The Cycle

No matter what I do 

I always end up 

in the same old cycle 

just ending up stuck 

I thought I knew how 

to break through the cycle 

but no matter what I do

I just end up stifled

but I hurt me the most 

I thought I deserved it 

never really understanding 

nobodys perfect 

the cycle has to end 

im putting my foot down 

but everytime I try 

it ends up going around 

when will I finally have enough? 

when im beat down 

when im crying 

when I end up in cuffs?

I had to destroy my life 

to realize I want to live 

to realize the only way out 

is to learn how to forgive

Reviews

[Scott Andrews]

Sometimes I feel like a broken washing machine. Life seems to go cycle by cycle until we die. I understand the frustration of feeling trapped and I think you express it well. I think the last verse expresses the fact that you are free. Even when you are in a cycle. And sometimes, just sometimes, you need to blow things up before you can begin to rebuild.

[Mystical Ink]

It's not too late for anything. The cycle will stop once you heal. As long as there's still time to fix what had been destroyed.

[John the Baptist]

The last verse makes the poem. The refusal to forgive, to let go of the past, has driven many a ship aground.

[Lockedheart]

Thank you. John. Learning to forgive is a hard lesson to learn, but so freeing when you do.