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Hateleaf

Something has to change
A town brought to its knees
A burden that it never should've had to bear

Stoners, junkies
Dealers deep within it's system
Shame I have not known it any other way

Tell me why
We suffer 
At the hands of this leaf

They don't want it
They just need it
To live, to die, to know what it's like

Flaming at the ends of sanity
Burning out the passions of those who could be the brightest
Relaxed, they're all slaves to the green leaf

Dealers claimed my friend
Leaving me with little
I wish I could go back and save him from some pain

Tempted, reeling
From the contact, high within him
We all stared and our heads ached from the strain

It's not enough
To stand by
And watch the bodies rise

The leaf's bloody
The leaf's tainted
It burns, it lies, it tears us apart

Blazing deep within the public eye
It may sting a little but it's something we got used to
Relaxed, torn away

Why should it mean anything to me
If they just want to throw their lives away?

But I'll keep fighting
Until the leaves stop burning

Seas of lights on the horizon
Smoky haze corrupts us and tells us that we're nothing
Hateleaf tearing into our lives
If we relax, then we give up the fight

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  1. Date: 3/20/2012 7:11:00 AM

    Thank you for adding your spices to the soup today Derek. I am enjoying reading all the appetizing poetry posted here today. Have a wonderful week. May inspiration hit the tip of your pen and never let go. Love, Carol