Avoid The Signs

Purposely avoided the signs

those flickering

blinking lights that blind

I didn’t let them colour my mind

didn’t want these rose-tinted eyes

to turn grey

didn’t want to walk away

 

The arrows pointing right

I turned left

took the pathway towards darkness

avoided the one lined with bright lights

I thought they may turn out to be snakes eyes

shining out their path of lies

 

I ignored all the sirens

the alarm bells, I silenced

I let the sounds float into clouds

filled with stormy violence

I just embraced the rain

in shame

I let myself accept

that I should have a heart full of pain

 

I never dreamed

that the screams heard

echoing in my nightmare scenes

would be my own voice, amplified

telling me to run

yelling at me, to end what had begun

it all started as just a bit of fun

 

I didn’t listen to advice

I didn’t want to hear

I just wanted to believe that this

was just irrational fear

but then the cracks started to spread

like thin strands of a spider’s web

threads torn to shreds

so, I gave in to the voices in my head

and I turned my back

walked along a different path

one lined with roses

where this one leads

who knows?

Thanks For Reading,

Peace & Love.

Kyle.