Failure's Lament

I pushed them all away, so easily pushed they fled

And my heart fell hard and heavy as the teardrops stained my bed

Crushed, I took the blows with my hands dropped by my side

I don’t know how I stood whilst I was taken in their stride.

Pity’s all I have and pity’s worn me down

I've walked these lonely hours wearing just this thorny crown

My head so full of torment I just can’t take the strain

I get up with the new day and it all begins again.

Pressure to conform, not from them but me

Years of self have taken their toll yet I’m the only one I see

Broken, bruised and bleeding thoughts crucified anew

As I stand before the firing squad, I say, “one more will do.”

I glimpsed an Angel yesterday but he vanished in the light

Maybe he had wanted me but I turned away in fright

The peace will come soon enough I guess, just a matter of time

But the story’s never complete when retold by the mime.

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[Distant horizons]

Hope you see your angel again.