Chained - Nightmares of peace

12 Mar 2013

·menoh

Forgive me self I know exactly what I've done I welcomed harm in guise of shining sun Now I lie in pain, writhing for their eyes Who dwell in shadows and feast on hate and lies Nightmares of peace remind me from whence I came Torture teasing shall I get there again Or scream in darkness, where only spectres hear My eyes not echoing the honest cries of fear In the rubble of ash and smoke I hide I burned my innocence and with that thusly died Just a pale broken tattered soul remains That still wears the guilt and shame as slaving chains.

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I am a button pusher. I stir up trouble. It is what I do. I live in the borders between light and dark. I can write about beautiful things, and joy and love, but I find I am more creative when i write about the dark. I love to hold a mirror up to the...

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