Drowning in the Life
With a smile, I decided I
Could laugh it all away
The thousand knives
Tearing through my mind
And ripping into the fabric
Of my soul
The darkened clouds
The whispering winds
The trees shaking
In the storm of thought
I decided I could
Laugh away
The bitter anger
The wrenching pain
The voices -
Always the voices -
That held me captive
That put me down
And tried
Oh, how they tried
To throw me away
I decided I could
Laugh away
All the blackened wreckage
Of who they had made me
Of what I had allowed
But I was wrong
Laughter feeds the
Darkness
And darkness is
What I've become