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Discard Vanity

Please unchain me from this false utopia
This hopeful thinking is a hopeless flaw
Please forgive the wrongs I inflicted upon you
This tainted sorrow is infecting all of me too

Grieving for the death of yesterday
Take a breath and you'll feel me today
Heaving a sigh of relief
Thankful that this grief…
Has vanished from my sight
I'm sorry I didn't do you right

Before the afternoon,
Take a look into the looking glass of my mind
Leaving so soon? 
You're clearly blind because you couldn't find me, so I'm close to left behind

Discover me in the ocean of squalid and iridescent emotion
Recover from the horrendous heartache and abuse inside
Believe it or not, you're strong and will always be my true devotion
Receive the attitude of gratitude and swallow your pride

I'm terribly sorry for the tear-jerking tension and lament
I made you feel deep down...you've been weighed down…
I'm overwhelmed with fear and remorse - I cry like an infant
I made you spiral down into darkness, so let me lift up your frown

To make it up to you...you know I do...
For the awful things I put you through
Please unchain me from this false utopia,
So I can unchain you from your vain dystopia

High hopes will rescue us from guiltiness
High hopes will rescue us from loneliness
High hopes will rescue us from our distress
High hopes will do us good in the long run more or less

Please forgive me for the arguments I started
Please forgive me for the fights that departed
Both of us and we're separated from each other
Maybe it's for the better that we aren't together

Grieving for the death of precious today
I'm not looking forward to nightly dismay
Perfect me with Your hands of precision
I rely on You, for You inspired me to make the right decision -
To desert the despair and desires of evil wickedness,
So I can be made whole again with pure happiness

Don't forget to discard vanity
Don't let your heart be brought low any longer
Don't forget to discard vanity
Don't depart from my warm arms, for I'm your comforter

I don't mean to injure…
I want to try to endure…
I want to try to find a cure
To your scars and blemishes that mirror madness and disdain
Shine like stars and illuminate the clouds, so they fall down like rain
God's love towards you is pure...
So, get up and let us both endure
The hardships of this life year by year

The past and its pain won't leave me be
So, do me a favor and please discard vanity

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 4/16/2020 5:07:00 AM
Tears from the heart. This is nice a piece. Deep with a great sense of self-awareness.
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Date: 11/24/2019 4:35:00 PM
a very deeply personal poem... you really let your heart bleed here..
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