Sour like a lemon tree; her juice
I clenched my fists
They clanged the nails into his hands and you just watched and hissed
I ran my toes in beach like sand and drank the ocean mist.
Unforgiving as inferno's flame and I who lit the match.
Scars run deep from years ago; an angry kitten's scratch.
Redemption is an evil tart,
her silence breathes your name.
For sins I made don't justify,
you need someone to blame.
Oh reckless me,
A tempest sea that need not wind to churn
I tumble waves and your heart lay like victim to my scorn.
Rejoice in song a child is born with beating heart anew
Cough and choke on natures fruit, the blood I bleed runs blue.
Gave pennies for the poor man's woes and he just smiled and said
"My life's been hard, I have no home but I'm better off than dead"
The lesson was; I think it was that life is what you make it.
I gave a smile and in return he was glad to take it.
Walked along a narrow path and suffered from the heat
gave yielding to a nausea bath, and welcomed the defeat
Rolled over on my aching back and prayed to God for sleep
this journey through a grudges curse, capricious, and steep.
Truth brings pain and teases mirth like water teases thirst
A child is carried for nine whole months, and in the end, still birth
A cruel game of cat and mouse, the devil's seed; his first
Gave wanting to a rakish need; forgiveness, in a hearse
I raised my hands and shakily gave a hearty plea:
My womb can carry no more guilt, your blame has consumed me.
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