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A POEM FOR JASON

 

WALKING BAREFOOT THROUGH THE ASHES OF DESTINY.

HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE?

I DON'T KNOW BUT I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE.

 

SMOKE COVERED LIES BURN MY THROAT.

CHOKING, CHOKING, CHOKING ON BROKEN PROMISES THAT CUT MY EVERY STEP.

SLASHED HOPE OF YESTERDAY'S SORROW.

CARVED FOOTPRINTS LEAD ME INTO THIS FALSE FREEDOM.

SINKING, SINKING EVER SO SLOWLY INTO THE DEPTHS...

 

DARKNESS SURROUNDS ME.

DEATH GRASPS ME.

LIFE LEAVES ME.

NOTHING BUT BLACKNESS IN MY BLOODSTAINED SANCTUARY.

NO ESCAPE FROM MY ESCAPE.

TRAPPED FOREVER TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT I FEARED MOST.

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY HOPE.

 

BUT DESTINY'S PATH TOOK A STRANGE TURN THIS DAY.

 

NIHILISM KNOCKED THREE TIMES TODAY.

FOR LIFE, DEATH, AND LIFE AGAIN.

CLIMBED OUT OF THIS PIT ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE THAT BROUGHT ME DOWN.

HANDS BLOODIED BUT FEAR DROWNED.

REBIRTH IS NOT EASILY FOUND.

 

ON THIS DAY THERE WAS A NEW ME.

I MAY LOOK BACK AT THE PLACE THAT SWALLOWED ME,

BUT I JUST GRASP THE ASHES AND MAKE MY OWN DESTINY.

COVER THE TRAIL FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW ME,

LIFE IS HERE AND NOTHING WILL EVER CONQUER ME.

Written By Paul Jason Ferguson

1995