Fated to Despair

A sigh of stale air echoes A cut down to the bone Serrated blade digs deeper As blood and trust flows No good deeds gone unpunished No saint left un-betrayed The sun rises to another Sleepless and unrelenting day A familiar chorus plays As a bridge burns again More faith and hope mislain A tired lesson learned again Faith in god? Failed Faith in self? Failed Faith in others? Failed Faith in salvation? A joke Cries for help ignored All outreach ignored My emotions scorned Message received: worthless Waiting with bated breaths For opportunity to knock Silence, thick and viscous Absence, tangible Effort is unacknowledged All given, none got Thesun sets on another Empty and valueless day No eyes weep for me Seeing only what’s to gain Surprised despite the repetition Half-healed wounds ripped open again Faith in god? Failed Faith in self? Failed Faith in others? Failed Faith in salvation? A joke Cries for help ignored All outreach ignored My emotions scorned Message received: worthless All of life advances by design, cause and effect So what’s the reason for this? Predetermined to fail Destined to ache Fated to despair And in the end it's all for nothing, a lost cause There’s nothing to be gained except perdition All efforts to improve only increase the pain Each day I feel I’m moving farther from the goal Things cannot and will not get any better My muscles atrophy before the cancer spreads And skin rots The greatest lie ever told: Lean on me when you’re weak Delusions hammered home The end light seems so bleak Faith in god? Failed Faith in self? Failed Faith in others? Failed Faith in salvation? A joke Cries for help ignored All outreach ignored My emotions scorned Message received: worthless

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Nov 10, 2025