2004-02-04 - travel mercy
prescribe her meds to dumb her
all my best notes were from her
and where now does she lie?
my sweet hello - goodbye
all my life I've known
the way to each his own
but never understood
as I passed thru a hood
bad boys who'd bust my face
I packed a blade in case
push shove - I share this plow
so far removed right now
from all the fears that plagued me
from girls who would evade me
I rest within this trust
and settle into dust
a cough, a stir of life,
a carving with a knife
the notch upon my brow
serves as the groove somehow
and time is like a trend
beginning as its end
I'm free to pray this way
God save our youth today
I hear the hollow ache
a love I cannot fake
synthetic hide-a-way
I bleed what I can't say
but here inside this rhyme
the past meets halls of time
and distills relevant lore
I know what lies before
and leads us into streets
where future choices meet
and intersections turn
each soul has this to learn
the child will not endure
abortion's forfeiture
dead ends cannot prevent
your flight into descent
there's time to turn around
if you're not heaven bound
please heed my plea, dear friend
before death brings to end
this tour de force you're on
and breath is truly gone
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