Writing Prompt

Before you pull the trigger,

Trigger on a gun not ever yours,

Yours as in never mine,

Mine as in never ours,

Ours as in we’re running out of time.

Time to take your time,

Time to take a break.

Break the window, crack the glass,

Glass will set you free.

Free as in free from here,

Here as in this awful world,

World as in the thing beating in your chest,

Chest compressions may save the person,

But do...

You brought me your broken wings.

Wings built from all your excuses,

Excuses glued together by false pride.

Pride is what ruined you.

You know? the one I once held so dear.

Dear beloved, my Icarus, whose eyes shone,

Shone like the sun that doomed you..

You gave away everything.

Everything we wanted.

Wanted..thats right, it’s all in the past.

Past mistakes and choices I hope haunt you still.

Still ...

Time pauses for a moment

Moments in time are lost

Lost are my memories

Memories for which I have fought

Fought hard, we all did, but suddenly

Suddenly I pause and wonder

Wonder if with my memories I had lost my wit

Wit and will were the only things getting me by

By life and the hard times

Times get worse

Worse with each passing day

Day begins change to night

Naught bleeds into day, man

Man as a ...

come back please

please don’t leave us behind

behind the wheel where

where you threatened

threatened to end it all

all love all life for you

you mean more

more than anything yet

yet you still leave

leave this behind

behind the wheel where

where your ghost still drives...

_(The song starts off with a slow waltz in F)_

_(Do—dada—Do—dada—Do—dada—Do—dada—Do, [repeat])_

The world continues to spin

Spin, without a whim

Whim—it says—shaking its head

Headed to wherever it goes

Going to goes, to sunshine road

Road, a road where people die

Die, with peace, licking others feet

Feet swinging from side to side

Side to side

Si-i-ide to side

Side to side

Si-i-ide...

Writhe in the sadness,

Sadness leaving your body.

Body of work accepted,

Accepted by your love.

Love the air in your lungs,

Lungs are full or your love.

Love makes you full again,

Again you are like oxygen.

Oxygen in your touch,

Touch my skin,

Skin on skin.

Skin on you,

You and me.

Me and you,

You taste of fate,

Fate told me of you.

You fill my heart,

Heart with love.

Love the air in your lungs,

L...

Everything hurts

hurts like a punch to the gut.

Gut- wrenching agony

agony as I watch the world burn

Burn down by the people is bruised

Bruised and broken are we

We are the people the world destroyed

Destroy the earth shall we

We are the boys and girls

The girls who ache and cry

Cry out to the people

People who ignore us

Us and the others

Others who work to hard

Harder than they should

Should ha...

People tell me that I’m wrong

Wrong is sometimes right

Right is true, without fault

Fault that scars our night

Night blooms high

High beyond our reach

Reach, we try, and reach we do

Do we ever feel complete?...

Welcome, welcome one and all

All your dreams will start to fall

fall through the floor

floor the judges and walk out the door

door to the unknown

unknown to everything but soul and bone

bone of man and bone of beast

beast with fangs and teeth

teeth with ridged edges

edges of wreathed sharp ledges

ledges where only a gooodbye meets a hello

hello and welcome home...

I feel so alone

Alone like no other

Other people don’t understand

Understand what I am doing

Doing what I do

Do what I feel

Feel what I am

Am what I think

Think about what I have been

Been in places I have

Have heard the sound of silence

Silenced are we

We are silenced

Silenced but screaming

Screaming but alone

Alone like no other

Others are strong

Strong are we

We need to band together

Together ...