rainstar1321

My mind is like a cave, nestled in the cliffs by the ocean It's dark as the night sky sometimes, but at others, it's light as day Back and back it goes, the large roomy place, happy to take in visitors at any time And then, all the thoughts sweep in like a tidal wave, crashing through my mind This cave of a place tries to fit all the water and it's fragments, but most are washed back out to sea But these thoughts, they linger, and then come strong once again Time goes by, and the cave is washed through, time and time again It becomes larger, able to hold more at once, because what has left, has made room for more But forever the thoug

Death sway me gently, like wheat in the yonder fields, It makes me breathe more softly, and feel in my younger years. Death sway me gently, as I work from morn to night, It doesn't wait 'til I'm ready, but comes when it's just right. Death sway me gently; does it sway you this way too? Do you feel it now? I much believe I do. Death swayed me gently, it were as a sweet end of time, It has come at last for me, in my wonderful prime.

The bruises turn colors as the days go by I sit here alone, no one hears my soft cries My mommy seems to hate me, my daddy screams I still don't know why they seem so mad at me I try to be good, I try not to weep It seems I'm always tired, because it's so hard to sleep This world that I love in, it seems so unfair I hardly even get to brush my own hair I go to school with my clothes, that are no better than rags The kids all laugh and say I may as well wear torn bags I take all the torment, as I'm used to harsh words I couldn't say a thing anyways, I don't have the nerve And then I hear my daddy, coming up the steps As he bursts