Rotten Apple
So on I run
Confidence unwavering
So on I run
Holding on
A path I tread
Lined with friendly corpses
A path I tread
Running on
A soothing song
Lullaby I've grown to live for
A soothing song
Singing on
Eternal peace
Goal I strive to live for
Eternal peace
Dreaming on
A betrayal
Reaching through the pieces
A betrayal
Fighting on
Like I'm looking underwater
The shifting views are so surreal
Sweet flesh of this rotten apple
Corruption that I feel
The words that I
Constantly release
The words that I
Hang on
So come along
Judas lives within me
So come along
Come on
Like I'm breathing underwater
Lungs burning for relief
Sweet flesh of this rotten apple
That I pluck from its nascent leaf
The cruel ways
Human act of kindness
The cruel ways
Live on
A labored breath
Rapid stuttered intake
A labored breath
Breathe on
Like I'm dying underwater
My flesh is stripped from the bone
Sweet flesh of this rotten apple
Taking my life all alone
Copyright © Derek Chos | Year Posted 2012
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