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The Way I Feel

I look around
And I see everyone
Hanging out
With everyone else

And I look inside
My own black soul
And within I find
That my life has a hole

The shape of the hole
Is the shape of a person
A person I've yet to find

I need to fill the hole
And make myself whole
And make that person mine

I try and I try
To fill that hole
but every single time
I come back out sore.

Hurt from the rejection
Of who I thought was the one
It's the worst pain I've felt
I feel my life is done.

I reach for the knife
I reach for the pills
I climb the tallest building
This should cure my ills

I cut with the knife
I swallow the pills
I jump from the building
And yet I'm still ill.

I'm still here on this earth
Though I don't wish to be
Because I can't find that person
And they won't find me

I try once again
Braced for the kill
And the reason I say this
Is cuz it's the way I feel.

A New Day Arises

A new day arises
It brings with it hope
The hope of the future
The ability to cope

The love of a person
A person I once knew
Now returns to me
Three-fold, plus two

But the love I recieve
I cannot accept
For the love of this person
Is corrupt to the depths

She says that she wants
to be back in my arms
But that very same tongue
Has caused me much harm

She sliced open my heart
She has drowned my soul
And its because of her
I will never be whole

I pull myself back
Away from her charms
For a new day arises
With escape from her harm

I'm Not A Super Hero

They just don't seem to understand
The plain and simple truth
That I'm just a human being
Nothing special, just like you

I'm just a normal person
I don't have any super powers
And yet the world looks up to me
For hours upon hours

I'm not a superhero
Flying to win the day
Or save the damsel in distress
In my own special way

I'm just a human being
Against their forces I can't win
And it's in my darkest hour
That I reach for the knife again

I'm not a superhero
That's the plain and simple truth
I'm just your average zero
Nothing special, just like you.

I Hate

I hate this world
I hate my life
I hate that I can't
Find a sharp enough knife

I hate being alive
I hate it, it's not fun
I hate that I can't
Find a loaded gun

I hate my fear
I hate the thrill
I hate that I can't
Find enough of these pills

I hate being alone
No help from up above
I hate that I can't
Find someone to love

Eternal Lullaby

What on earth
Are we sent here to do
When I am just I
And you are just you
This world does not hold us
Together like glue
For we can't comprehend
What the world puts us through

The reason we live
The reason we die
We don't really know
Though we cannot say why
When we're live they all laugh
When we're dead they all cry
And what is our comfort?
An eternal lullaby

The lullaby sings to us
Soft and serene
About life after death
And things unforeseen
It tells us of how
Things are and will be
And display is for us
Like a great TV screen

The lullaby continues
Calming our fears
It throws out our unhappiness
And dries all our tears
It whispers the good things
Into our ears
And as it continues
We inwardly cheer

For now we do know
our purpose as well
Things of life, death,
Heaven and hell
About angels and demons
And so I do tell
These things my dear friends
As they ring the last bell.

Broken

Broken promises
Broken dreams
Broken hearts
Broken things

I'm so broken
So torn apart
She ripped me open
And cut out my heart

I thought I was whole
Enough to get by
But she's left me broken
I hope that she dies

She broke my life
It's easy to see
No doctor can fix
These broken things

Black, Bloody Rose

Wrap my heart in
A mile of barbed wire
Douse it in gasoline
Set it on fire

What remains
After the embers die
Is a smoldering portrait
Of what's left of my life

A burnt, black, bloody rose
Completely covered in thorns
Is there any question
As to why I'm forlorn?

I can't comprehend
Why it's over, it's through
I thought you loved me
And I knew I loved you

Nobody Knows

Nobody knows
Why we live and die
Why we laugh and cry
With the truth and the lie

Nobody knows
Why we keep to ourselves
Put our faith on the shelves
And cast magic love spells

Nobody knows about
The time we wasted
And how bitter the taste is
And why I keep my face hid

My walls have built up
My emotions don't show
And the reason behind it is
Nobody knows

Better Off

All this time
Down the drain
You thought you could
Play with my brain

I was blind
But now I see
That you are not
The one for me

Now that you're gone
I finally find that
I've got a clear head
And peace of mind

Out of all this
One thing is true
That I am better
Off without you

Alone Again

Alone again
Can't bear the agony
Self-hatred, self-loathing
Are all I have left to see

Ashes falling
From the sky
Lonely and empty
I'm ready to die

Was it you
or was it me?
Was I really just
Too blind to see?

Defective thoughts
Are starting to win
Because I am
Alone again

You

I couldn't believe
My eyes and ears
The words "She's gone"
Brought me to tears

After all I
Tried to do
I thought I proved
That I loved you

But my love was
Not what you wanted
By memories of us
I'll forever be haunted

Manipulation,
Deciet and lies
Brings me to
Hate and despise

You.

Alone Without Love

Although I find myself surrounded
By family, not of flesh and bone
I cannot help but feel like I'm
Empty and alone

Lovers join before me in
Complete and total bliss
It leads me to recognize that
There's something that I miss

Emotions running cold as
The wind that cuts my face
Something inside is missing,
But it was not misplaced

The void in my heart
Prevents my joy and laughter
I have lost all faith in
"Happily ever after"

Will I ever find the one
To make my life complete?
Until the day I do, I never
Will be able to compete

My Game

A black cloud approaches
Stretched across the sky
A dark mist encircles
Blocks the world from your eye

A haunting voice is calling
Calling you by name
Louder, still, it beckons you
"Come and play my game"

The earth below your feet
Splits open with a groan
You fall into its endless depths
Deep into the unknown

You hear the voice once again
Calling you by name
It's louder, now, while you land
"It's time to play my game"

A light appears around the room
It briefly blinds your eyes
Around you lay instruments of torture
And tools for a quick demise

The voice now gains a form
A man engulfed in flame
He urges you to arm yourself
"Choose wisely for my game"

You grab a sword and a gun
Along with a few other things
A rope with one end tied into a noose
Then the fiery beast opens his wings

"Go forth and face your enemy
And do not be ashamed
For now it's time to prove your worth
It's time to play my game"

The being leads you to a labryinth
Full of twists and turns
The stench of death surrounds you
It makes your stomach churn

You make your way through the halls of death
To the center of the maze
Your opponent stands before you
And his eyes are ablaze

Your blade is plunged into his chest
And his into yours the same
The being appears as you take your last breath
"You're your own enemy in my game"
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All words C & P 2004-2007 by David A. Nealon
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