Now Finally Today

By Stone Bryson

I was finally able to pull the trigger today,

jammed the sight between broken teeth

so I could blow my light away.

The agony of constant pain,

failure - and self disgust…

lifted off me now… and was laid to rest today.

I was finally able to leave this world today,

this heartless land despised my art

and never wanted me anyway.

The green that fuels its soul and veins,

cold-cruel - and filled with rust…

put behind me now… with a single round today.

I was finally able to achieve some peace today,

the demons thrashed my fragile soul

though for years I kept them at bay.

The battles I fought within, without…

exhausted - and caked in dust…

they can’t touch me now… after what I did today.

Copyright © 2007 Stone Bryson.  All Rights Reserved.

Written September 2007

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