The Path to Peace

Marching at a glacial pace

Dragging their feet towards the precipice

In and out of consciousness

Drifting away from this world

Defying the bitterest cold

That deadened every single sense

Bleeding for something that was never worth it

And never again; in a permanent, torpid state

A disheartened chorus for the jaded and sick

Pierces the silence of sleep

Spite palpable in the air so thick

The lives we lead, thinking we’re on the path to peace

Up this mountain so steep

We’re all so hopelessly hopeful

Clawing our way through

Lives of sickness

A disheartened chorus for the jaded and sick

Pierces the silence of sleep

Spite palpable in the air so thick

The lives we lead, thinking we’re on the path to peace

Up this mountain so steep

Broken bones upon the treacherous stone

Waves of regret

Smash against my being

Until they carry me

Into a sea of shame

Heavy as the stones we throw

Horrid and longing as my thoughts of you

Another wasted chance for us to grow

Though now finally

We are through regressing