Contract

 

Sold my soul for a chance to smile

somewhere along these long lonely miles

the fine print, I didn’t read 

ignored the words written

in blood red, that I bleed

the smallest details hidden

I just wanted to fit in

a contract signed over,

I never even received a copy

my life a hostile takeover

 

Sold my heart for a chance to love

but I never received the goods

got lost in the mail

sent to the wrong address

in another city, in a different country,

on a continent far from here

I swam through tears,

navigated the reeds that tried to instil fear

 

Sold myself for a chance to feel joy

my health was destroyed

I let happy thoughts float away

to an island faraway, under distant ocean spray

I just lie here, replaying choices made that day

what price, a glimpse of hope

seen on the horizon,

only viewable through a telescope

wallowed in a pit of misery

the only place that I could be me

 

I sold my health, for a chance to forget

I lost so much of myself,

for a quick pint of regret

lost all self-respect

just a shadow of who I was before

I swore never again to

let that devil knock on my door

 

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.