The Abyss

By Kevin Robey April 28, 2014 I’m under the surface If only for a moment The oxygen I miss The fortune I spent It’s only life they say No harbor for my soul Doesn’t matter anyway Fear has dug this hole Melodies wash me clean Please free me from disease Forget the terror I have seen Inside the waves of stormy seas I’m sinking deeper into my abyss As the surface dims to black again Forgetting things I used to miss These breathless words replacing them Three decades slowly pass me by I lost my mind somewhere down here Echoes wonder why, if I have really died Why I’m still down here When will I disappear? The better question still remains Do these tired words matter anymore? How can I repair the scars in my veins If I relive wars I’ve long since ignored Somewhere upon the sands of long-forgotten shores There lies what is left of my twisted soul and spine That island where I lost what I was fighting for Is where I’ll redesign these broken thoughts of mine So as I leave behind this tomb of broken dreams I leave remains of skeletons, of all I’ve ever known Wondering if calmer seas are scary as they seem Into the new abyss I go, but this time I won’t be alone *listening to... ["funeral" by Band of Horses]