Oh God Damn World
I live in a world where no one cares
They don’t sense my pain
These are my handlers
They tell me how to think
For them I must have no opinions of my own
I must hold my tongue
They tell me how to feel
They tell me not to mope around
So I hide behind the tears of a sad clown
If hope is like a candle
Mines been blown out
If faith is like a ship
Mine has sailed away
They don’t feel the loneliness I feel
It’s like cold wave on a sea shore crashing over me
Love is not my protector
Its my enemy
It eats up me and spits me out
Leaves me lying dead and bare
Then the vultures circle over me
In a feast they share
Suffering I am tied up never to be released
They keep my spirit chained
Of me they are ashamed
Sometimes I lay awake at night
Thoughts swimming in my head
So many things I wish to say
That the world will never hear
For silence comes so quickly to their ears
I wish so often that my handlers would let me go
But their afraid of losing their powerful control
I wish to some run and play
Or maybe from this god damn world I’ll joyfully speed away.
This poem was written/submitted by Rasaki Vandrush.