LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DARK TO THE LIGHT

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 CRYING OUT/A WOMAN'S STORY
I'M SETTING HERE IN THIS PLACE,
BLANK EXASPERATION ON MY FACE,
 LIFE PASSING BY CAN SLOW DOWN THE PACE,
WILL I EVER WIN THIS LOOSING RACE?
 IN THIS WORLD I PUT MYSELF IN,
GETTING STRESSED OUT,CONFUSED AND REPEAT THE SAME SIN,
 NOT LIVING RECKLESS, BUT NOT LIVING RIGHT,
ONCE AGAIN I'M LOOSING SIGHT,
 HERE HE COMES FOR ONE MORE BIGHT,
KNOWING INSIDE THIS HAS TO END,
 WILL IT EVER TAKE A TURN OR BEND?
TELLING YOU A STORY OF AN ADDICTION SO DEEP,
 IT CONSUMED MY LIFE, MADE IT INCOMPLETE......
LOOKING FOR SOME THING I THINK I WILL NEVER FIND,
 PUTTING MYSELF IN A PLACE TO HIDE...
IT TOOK AWAY THE STRENGTH I HAD,MADE ME LONELY,
 CONFUSED AND MAD....
HEARING VOICES RUN THROUGH MY HEAD,
 ONCE AGAIN THE DEMON
I FED.....
 THE HUNGER, THE PAIN, WONDERING HOW I
EVER STAYED SANE...
 THE FEAR, THE VISIONS, THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE
RIGHT DECISIONS...
 THE DARKNESS, THE SHADOWS, THE MIRRORS, THE SHAME,
FOR THE OUTCOME REMAINED THE SAME....
 SHUT DOWN, CLOSED UP, WITH ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME....
THE CHOICES I MADE PUT ME HERE,THE PATH I TOOK
 THROUGH OUT MY YEARS....
TELLING MY STORIES ON PAPER WITH TEARS...
 REACHING OUT TO ALL MY PEERS,,
HOPING MY WORDS WILL SOME DAY BE CLEAR,
 MY WRITINGS ARE TRUE,NOT FICTION NOR LIES...
JUST A WOMAN SO SO HARD TRIES, TO SAY NO TO A DEMON
 AND HIS LIES...
DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY,
 FOR TOMORROW IT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY...
FOR IN THIS MESSAGE I'M GIVING YOU...
 TAKE IT TO HEART AND STAY TRUE..
DO THIS NOT FOR THE WORLD BUT FOR YOU..
 HEAR MY WORDS, FEEL MY CRIES, TRY LOOKING
THROUGH THIS WOMAN'S EYES..
 YOU DON'T WANT THE ANGER, YOU DON'T NEED
THE PAIN, NEVER LIVE IN DARKNESS THERE'S NOTHING
 THERE TO GAIN....
DON'T LIVE AS I DID, IF YOU DO TURN YOUR BACK ON
 IT NOW, GET OUT SOME HOW...
LOOK AT THE WORLD IN WHICH YOU LIVE, BEFORE KNOW ONE
 YOU KNOW HAS A CARE LEFT TO GIVE...
IT HAPPENED TO ME IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU...
 DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR TO LET IT THROUGH..
HE COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS, A FRIEND, A LOVED ONE,HAPPINESS,
 OR SORROW, IN A LETTER YOU MANY GET TOMORROW..
A MAN, A WOMAN, MEMORIES OF HURT,A SCAR FROM YOUR PAST...
 HE COMES ON STRONG HE COMES ON FAST...
OFFERS YOU THE WORLD BUT IN THE END, ITS
 ALL LIES.. THEN YOUR LEFT LIKE ME
TO SET AND CRY.............
 




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