Misery Loves Company
Misery Loves Company
By Roy Merritt
A somber vision was the person who stood at the bridge’s rail
A person beset with sorrow he could surely tell
Their face was full of anxiety their grief apparent, quite clear
As they stood there at the railing and ever came closer near
He could see they were contemplating to move forward to lunge
To go over that railing and take a fateful plunge
A plunge into the river so many feet below there down
To impact with the water and beneath its waves to drown
And as it would fill their lungs as they felt the abiding pain
they would struggle toward the surface to breath the air again
And their diminishing senses the fleeting thoughts repressed
Would regret what they have done in a brief moment of distress
And yet they knew it be this way when they woke upon this morn
Determined this day to die the inevitable of those be born
And soon they glance at him out of the corner of their eye
Wondering if he comes this way to reason with them and suicide decry
But that is not what he wants they soon enough to see
That he is of the same mind as they for misery loves company
And so being aware of this both having now recognized
They equally despise this world and hate their wretched lives
And so they grasp hands together and mount upon the rail
Preparing to dive forthwith perhaps to the depths of hell
And soon they go together into the empty space
Filling the air as they plunge below as it buffets their tearful face
And hopeful they are as beneath the waves they be
That it washes them toward the ocean toward the cold and salty sea
They know they to languish in death and those their bodies retrieve
Will surely understand like all that misery loves company
Misery loves company a passion that long has raged
And not unknown to any man or unknown in any age
It is the burden of the living the burden to repress make flee
Lest it seal our doom for misery loves company
Yes, oh yes, oh yes, misery loves company
Copyright © Roy Merritt | Year Posted 2016
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