(i'm on a copy/paste kick...but i've found some incredible stuff today)


A silent stalker in the night
Climbs upon you as a shadow leaps to cover the extra space
Your follower, a welcomed foe, but dreaded all the same
You cringe as its claws dig into your skin
A mixed feeling of torment and secret pleasure
You push away from your worst nightmare, but cling to it in lusty desire
You can’t bring yourself to let go, no matter what the cost
No matter how many tears are shed on its behalf
No matter how many of them are yours
No matter how many nights you spend
Looking to it to heal your broken soul, while it drives a knife in your heart
Leaving deep gashes of death, time and time again
So why can’t you let go
Why is it that every time you get hurt, you go back to the source of your pain
To the source of your heartache
It’s stupid, don’t you know
To try to find comfort in the very thing that ripped you apart at the seams
When all the time you run to the darkness
There’s another way to find comfort from the agonizing gnashing of teeth
Sure, the road there’ll be harsh
You’ll have to give up your formidable opponent
Your sweet, rich pleasure
Your back-stabbing, disdainful, and deadly game of sin
A few desires ridden, and a few sacrifices made
But none that compare to the ultimate, the all-powerful, the first and last
You’ll go through deep streams of self-doubt and frustration
You’ll find yourself lost amongst trees in which you can’t find your guide
And you’ll even encounter several chances to go crawling back
To that disgusting gloom that you called your friend
Two steps forward, one step back
Your partner in crime right behind you until the very end
But on your dreary path
You’ll rid yourself of the sickening guilt that follows after sweet indulgence
You’ll find freedom where you never knew you were bound by cast-iron chains
You’ll find a friend, comforter, and healer
The ultimate forgiveness, to save you from an ultimate doom
Until you’ve found yourself at a road, so narrow, looming above a pit of despair
Pencil thin, right through the valley of the shadow of death
But paved of pure gold, pure love and freedom like you’ve never dreamed before
The choice is yours, my dear, my beloved, my child
Will you hold your head up high and rely on me
Will you trust me to catch you when you fall
Or will you turn back to your blissful enemy, your deceitful lover
On the path that is wide, but sodden and destroyed
The choice is yours, my dear, my beloved, my child
Will you be mine?

changedfish- the road less traveled for sure