fear, obligation, guilt
endlessly weaving
nightmare patchwork quilt
scared by dream scars
so much I must do
with grains running out
I haven't any clue
make bricks without straw
gold from straw to spin
progress sabotaged
must begin again
dogged by their chaos
demands left and right
tasks without an end
sleepless Shalott night
got my foot stuck fast
in quicksanded blight
sucking me under
no more will to fight
carry it alone
no one seems to see
pulled down by my
old man and the sea
tried new SOS
and the old CQD
no life raft sent to
come and rescue me
guess it's just me with
my own life to save
rescue swim out of
choking riptide wave
but t'was ever thus
in and out of years
cries for help falling
on mute and deaf ears
so you quit crying
give up and give in
why even bother
they will always win
so damned used to
making do and mend
used up and worn out
to the bloody end
do not dare to stop
when they have died out
voices in my head
always rave and shout
beasts long devoured
by conquering worm
still ever hungry
devour me in turn
dementors deposed
yet my "loving" kin
still bang on my brain
till I let them in.
new voices say I
could turn them away
nothing stopping me
no longer kept at bay
and yet...
cage bars rusted through
still bind and hold me
self-restrained prison
locked by memory
couldn't see tower's
ephemerality
from inside out it
looks like walls to me
turns out it's just me
can unbolt the door
let friend ferryman
help me to the shore
always the gentleman
allows me the lead
loving kindness goes
beyond word to deed
softly, milady
will you take my arm?
ever holding held
keeping safe from harm
Hallelujah!
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