Life Cycle

My friend and my foe
Enmeshed from head to toe
A deamon’s prison ingested
The deeper fall I go

Prisoned by the evil
Surrounded by the haze
The viscous cycle created
Continues like a maze

Lost and found again
I think I’m free from sin
My past and future jagged
This battle I must win

People think they know me
Perceptions cruel and wrong
I’m stronger than they think
Learning more as I go along

The struggle and the joy
This life we must accept
I know myself the most
So I will tell it best

Growing more each day
My voice a whisper low
I turn the volume up
So I can hear and know

I will travel thru
The good days and the bad
I’ll focus on the feelings
Both the happy and the sad

I will exude love
For this is what’s in me
Despite the bitter hate
That seems to always be

All I want is peace
Within the world and me
Imagine only love
And what we all could be

But all I can control
Is what I choose and do
My present being lives and dies
My inner soul renews

The next time I’ll know more
I’ll live another story
My one last dying wish
A world of peace and glory
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005


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Date: 2/4/2012 5:51:00 PM
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