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Who do you settle for in the end

By Constance LindseyPublished 5 years ago • Updated 5 years ago • 2 min read
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THE CLOCK ON THE WALL SAYS

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

LYING ON MY COUCH

STARING AT THE CLOCK FOR HOURS

I FEEL SO CONFUSED IN LIFE

I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT

EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD TO DO IT DID IT WITH A SMILE

STILL WHY DO LIFE PLAY THESE GAMES WITH ME

I RISE UP, JUST TO GO BACK DOWN

NOTHING STAY THE SAME

NOTHING IS EVER LIKE IT WAS BEFORE

THE NEXT TIME AROUND I GO

REALITY GLARES ME IN THE EYES

SOMEBODY SEEN YOU CRY

YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD LIFE IN YOU GRASP

ONLY TO SLIDE THROUGH THE TIP OF YOUR FINGER TIPS

NOBODY SAY YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE

YOUR DREAMS ON HOLD

YOUR LIFE IN PAST, YOUR NOW PRESENT AND FUTURE IN BAD CONDITION

WHEN YOU 30 YEARS OLD YOUR MEMORIES START TO FADE

YOU REALLY CAN'T RECALL THE PAST THAT MUCH

IT HURT SO BAD

THAT YOU CAN'T TURN AROUND TO LOOK

ALL YOU SEE IS DARKNESS AND SCARING ISSUES

WHY CAN'T I GET OVER THE MADNESS

PEOPLE CAUSE ME OR I CAUSED

WHY DO I CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FEAR

WHILE STRONG HOLDS LEAD MY LIFE

I LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR COMFORT

I READ THE BIBLE, GO TO CHURCH

PRAY, TAKE MEDICATIONS, SMOKE DRUGS

DRINK LIQUOR UNTIL MY MIND IS GONE

MY PAST KEEPS ME FROM MY NOW PRESENT

SUPPRESSES ME TO PUT LIFE ON HOLD

FOCUS ON THE PAIN

DOCTORS SAYS IT'S ONLY DEPRESSION

IT'S VERY COMMON IN PEOPLE

TREATMENT IS THE ONLY WAY

WHO HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR DEPRESSION

DO I HAVE CONTROL OVER MY DEPRESSION

OR DO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAVE CONTROL OVER MY DEPRESSION

OR HOW I FEEL OR HOW I GRIEF

MIND SPINNING IN A WORLD POOL

DON'T KNOW WHO I REALLY AM YET

I SEE VISIONS OF MY FUTURE

MY NOW PRESENT IS SUPPRESS WITH THE PAST

THE PAST HAS TAKING CONTROL OF MY LIFE

ONE DAY AN KNOCK AT MY DOOR

THEIR WAS A MAN AND CHILD

STANDING AT MY DOOR

THEY SAY HELLO MY NAME IS

WE LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD BUY SOME CANDY

MY EYES WAS FOCUS ON THE SINGLE FATHER OF THE

CHILD AT LEAST I HOPED

I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF HE IS SINGLE OR NOT

I JUST ASSUMED HE WAS

I SAID SURE LET ME HAVE ONE CANDY BAR PLEASE

THAN MY DOOR CLOSES WITHOUT FURTHER SAYING

MY DEPRESSION CUT OFF JUST FOR 2 MINUTES AT THE

DOOR I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T DEPRESSED

I WAS LONELY INDEED

I LET ALL THE MADNESS FROM MY PAST CREEP UP

TAKE CONTROL OF MY NOW PRESENT

THAT I COULDN'T SEE I WAS LONELY INDEED

FROM THAT DAY FORWARD I STARTED MAKING

CHANGES IN MY LIFE

I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE OUTSIDE

WORLD PARTICIPATING IN EVERYTHING I QUIALIFY FOR

JUST SO I WON'T MISS AN CHANCE AT SOMETHING

LOOK THERE MY HEART BEATS AGAIN,

I'M MOTIVATED MORE THAN I EVER WAS

I START MAKING PLANS AND GOALS

I MET ME AN MAN

NOW I'M FINALLY AT HOME.

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    Written by Constance Lindsey