I'm about to collapse
Beneath the weight
Of this nonsense
To all of this shit
That life keeps throwing
Against my every defence
Infecting my system
Rotting my core
Destroying from within
And out
All I adore
Struggling in the ring
Five rounds in
And taking every punch
With a bruise and a sting
And I cry
And I wail
And I beg it to stop
But the punches keep coming
And bones break with a crunch
For you see
My dark, little secret
That I've hidden from you
Has now spilled over
From beneath my surface
Underneath my disguise
And into clear view
To the world's staring eyes
And it is here
That I must
Hold onto my mind
Before I lose it
To insanity's hand
And the absence
Of sound
And drag myself
Down
To
The ground
Every year
For the last
Five
Someone I knew
Loved
And cherished
Has tragically
Died
My Grandad
My Cousin
My Dog
My Aunt
And
My Girlfriend
Have all passed away
Leaving me
Alone
Confused
To the bone
And in mourning
For every year
From the first
Of the five
A part of me
Has diminished
And died
As their eyes
Dimmed
With their absence
And their hope
Of a life
Was denied
Throughout my life
I've been nothing
But kind
Considerate
And patient
But no longer
Is it in me
To be that way
Out of my mind
I'm sick of you
And life
And all else too
For I am
The way I am
Because of the pain
That follows me home
Bringing the fear
Of taking a breath
In case someone I love
Disappears at the touch
Because of the fact
For the last five years
I've been stalked
By the spectre
of death
So here I rest
All that is left
Tired and weak
Prepared to give up
Crumpled upon the ground
All shallow and meek
Dying from exhaustion
And the pain that comes
Digging my own grave
To the sound
Of quieting
Drums
But with the dying
Of the beat
Within my heart
Rises anger
That beats it anew
'Cause I would be lying
If I said I was done
Death may be winning
But it sure ain't won
Five rounds in the ring
Fighting through the next
One on one
With the spectre of Death
That haunts
And trails
My every move
Either Death itself
The Collector
Dies
And fails...
Or I do
And in my rage
I will haunt
The spectre
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