What I commit to paper
I dismiss from mind,
so let me write
my
life away,
dismissing hopes and dreams
with fears and ghosts
not
yet vanquished
Until I find myself
dark and hollow
like the ravens
eye
unblinking and uncaring.
I swore I would not serve
and yet my cares
abound, concerns beyond
number.
Showed others the
door of freedom
sealed with rules I
chose.
Momentum fails and questions
unasked, resurface.
The
answers standing silent
waiting for the game to change.
I gave you honesty, of a sort,
but not the answers you desired.
Missed
my chance of rebirth
stolen by a distance, in my mind,
and the steel
chain of care.
Tell me of your joy
that I may forget the words I write.
The raven stands alone
unblinking and uncaring,
waiting for my tithe
unpaid,
for darkness to enfold me.
See I have no dark side
no
hidden depth to show.
For that is all I am become.
Rules in darkness
painted bright
to guard my charges
and show them the doors
I chose
to close.
When the game is won,
my ghosts and demons gone.
When I am the ravens
iron gaze
I look for you once more
call my pain in the darkness.
Answer the question I feared you'd ask
for dread of the truth I'd tell
One day if you're waiting still
