Life War
My heart pumped
while gunshots fired machine gun fast
I prayed that my mind
would not be shredded
and filled with shrapnel and shot
I could feel my painted smile
my war paint
start to melt off
And I
Shot
back
I shot words of
hate
malice
sarcasm
and
blunt insults
and I don't just shoot my enemies.
I shoot at my friends
my families
and anyone
who
I
think
is trying
to
hurt me
My war paint is all gone now
so look
look at the face that
has been through
life and death
sorrow and misery
happiness and joy
just enough so that I have hope
that just keeps getting crushed beneath the feet
of people doing the same as I am
I already know the things your telling me
I know I'm fat
I know I'm ugly
I know I'm crazy
I know I'm too bold
too hard
too sarcastic
too loud
too much
I know
I know
Oh I know it quite well
because that
is all
you ever
say.
I guess it's fair though
after all life's a war.