A Cell of Hell
WITH THESE WORDS I TYPE TO YOU
I HOPE IT SINKS IN AND HELPS YOU
FIND THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT
SOME THING, JUST ANYTHING
THAT WILL HELP YOU FIND THE LIGHT
THAT LEADS YOU TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
SO YOU CAN LEAVE THIS ONE YOU LIVE NOW
FAR BEHIND
I KNOW YOU THINK WHAT I SAY IS WRONG
AND I HAVE NO BUSINESS TELLING YOU ANYTHING
BUT YOU FAIL TO REMEMBER, I WALKED THAT ROAD
AND I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU MISS THE LONELINESS
MISS THAT LIFE OF EMPTINESS AND MISERY
ONE THAT LEADS TO NO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
A LIFE FILLED WITH CONSTANT PAIN AND ANGER
ONE YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU LOOK IN A MIRROR
IT'LL BE THERE TO ALWAYS REMIND YOU
THAT THE PATH YOU FOLLOW IS WRONG
AND HONESTLY YOU'LL NEVER FIT IN AND BELONG
TO ANY THING BUT THE STEP'S YOU JUST LEFT BEHIND
THE DAY YOU STEPPED BACK INTO SOCIETY
PEOPLE SOME TIMES SAY THINGS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE
AND WHAT YOU HAVE BECOME AND WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN
NEVER UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO
EVEN IF YOU STRUGGLE TO BE BETTER
IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE AS A CONSTANT REMINDER
A NUMBER OF SHAME REPLACES YOUR NAME
TAKING SOME THING THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET BACK
ROBBING YOU OF MANY CHANCES TO BE SOME BODY
SO WITH THESE WORDS I ASK OF YOU
IS THIS REALLY THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE
WAKE UP EACH DAY TO NOTHING
SPEND ENDLESS HOURS BEING LONELY
WONDERING WHY YOU CAN'T WALK OUT SIDE
TO SEE THE BIRDS FLY AND LEAVES BLOW
CAUSE YOUR IN A PLACE OF STEEL AND STONE
ALWAYS WANTING TO GO BACK IN TIME
TO CHANGE THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE
INSTEAD OF BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO
BY SOME ONE YOUNGER THAN YOU
DOING ALL YOU CAN TO FOLLOW THE RULES
SO YOU CAN WAKE UP TOMORROW TO GO HOME
BUT ALWAYS FAILING LIFES TEST
ASK YOURSELF, IS THIS THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE
SPEND DAY AFTER DAY IN A CELL OF HELL
WONDERING HOW YOU SLIPPED UP AND FELL
INTO THIS WORLD FILLED WITH STEEL.......
Copyright © Noel Potter | Year Posted 2012
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