wrong?
what is selfish? what is giving?
questions, questions she can not ignored 
but the answers she can not find
the hourglass drops it last grain of sand 
she is out of time 
in her right arm she cradles a new life and her left she grips a pen

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Standing Still

smell the summer eve as light turns to dusk look over the urban houses and past the humans 
faces looking to the sky 
inhale deep trying to find peace.  tears roll down in sorrow and longing perhaps one day the 
long away peace will come
will the answers come if you seek or will the truth tear you apart questioning all you believe 
only if the sky is heaven and the raindrops that fall are reminders of hope, of love, or letters
messages sent down below to those on earth trying to recoup all that is lost
to move on to let time ease the wounds that never seem to fade 
yet somehow if the hurt fades and the anger goes will your face be wash away when i close 
my eyes? 
like chains of grief that bind me and your the key 
will the key ever come to let the chains fall away

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The Wind

wind blows and it changes not the same today nor tomorrow 
its may have been just me and the me becomes a we or back to just me
                   no regrets, no pain, no turning back

what of, could of, should of, may tear you up on the inside 
                          step out of the box walk away

what can, will happen, is what should be said everyday 
                         some days tears fall like the rain 
                         some days happiness shines like rays of sun
 hear the sounds of the wind as it whispers by carrying all the burdens of sorrow and regrets 
of yesterday