The Sting

The poem is about betrayal; putting your trust into someone who you are comfortable with and getting hurt in the end. It's definitely not my greatest piece, but I've gotten lots of positive reception.

I see the moon, blackened skies

I force myself to close my eyes

Tainted windows, memories

Why did you leave me able to see

I can't stop from searching

Finding pieces of mind

Drowning out this yearning

I have to sail with this flawed design

We close our eyes to find we're running back in time

We turn our heads to see the sights we left behind

Left behind

Hold me back, I can't go anymore

I'm diving in our minds and there's no shore

Why do I sink? I'm not for sure

I guess I don't know what I'm going for

I've been baptized in oceans

The open bath of tears

Cleanse the soul of hoping

So I have no denial to fear

Struggling to live without a relapse

Flowing through the phases I deny

I want to snap at every single synapse

Don't want to feel the hurt this time

We close our eyes to find we're running back in time

We turn our heads to see the sights we left behind

Left behind

Hold me back, I can't go anymore

I'm diving in our minds and there's no shore

Why do I sink? I'm not for sure

I guess I don't know what I'm going for

We take our eyes off of pleasant things

A little darkness shades the sting

It's better to feel than fake it all

It's better to heal, than prolong my fall

We break in tears, I slam my fist

There's another man you'd rather kiss

My heart sinks low, my veins twist

I'm another man you'll never miss

Swallow my thorns so I can watch you choke

If I wanted to kill, you would never know

Because it's those feelings inside that I never show

The more they're locked up, the greater they grow

We take our eyes off of pleasant things

A little darkness shades the sting

It's better to feel than fake it all

It's better to heal, than prolong my fall

Author's Note

I got the name after I watched the movie "The Sting". It's a great movie. Anyways, the title, to quote Wikipedia (lolz): "...refers to the moment when a con artist finishes... and takes the mark's money... If a con game is successful, the mark does not realize he has been [cheated], at least not until the con men are long gone. "

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