You Can Run...
People say to never lose faith, but it lost me
I look for a brighter tomorrow, yet there's nothing to see
Can't live with happiness, when there is no peace
So what are my options, if this doesn't cease?
By merely existing, I'm burdensome to others
Surely, hope you know I'd take it on, myself, if I had my druthers
Much of this was blown way out of proportion
My good intentions fell victim to torsion
Just as I'm a victim of this game of torment
Even as I try to retake my life, they won't relent
Not only I have been to Hell and back
But, also my once strong army, is beginning to lack
For who would want to put their life at stake
I'm a poor example, for I'm about to break
Run as I may, I can never hide
Because even while absent, this doesn't subside
So to what extent must this turn to
Their pure hatred just manages to further imbue
Sure, ignore them: See, Hear, and Speak no evil
But will it take a knife in my back, or some other upheaval
To prove to you that I'm not foolin' around?
Live everyday prayin' that someone won't end up 6 feet underground
But who knows, 'cause this is the vital game of life
And the struggle for us all has been quite rife
'Cause as we journey through adolescence, we all have reps to uphold
And allow society to leave us controlled
So as Mom battles her disease, with all this added stress
And as more people begin to aggress
While tension builds up, and depression strikes
And as people begin to question our Psych
When the empty threats are filled
And as a result of this madness, someone is killed
Then will someone open their eyes and see my point-
That there was a crucial, deeper concern to all this disjoint?
Or should we stay silent and not see reality?
I'll just keep my eyes closed as my world crumbles around me
For there's ignorance in ignoring
As if these words, from the core of me, are not outpouring
While I sleep restlessly, and cry away the tears I ran out of
And with all this hate, I try to relearn the meaning of love
Though we all live in a world of imperfection,
When other make mistakes, they're enabled allowable insurrection
For even the judicial system is corrupt
Because the world maintains a cruel equilibrium that we must not disrupt
Where things from bullying to war is one in the same
In the fact that they're legal means to defame
And that society keeps the awful results prevelent, yet subdued
So we live with this potential threat that we all seclude
Will rationality ever reignite?
For I'm at the end of this tunnel, and I don't see the light
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