by Riadh Bouassab

Created on: August 17, 2009

MY THOUGHTS ARE SCATTERED I AM AMONG THE DEAD

I awaken in the silver milky light that slips through my curtain

My hand shakes as i open the window and my head kills

I have so many questions, the answer's never seem clear

Like why does blood look silver at night when it spills

Why does the night attract such darkness and woe

Like how can people kill so freely, not a care in their minds

And how do we reap what we sow

Why cant we break the vice that binds

What are things really if they are not what they appear

And how can you walk on a knifes edge without bleeding feet

How can people kill what is to them so dear

How can people pull of this feat

I feel life is stuck on stop start and pause

Why lose the love that many cast aside

I can see the effect but i am blind to the cause

The cause of the pain people provide

World leaders corrupt and broken

They have servants that follow sucking up their every word

Don't argue because the leader has spoken

If the dove represents freedom then the cage is holding a dead bird

I see the leaders face, the hamster is dead but the wheel is still turning

He maybe the most powerful man, but he was never good at learning

Oblivious to the terror and bigotry he is churning

He is patriotic, but really its his own flag he is burning

But i changed the world, but no one knows my name

I am a nobody in dead land

I walk down the street, and everyone looks the same

Everyone is paused in a state of crying over a funeral so grand

The leader lying in his coffin so stiff

He may have been evil and brain dead but to my surprise he will be missed

Not caring about the heroic assassin who is but a myth

And as i come home its two O'clock and im pissed

Conflict and battle has ended and I've lost

My smith and western coll in my hand

I'm counting to ten hoping my cold heart will defrost

Ever since i did it its like ive been in quicksand

And as i place the gun gently to my head

My thoughts are scattered and i am among the dead

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