Playing For Amazing Grace

It’s the secret game of truth and lies
In that moment when your soul starts to fly
Take a stroll 
Fill the void
Lonely Footsteps 
Daily Grind 
Got it on cruise control 
Shadows cross the county line 

Face your maker in that final breath
As all the blood rushes to your head 
Making your body quiver
Sanity surrenders to 
An undying dread
You let confusion and pain
Coupled with doubt and fear
Rule your heart and your head
But that’s NOT what the Good book said

Carry on pace yourself
It’s just a crying shame
The battles only just begun
You’ve only got yourself to blame

Nobody’s come to mourn
Long forgotten faces swim 
In a sea of your own reality
Flooded with emotions and memories
Of those moments lost to time
Pressed hard in the cold
Swamped by neglect
Reveal a devastating deep regret

Carry on and pace yourself 
It’s just a crying shame 
The battles only just begun
You’ve only got yourself to blame

Easy breezy
Raising Caine
Nailed to the cross
Whimpering in pain
Loosed in temper
Death has become 
The final contender
As the sun sinks low 
And your feet can’t find the road
It’s all spelled out 
In binary code

Slight of hand
and with a flick of the wrist
The jesters gaze is 
hard to resist
Happiness’ just a phone call away
All in on that crazy train
Walking hand in hand
Complacency and cowardice
Are just enough
To make a good man go insane


Fire in the eyes
Hollow in the belly
Vacant room
Head full of jelly
Vacant room 
Full of empty frames
Friends I have lost 
Friends I have found
Love 
Is supposed to make the world go round
Heavy heart and heavy head
Are just a ball and chain
Dancin with the Ravens
Singing in the rain
In the Belladonnas blackness
Only deaths cold grip 
Remains
And as it swallows you whole
You are left there 
ALL alone
To play your final role.


In Times Like These
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Mcintosh Avatar
May 11, 2020 at 9:37 AM
I really love your poem. It's deep and intense, forces me to think. God bless you dear friend - Love, Gina
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August 23, 2020 at 11:42 AM
Thank you for your kind words ! I’m still trying to figure out how to negotiate this site ! ??
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May 10, 2020 at 9:53 AM
This is a deep personal take on the contest, really took me on a journey... Congratulations on your placement in the contest..
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September 6, 2020 at 5:29 AM
Great praise indeed I thank you ! I'm happy to be a part of this community and to share my work with everyone here ! Kim
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April 24, 2020 at 4:02 PM
These are dire times indeed. Wonderful poem to make us aware of the stress some have been forced to endure. Stay well my friend.
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April 24, 2020 at 4:50 PM
Much appreciated ! It is dark indeed but the day always follows the night . Stay safe and Be well !
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