Closer To The Blame

-Closer To The Blame-
by
Keaton Foster



Hold out your hand
Take me as I am
Grip my hand tight
Pull as hard as you can
Break it with all of your might
Never let go
No matter how much I scream
Forget all that I ask
Ignore my cries for mercy
As far as you and I
Are concerned there can be none
Hate me if that is what it takes
Swear allegiance to my end
I will offer not an ounce of judgment
Because more than you
I know that I deserve what is coming
Closer to the blame I have become
There are others who deserve as much
But unlike me, they are gone
Into deaths forever cold
They too got what they deserved
A bullet to the brain
The quick snap of a neck
A leap from immeasurable heights
The end means nothing to those of us
Who remain to live with what was done
With you God above they now reside
You somehow managed to forgive them
When I certainly could not
Forgiveness or lack thereof is a sin
That I have been assured you won’t forgive
So do what you must, what you can
Destroy me as is or lead me closer to the blame
Take my hand, hold onto it with a death grip
Raise me to Heaven or bury me in Hell
I leave it to you and your slighted ways
I know that I alone must pay
Because it has always been the only way
That I will have a seconds worth of peace
So if you must, do as we both please…



Closer To The Blame
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.