The Story

By Tara Nicole Walker

10.20.2002


Penance

Brutality

Humanity

Immorality

Longing

For something more

Living for the moment

Keeping score

Banishment

Torture

Loneliness

Horror

Settling disputes

The hard way

Leaving nothing

Left to say

Aching

Wanting

Pain

Suffering

Like sharp needles

Under the skin


The poison of life

Does begin

Cheating

Dishonesty

Will

Grieving

Are all a part

Of every day

It'll never get better

There is no way

Laughter

Tears

Reclusion

Fears

Hiding away

From everything

When nothing is

As it seems

That's the world

We live in today

Some, we leave

Some, we stay

So many things

That turn out wrong

We've been waiting

Oh so long

Doesn't matter

How long we wait

Life will always be in

This dreadful state

Keep our eyes open

Nothing miss

Because this world

Is just the way it is.