Within the darkness of his(our)plight I stand, I refuse to move, I refuse him peace. |
-I Stay- by Keaton Foster Upon the wind Leans a man I’m not him He’s not me We Are the same Or so It must seem His name Pointless Mine Fictitious Everything About him About I Is false Faked Dubiously stated To absolute strangers And again everything All of it A mountain of lies Built upon nothing As defined He That man The one close The one I don’t know He Gave me this life This prison Of rescinded rights His eyes His spine Crooked in kind His lips Often moving Giving me Absolute heck Ordering me Commanding Demanding Further requiring What it is That he wishes All of it I won’t Never Nope He Is my muse Just one Amongst some His constant abuse What he says And how he begs Telling me Again and again One to the heart One to the head Be gone Out of life Out of sight But I’m here Staring clear I stay So that he Has to I endure So that he Is required to His anger A weakness His hatred Used to my advantage I take him to task But I’m unsure That he even knows That he even understands This Our symbiotic relationship I’m full of toxins Repugnant Vile Disgusting And disgusted I’m poisoning him One line After every other I won’t ever give in Give up Relent I stay And So he has to… I Stay Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015. |