This Tunnel
LIFT THE VAIL FROM MY EYE'S
KEEP ME SAFE FROM THEIR LIES.
TURN ON THE LIGHT,OPEN A
DOOR, I'M TIRED OF WALKING ON
DISTANT SHORES,THESE CLOUDS
ARE DARK, THE WATER TO HOT,TIRED
OF BEING SOME THING I'M NOT.
LEFT THIS VAIL SO THAT I MAY
WALK THROUGH, THAT I MAY BE
CLOSER TO YOU...THESE SHORES
ARE LONG,THIS GRASS IS HIGH,
EVERY THING HERE COVERS MY EYES.
I MAY SEE IN COLOR,BUT MY
VISION ISN'T CLEAR..I WIPE
AWAY ONE FRAGILE TEAR...
FEARING NOT WHAT I SEE,IS THERE
SOME THING WRONG WITH ME..?
MY INSIDES SHAKE,MY OUTSIDE
STILL..AS THEY PASS I FEEL
THEIR CHILL..THIS TUNNEL IS
HERE...AM I IN OR OUT...?
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE AS I
SHOUT...? INSTEAD OF SHORTER
IT KEEPS GETTING LONGER..
THE CLOUDS GET DARKER,THE GRASS
GETS TALLER...WHAT AWAITS AT THE
END, I HAVEN'T A CLUE,IS IT ME..?
OR IS IT YOU..?
NO LIGHT THAT I'VE SEEN..,NO
FRESH AIR TO BREATH..,THE CARBON
IS EATING AWAY AT ME....
AIR SO THICK STILL CAN'T BREATH.
WATER IS DEEP, PAST MY KNEE'S...
GRASS SO HIGH YOU I STILL CAN'T
SEE...CUTTING AWAY AT WHAT
BLOCKS THE LIGHT,WALKING THROUGH
THE LONG DARK NIGHT...
SHAKING,STILLNESS,FEELING OF
BREATHLESSNESS...
WALKING THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
TRYING TO FIND YOU..
KEEP ME SAFE FROM THEIR LIES.
TURN ON THE LIGHT,OPEN A
DOOR, I'M TIRED OF WALKING ON
DISTANT SHORES,THESE CLOUDS
ARE DARK, THE WATER TO HOT,TIRED
OF BEING SOME THING I'M NOT.
LEFT THIS VAIL SO THAT I MAY
WALK THROUGH, THAT I MAY BE
CLOSER TO YOU...THESE SHORES
ARE LONG,THIS GRASS IS HIGH,
EVERY THING HERE COVERS MY EYES.
I MAY SEE IN COLOR,BUT MY
VISION ISN'T CLEAR..I WIPE
AWAY ONE FRAGILE TEAR...
FEARING NOT WHAT I SEE,IS THERE
SOME THING WRONG WITH ME..?
MY INSIDES SHAKE,MY OUTSIDE
STILL..AS THEY PASS I FEEL
THEIR CHILL..THIS TUNNEL IS
HERE...AM I IN OR OUT...?
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE AS I
SHOUT...? INSTEAD OF SHORTER
IT KEEPS GETTING LONGER..
THE CLOUDS GET DARKER,THE GRASS
GETS TALLER...WHAT AWAITS AT THE
END, I HAVEN'T A CLUE,IS IT ME..?
OR IS IT YOU..?
NO LIGHT THAT I'VE SEEN..,NO
FRESH AIR TO BREATH..,THE CARBON
IS EATING AWAY AT ME....
AIR SO THICK STILL CAN'T BREATH.
WATER IS DEEP, PAST MY KNEE'S...
GRASS SO HIGH YOU I STILL CAN'T
SEE...CUTTING AWAY AT WHAT
BLOCKS THE LIGHT,WALKING THROUGH
THE LONG DARK NIGHT...
SHAKING,STILLNESS,FEELING OF
BREATHLESSNESS...
WALKING THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
TRYING TO FIND YOU..
This Poems Story
A prayer
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