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DIRT NAP
by tom jensen
Can you tell me when
this ride is going to end?
I've been a passenger in this car
Going from here to there
both near and far
I've been a prisoner
of my own device
Not the way I planned it
being stranded for my entire life
Just what exactly would you recommend?
What type of direction would you give
Which track goes back
to the past so that I can relive
The last two decades of my life
Then I would be ten again
and I'd seek alternative advice
Is that possible
would you tell me my friend?
Still I haven't given up
and I haven't yet given in
I've just thrown all of my fears
up into the wind
No more living off of the cuff
I've finally had enough
Of playing the game
not to lose rather than win
When my life is over
my heart stops beating
and I am dead
There won't be any regrets
hanging above my deathbed
When my time finally expires
I won't be buried a liar
No one will have said
that I just sat there
scratching my head
For finally I'll have followed through
on all the things I've said
Sure, I've been victimized by time
but it wasn't by design
And I am still paying the penance
yet never have committed the crime
The jury never heard
a single one of my words
When they said I was guilty
they're were all lying
The cloud of misery
that has shadowed me
And the negativity
that used to travel through me
I used to think
it would unravel me
Especially when the judge
threw his gavel at me
But now everything is fine...
For I haven't given up
and I haven't yet given in
I've just thrown all of my fears
up into the wind
No more living off of the cuff
I've finally had enough
Of playing the game
not to lose rather than win
When my life is over
my heart stops beating
and I am dead
There won't be any regrets
hanging above my deathbed
When my time finally expires
I won't be buried a liar
And no one will have said
that I just sat there
scratching my head
For finally I'll have followed through
on all the things I've said
And with that I'll take a long dirt nap
and see what lies ahead...
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my preciousby lyricalangst89 views
Thank you lyricalangst. Great poetry really.
chonesong 8 months ago