Rotten Apple

I found a pen willing to trace a wretched mind
Willing to drain tears from my eyes
Willing to draw shatters from a heart torn apart

So I wrote it down, everything inside my head,
They're still too many heartaches waiting ahead
Feelings within words you left unread

Silently trading a heart for a life
Tears sprung from the space inside
Uncover those lies wanting to see the light

I watched my life from the edge
I heard all of what they wanted to say
A void spread inside of me wanting to stay

I've been crawling from below
I've turned their tears of my own
Can't wait for another day, it's already gone

Now I realize,
this pain can't be hidden behind a smile
Can't hold onto an unlived life

Knocking on death's door once again,
Every single tear cried in vain,
The same old curse kept me within it's chain

Reality's slipping away from my hands
Those dreams lay dead under fate's arms
A sad song playing within my own music strands

Just a few steps left to cross the line
Wondering under the same night stained sky
These may be the shorter goodbye

PV