Steps to the Edge

Location

22701
United States
38° 25' 55.1496" N, 77° 59' 48.1344" W

Solitude and empty windows
Silence in the cold strewn world
Silence in hardened hearts
Live through wished death

Searching for unknown goals
Something to fill the gaping space
Howling memories die screaming
Ruins within ruined mind

Running circles and returning and returning
Caring in the past
Face open to the freezing cold
Drifting and running and hiding from things that don't exist

Barren house and cheap hotels
Dirty and forgotten and done
One night stands on snowy rooftops
Death lurking below

Crooked fingers and evil eyes
Lurking in corners
Footsteps laid in ashen pavement
Hollow hearts buried alone

Heaven never existed
God has forsaken
Corner's home and beggar's meal
Know all is nothing but a name

Echos against the garden walls
Restless nights calling for help
Calling for help
Searching…

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savigirl14

Amazing

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