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The End of the Tunnel

I chase the glimmer of hope

at the end of the tunnel

Through its harsh winters

and hot summers

I chase a chance for true happiness

or at least a break

from this agony

I am in

I chase the rainbow at the end of the storm

the large marlin deep in the ocean

the leprechaun’s gold

the holy grail

I chased it till the end of the tunnel

and what I found

stayed with me

till the day I died with a smile on my face

Oh White Phantom

Make me a villain in your ballads

and you, the hero, the knight

in shining armor, loved by all

Make me a malevolent beast

and you, the beauty

who ran away, and ordered the mob herself

Make me the evil

and you the good

but we both know your credibility

Make me broken, oh broken glass

lest you remember

steel runs through my veins

Made you broken?

You were already in pieces

Refrain from blame

Made you anew

lest you remember

you were not made of steel

Then you

the hero, the knight

made me the villain in all your ballads

Roses


Red roses write ballads

through their thorns

And all those who surround these beauties

try to read their poems

yet mourn

Everybody knows their beauty

and approach them to indulge

in the red petals

yet ballads

through their thorns

send waves of sadness

Once roses finish their ballads

beauty will return

but when

will roses

no longer have thorns?

Demons of my Past

Running in green pastures from demons of my past

was never a pastime I enjoyed

I met angels, white and pure

unbeknownst to me that they employed

methods of torture and mental torment

I walked amongst them blind to their evil

basking in the light of angels

But each step wore me off

driving my mind to the edge of my sanity

I reached the middle

and basking in angels’ light

is Satan himself

and then I regained my sight

I saw their horns hidden within their halos                                                            

I saw red tridents hidden behind their wings  

I saw the fire burning under the pasture

Their halos broke and their wings burned

And I ran        

to save my sanity

to save my soul

Running from demons in green pastures is what I have to do to reach the angels of my future