I am sitting in the dark
Waiting for my judgement
Doing the only thing I know how to do
Surviving
Sacrificing everything
My health both physical and mental
My time, my months, my years
Sacrifices
All for the day
Damocles' sword will fall
Above my head, hanging
I wait it to fall
To finally cut or spare my head
To put an end to my distress
Soon it will fall
I ignore when
But I feel it
The end is close now
What I am certain of, is this
No matter if the sword drops
It will condemn me
To either more time of despair
Or my fall
And I do not know anymore
Which one to wish for
Since when did I begin to live like this
Under this curse
It has been so long now
Somehow I have learnt to survive
Under the blade's imminent danger
In the unknown, the in-between
The dread of tomorrow
The threat of each day
Under the looming menace of
Damocles' sword
It is too late to pray now
I am already damned
Doomed in both cases
I must continue my task
Pleading a case they won't even hear
Even when the sword finally falls
The show must go on
Now my life is in their hands
My fate in their grasp
If I must fail
If the sword slashes me
Let it deliver me from my burden
And if I fall
I wish I could tell myself
I did my best
When I look back
I see the path I've walked
This long, sinuous, difficult path
I see all of my mistakes
My regrets along the way
The blows I have taken
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Fire rose
PoetryA book that hopefully will sparks your heart in fire, light a deep passion inside of your chest, burning red hot and wanting for more, leaving you longing. A book full of stories so deep you could drown in it, bewitching your mind and soul, robbing...
