a sweetgum seed

By raspberry89

i dont remember the day i began despising my existence 
i do know i showed little resistance 
bidding adieu to the remnants of my innocence 
knowing my farewell wasn't a coincidence

cause i want to feel a bullet make its way to my brain 
i want my limbs to blacken, lying broken, in freezing snowy-rain 
i just want the pleasure of peace after pain 
i need no funeral or name

let my weary body rot it the spot it was lain 
cause all in all, it's all the same
people may drown or burst into flames
yet everyone leaves just like they came

when my head hangs high up some sweetgum tree 
and my body dangles lifelessly-then ill be free 
so please let be whatever's left of me 
as my blood will water the sweetgum seeds

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Copyright 2015 raspberry89
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  • TropicalSnowstorm On Sunday, June 28, 2015, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    I agree, I thought of the same reference. This flowed eery and well. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, June 27, 2015, carlosjackal (3011)By person wrote:

    For me, this read like Billie Holliday's Strange Fruit told from the point of view of a suicidal protagonist, so sick to death of their life and the racism suffered, that they crack and say, "Come take me, we all leave as we came!" A well wrought, dark dark piece.

  • raspberry89 On Friday, July 24, 2015, raspberry89 (16)By person wrote:

    hmm, interesting...i've never heard that song before but i see what you're saying

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