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Homemade Barrel

By myself in a room as cold as a prison cell Where has my baby gone? There's no way to tell Lost full of shame, violence, and pride But no one sees our worlds collide Too much sin to finally escape To save mine and ours ~ for our God's sake Lined in a row bit by bit this world falls For he's lost in my mind ~ not hearing his calls Frantically jumping dodging for my life Blood pumping thick ~ uncontrolled fright Locked away and lost in my own despairs Because lately I've been feeling no one really cares So drowning in my sorrow frost over my heart Dying quickly inside because we're apart Silently crying salty tears of this life Can't get over all the past pain and strife Confused running blankly in circles of rage Wondering why no one can relate on the same page Scared inside for starting a life of my own Drowning myself in words and poetry ~ working like a drone Still very old pain creeps up and it haunts Typing my life in Literature ~ thousands of fonts Black and Blue, red, green and pink Re~capturing my pieces that were sailed set to sink But I didn't let him hurt me anymore when I won I got tired of looking down the homemade barrel of that gun
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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