LIFELINE

LIFELINE

From the time I was a child,

I’ve been chasing down these thoughts gone wild,

Always seeking acceptance,

In a world without repentance,

Rebelling against the grain,

Reveling in my self-inflicted pain,

Each time choosing the path less traveled,

While those who loved me watched me become unraveled,

Seldom reaching out to save me,

Only to let me suffocate from the air of uncertainty,

I can’t blame anyone but me for these faults,

Somehow in my misery pleasure I sought,

But now that I’m older the one thing eludes me that I seek to find,

I’m barely keeping my head above water, waiting on love to throw me a lifeline.

-brad