Where the Dead Spirits Lay
And now begins my walk
drifting back into reality
from the land of ecstasy
to where many stumble
and dead spirits lay
known only to those
who indeed lose faith
in all simple things

Where into the abyss
one’s eyes will stay
strapped into shackles of mortal ways
a caged beast indeed
only dreams of freedom so many
walk with ordinary moments

The mere routine of a twenty-four hour
a broad spectrum of words
left only to cower
as an illegal statistic
no encouragement of others
giving any justice to real emotion
of how one, myself and all others
could ever feel
nor bring haste to life or a reason to
only few could understand
a spirit wasted past due

The euphoria of the world
taste a little different
slipping faster and faster
withdrawing from those
I once deemed favorable
leaving me blinded by the scent
of liquid kill
trying desperately to breathe a little longer
lungs remain shut
as does any reason not too
find a land of my own
where the fog never lifts
the clouds never part
darkness stays

Either with eye’s open
or forever closed
a land of my own
how does one deem their life success?
by what or yet who’s standards
are correct?
questions upon questions
no answer as the Reaper laughs just
a tad more
passively waiting for the next to fall
shackles into mortal flesh
my legs give way
breaking the last strand of
optimism as I go crashing down 
this be an ode to the will of the
world
or even to the one they call higher
and ode of question
where does the other path lie?
or do I continue to
where the dead spirits lay

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