Walk the Grounds

 Walk the grounds
that hold the memories
Stomp the dreams out
and shatter the joy

Walk the grounds
that hold the heart
Crush the hopes
and burn the love

Walk the grounds
that hold the soul
Freeze the freedom
and melt the will

Walk the grounds
that hold me inside
Destroy everything that
once was me

Built upon
the frozen land
of ground
long since banned

Virgin snow
stored and sold
for dreams
to make cold

Blizzard winds
of calling pain
in winter
sound to plain

Sleeping moons
bidding to dare
the night
to make bare

Falling stars
dying out forever
waiting together
but knowing never

Failing earth
always in waiting
for time
to start creating

Its that time of year
Where we give thanks to the world

~~~

I sit in the corner darkend by shadows
Watching my family pretending

Pretending to smile
Pretending to laugh

I know their anger
I know their hate
Because I was the peacekeeper
I was the listener

I kept their secrets
I told their lies
The weight grew heavy and I began to die

Pretending to smile
Pretending to laugh

I sit in the corner darkend by shadows
Watching my family pretending

~~~

I sit at the table unseen and unheard
Listening to my family's stories

Stories of triumph
Stories of happiness

I know their anger
I know their hate
Because I was the peacekeeper
I was the listener

I kept their secrets
I told their lies
The weight grew heavy and I began to die

Stories of triumph
Stories of happiness

I sit at the table unseen and unheard
Listening to my family's stories

~~~

I stand at the door looking into the night
Watching my family leaving

Leaving the pretending
Leaving the stories

I know their anger
I know their hate
Because I was the peacekeeper
I was the listener

I kept their secrets
I told their lies
The weight grew heavy and I began to die

Leaving the pretending
Leaving the stories

I stand at the door looking into the night
Watching my family leaving

~~~

Its that time of year
Where we give thanks to the world

~~~

Its been a year to the day
Since I last saw them

But now the roles have turned
They are the peacekeepers
They are the listeners

Because the weight gew its heaviest and I did die

For I took my life because of them
On that day of thanks
In that room of the feast

I used their carving knife
I used their drinking glass

For I filled that glass with my pain
And set it with the feast
So they could see all their lies

~~~

I lay here now
Dead and at peace

They are crying
They are asking why
But do they truly care

They are not pretending
They are not telling stories
But it was my death that did this

Not because of the pain
Not because of the lies

I had to do it
They needed it
It was the only way

I lay here now
Dead and at peace

~~~

Times change and people disappear
My family...they just forgot me

I watched them from above
They were so happy and yet they turned back
To the pretending and to the lies

I had tried my best
I did the only thing I knew how

So I let them pretend
I let them lie
I let them bring their own demise

They had the chance
They made the choice

Times change and people disappear
My family...they just forgot me

~~~

Its that time of year
Where we give thanks to the world

I cried all tears
among the thorns
I tore all faith
among the leaves
I burned all love
among the petals
I lost all hope
among the roses

Among life's roses
I laid down to die