Burning Away

Am I the destined one, the chosen son is it my lot in life to be stepped on trampled like worms in the dirt mislead and misguided, how have I turned venomous Like a snake's skin, I have so much anger to shed let me bite the source of your veins so my words can sink in but I don't know where to strike first Like a bat, I'm blind, blind and naive Why have I failed to see, comprehend the most precious gift the world gave to me transforms into cinders, shedding beauty giving way to this hideous beast I have the Midas touch alright, only in reverse I can't describe what I mean, the irony How would you feel if the one person that made you feel so alive now makes you so collapsed on the inside knowing they're the one you now despise Am I the only one who sees question marks hanging in the air a comedic effect for cartoons but isn't this reality, short of jokes and one liners short of puns and witty commentary which explains why I'm lost fading into the distance wondering if... How could I have been so closed, narrow minded to think there was something in my past, second chances amiss Something warned me this would all break down yet tore off my ears and sown my mouth shut letting it fall Something told to me to tell the world to back off let me handle this on my own let me burn into cinders instead turn into ashes in the wind let this fade into the background but there's that image in the background of my mind again a face to never see again etched in lightning amongst the stars Her face, her eyes I'll never to try to memorize nor trace with this pen no matter how much I loved the spectacle In silence I revel in the imagery sending them on a viking boat down the river while in my heart I know I'll always remember the tattoo I can never rid myself of while I know, I'll always be forgotten