Final Act

Typical me
Typical Me
Typical Me
I started something
and now I’m not too
sure

Crown
Sad clown
Vying frown
I’m giving up
pretending
That I don’t
know better
That this time will
be different
That you’d be
better than the rest

It’s always more of
just the same
If there are people
they’ll always let you
down that’s just
the science
It’s never quite
hit or miss

And I am sorry,
I truly expected more
I’ll never learn
another burn
Final Act
I’m dying More and
More inside poisoning
The heart and mind
can you can you
can you bury me here
Beneath the angels
and the cherubs
carved out from
stone alone

Misgivings and
misfortunes
I gave too much
of my self away
There’s nothing left
For me to say
No where to go
I roam the pits of Hell
Armed with blisters
from the sun

it doesn’t matter
it doesn’t matter
It’s in your eyes
It’s in their eyes
It’s just me alone

I’m a transcendental joke
I’m only laughing at my self
I’m only laughing at my self
Oh…. Never mind
I’m finally catching on
you were never there
You were never truly there

I only saw what
I chose to see
Ignoring all the
signs before me

It’s time to retire
call it more
than just a night for
the ending is nigh
I said goodbye
only as an afterthought
in the circus of night
It’s curtain call and
faded lights
followed by silence

(Matthew bowers) ~93
2022©