Abyss
Abyss
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Standing on the edge yet unaware of the abyss
For decades I've lived here at the razors edge
Insanity prompts dare I peek inside?
Its obsidian maw is gaping and yearning
With a mythic sirens song sired from a bleeding soul
To claim what is left of the innocents’ tormented being
For the elusive inevitable lady death
I've no great love of life, and less fear of death
And yet alas somehow today it's not to be
This intrinsic chasm a powerful immortal source
Will be denied yet another day
The form of a heart sick solitary man recedes
Triumphant but still a puppet to the fates
Far off in the distance tottering to and fro waiting
For a sign of respite or relief
More than the sheep but still a beast with a burden
Living and dying everyday on the edge of the abyss.
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