A cup to quench my sorrows
By Shawn Petrie-Hallen
1-29-2016
How can you compare loss and hate
When the two things so closely relate
To one another without debate
In a twisted conformist violent state
How can you compare pain and grief
Standing alone in disbelief
Begging for mercy from the agony chief
Alone on this day of cold reprieve
How can you compare trust and love
When the skies look empty up above
And behind your back you can feel the shove
And the punishment fits you like a glove
a common man
By Shawn Petrie-hallen
3-23-1999
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
YOU TOLD ME HOW YOU CARED
ONE DAY I WASN’T LOOKING
TURNED AROUND, YOU WEREN’T THERE
WITH ALL THE LOVE YOU HAD FOR ME
I NEVER MADE MINE KNOWN
AND THOUGH I’VE ALWAYS FELT THE SAME
MY HEART WAS NEVER SHOWN
AND SINCE MY PAIN IS GROWING STRONG
I REALIZE THE TRUTH
THAT I’VE NEVER FELT A LOVE SO STRONG
AND I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT YOU
I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER TO
THE ONLY QUESTION ON MY MIND
WHY FATHERS RAISE SONS OF SELFISH PRIDE
AND SEND THEM INTO THE WORLD BLIND
BUT STILL I TRY AS ALL MEN DO
TO MAKE UP FOR LOST YEARS
BUT THE SCALES NEVER SEEM TO BALANCE OUT
AND ITS THE TOUGH WHO CRY THE MOST TEARS
1000 years
by shawn petrie-hallen
2-5-2018
for 1,000 years i’ve been
sitting here, all alone
with my mind on fire
waiting to be set free
what more is there for me
after all the running around
after all the countless hours
after all the tears
at the end of 1000 years
for the longest night
i’ve been laying awake
wondering why i cannot rest
1000 nights frustrated
like all of you that i look upon
all routines so flawless
where will i end up once i have emptied
the last drip of sanity from my cup
my mind is filled with fright
for this and all of my remaining nights
from this monent forward
for 1000 years
Assembly line
Assembly line by August Will Decay 2019
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