186

One Hundred and Eighty-Six

Forth

Burdens I still bear

Back and forth, decisions wane

Wishing I would stop

185

One Hundred and Eighty-Five

Rows

The back of my mind

Lined with endless rows of stones

Where thoughts cannot grow

184

One Hundred and Eighty-Four

Repel

Plunge into the fog

Bitter cries repel the ghosts

Demons you befriend

183

One Hundred and Eighty-Three

Sold

Bold and bold again

Shout the lessons never learned

All we are is sold

182

One Hundred and Eighty-Two

Transposed

Rain on virgin cheeks

Tears transposed from sudden chains

Soon you'll face the end

181

One Hundred and Eighty-One

Beyond

Soothing hurricane

Standing still against the wind

See beyond the eye

180

One Hundred and Eighty

Public

Cut from public view

Soon he'll be a faceless name

Victim of the shame

179

One Hundred and Seventy-Nine

Glass

Ticking at my wrist

Time of death beneath the glass

Twist to no avail

178

One Hundred and Seventy-Eight

Same

If I said the same

Might the mirror show my own

If I so begin?

177

One Hundred and Seventy-Seven

Within

All that's cast in dark

Find the change within myself

Lighting my own way

176

One Hundred and Seventy-Six

Cast

Stagger from the vow

See the light cast on the grave

See the shadows grow

175

One Hundred and Seventy-Five

Stain

Men from life refrain

Pushing past the forlorn truce

All that's left is stain

174

One Hundred and Seventy-Four

Plain

Pounding in my ear

Music beats my S.O.S

Hiding in plain sight

173

One Hundred and Seventy-Three

Played

Kings don't play the fool

Mirrors hide unwanted truths

Often are they played

172

One Hundred and Seventy-Two

Feast

Thinking bastard thoughts

Prayers bless the sinners' Mass

Feast on fasting hearts

171

One Hundred and Seventy-One

Host

Rivals play the host

Draw you in, then draw you out

All you have laid bare

170

One Hundred and Seventy

Vengeful

Endless old regrets

Maybe greater things remain

Cold and vengeful threats

169

One Hundred and Sixty-Nine

Disappear

Every step's a test

Often taken, never won

Soon I'll disappear

168

One Hundred and Sixty-Eight

Shrinking

Hope escapes the proud

Downcast eyes and shrinking glare

Always throwing stones

167

One Hundred and Sixty-Seven

Screams

Shaking with the sting

Poison spreads in silent screams

Taking all of me

166

One Hundred and Sixty-Six

Divide

Lengthy assumptions

Right is wrong and wrong is right

Survey the divide

165

One Hundred and Sixty-Five

Recapture

Removed from the scene

Dug a grave with lesser lies

Fatal recapture

164

One Hundred and Sixty-Four

Design

Vulgar and recessed

Consecrate my wasted thoughts

Speech with no design

163

One Hundred and Sixty-Three

Cement

Highways in the smog

Traversed and long forgotten

Drowning in cement

162

One Hundred and Sixty-Two

Tied

High above the crowd

There's a noose around your neck

Tied with your own hand

161

One Hundred and Sixty-One

Atlas

Laughs betray the fault

Fissures traced on crumbling worlds

Atlas let it fall

160

One Hundred and Sixty

Almost

Hiding from the world

Now you're almost all alone

Can't escape yourself

159

One Hundred and Fifty-Nine

Jest

Guesswork at its best

Every man's a poet's dream

All a poet's jest

158

One Hundred and Fifty-Eight

Later

Ready distortion

Miss the bend and later break

Easily immune

157

One Hundred and Fifty-Seven

Support

Slow and steady strums

Rhythm is my life support

Every beat's a breath

156

One Hundred and Fifty-Six

Ink

Stricken with a line

Humble ink betrays the page

All that page once told