Escape

I have a dark cloud hanging over me.
Loved ones hurt. I am alone in misery.

No good, no honor, only pain, oh pain.
Who will help, my sanity I must regain.

Career cut short, money’s the devils due.
Death by my hand? Oh, if you only knew.

Judges, jail, heartbreaks are in my future.
Other’s gazing upon me in cruel censure.

Drugs, alcohol to escape pain, escape truth.
Fights result in broken bones, a lost tooth.

Once a voice of an angel, now silence, no song.
Fleeting thoughts of those I have done wrong.

Despair and desperation, I’ve no place to turn,
Your lies, false promises and deceit, I spurn.

Life is cruel. With the devil I’ve made a deal.
I can’t go on. Is there no one to help me heal?