Sweet Escape

At the edge of Styx

For every coin I take is a life that was made
With all of it's blood and soul, in one snap shall be gone
Like it never existed, a ghost on a wide map
Deteriorating little by little, brick by brick
I shall see to it that it will never be found nor trace nor hear or haunt its past.
For every coin I take tears fall like beads of a pearl necklace
Fragile, shattered and broken, scattered at the floor
The thoughts of the dead, the whimpers of the souls and the cries of the unheard.
Become one with the living as they shed
Pour their hearts, the memories
With that one, one life I took.
For every penny I exchange is peace the mind has longed
A breath of wind as it carries my hair and the leaves around me
To a place where all is nothing but well
The sanity I was taken away from and the innocence cut right down the roots.
Oh how I wish time wasn't so cruel to me
'Cause for a penny I am willing to give
Is a life
That i was ready to throw away.
The life where i felt pain, anger, agony and suffering
Is the same life where i found
Kindness, joy, serenity, and love.
The same life where i open my eyes and see the wonders on how He with His own hands
Built the world i am within, including me.
And though the world is a tough place to live
Fit for the strongest, the rich and the winners
It was a beauty, it was a sight engraved deep unto my skull and soul.
It was euphoric, to be loved and cherished.
And so
For one coin i take, for a penny i shall exchange
Is a life, so painful and yet so beautiful, I am to dismiss and vanish like it never exists.
Am I really okay, that for a coin I give is a life that was once and forever loved
Am i willing to sell my life
Am i really willing, to make the deal with the devil?

-dawn