Promoting Health.

a man at sea facing his end.

and that's when the cord cut through.

but you were busy chasing down your failing belief.

you're getting closer, oh so closer to scaring it away.

it's when we say "oh, oh oh"

be sure to feel the cold grass beneath your feet.

"oh, oh oh"

pitchforked picket-fences mark your way there.

"oh, oh oh"

where a greedy man only waits to count his share.

 

 

but save, save your sympathies for all the trees.

it's going to take a million sheets of paper to write down these scriptures of longing.

save, save your sympathies for all the lost hearts.

they were warned not to try to save me.

they were warned not to try to save me.

"i was crushed by the weight of the sea.

 all alone, to sing to me.

 i was crushed by the weight of the sea.

 all alone, for her to sing to me."

 

 

because i tried my hardest to find the cold sun.

because you knew all too well that you never would.

i was crushed by the weight of the sea.

i was crushed by the weight of the sea.

Author's Note

inspired by "A.K.A. M80 the Wolf" by Portugal. The Man

Reviews

[Nameless]

the repetition is very powerful, it brings the lump to your throat, because whenever we feel some great and heavy thing upon us, all we can do is repeat the facts, dumbly, trying to cope.

very real.

[Duane Klinger]

One thing that I've found on this site, in terms of poetry, is that a lot of the poets have the same style--which I'm not really sure if there is a whole lotta different styles--but yours is solely your own. Again, very nicely done
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[IMOGEAN]

Beautiful.