A Painful Life We Lead

A painful life we lead

our closest companion suffering

born into a world of madness and rage

chains of ignorance hold us in our cage

 

our mind cursed with lies of immortality

the beautiful lie that is eternity

only the young fear death

for the old await its rest

 

what is it we seek on our quest

is it love to fill our chest

where is truth in this place

what will bring joy over our face

 

our years fly by as days

our lives lived in a haze

we ask for a breath of true air

before we bid farewell to this life of despair

 

the thoughts we breathe have already been conceived

the lies of faith have deceived

our thirst for truth and knowledge

lies of the ages have push us to the edge

 

chains of ignorance must be broken

the false truth of god needs to be forsaken

before our flesh is consumed

in our minds we must make room

 

push aside the previous lie

let the concept of heaven die

only then shall we see

what truly lies beneath our feet

 

the remnants of countless generations

souls from before the idea of nations

whispering from the past

to leave a legacy that will last

 

religion has shaped today's world of pain

in the name of god millions have been slain

with blind faith for a god who does not exist

the people of faith willing to clinch their fist

 

 with this one and only life to live

choose wisely what legacy to give

seek out truth and all it shall bring

remember one day from the grave we all sing

 

as for me and my house

we will no longer cower as a mouse

I would rather forever be forsaken

than to serve a personification of hatred

 

when I have breathed my last

and I too become a member of the past

I only hope to have lived my own life

even if it is full of strife

Reviews

[alexlessah]

dang...!!! very very good! i love it!