Lights Decay

Foaming Ocean 
Endless Horizon
 Astir in the light of the dawn

 I woke up lost 
On a shimmering shoreline
 Not where I'd laid my head at night
 At the end of the road
 Never lies another day to be astray 

How did I end up in here out of nowhere? No sign of the dark, no recall 
A distinct feel of being home Arose with the morning sun
 Why wouldn't I stay if I feel I belong? On a journey worth a lifetime abroad By the wavy sea Misty roads are behind me A sublime privilege to be On these shores of liberty But one more time I turned to see The world I have left behind me Without words staring aghast The smoke rising behind the vast

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

No restrictions Unmade roads leading nowhere That's what I want To break the shackles and forget them No one around to tell me where I belong This independence is making me stronger A sea of trees Surrounds me Gone for good Building up my sanity By unlearning Renewed for good Learning to live By unlearning Resurrected from absence Reborn on the run Arisen from the mist Cherished by the sun How can a single thought of bliss Redeem my time in the abyss Resurrected from absence Reborn on the run Arisen from the mist of fear-saturated sun How can a single deed Give me all I need Unlearning to give my life away

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

I made my choice I could not stay At the red sun's dawn I'm on my way Creeping the silent streets Watching out not to tread In the revealing red Through the morning haze Searching my way out of this maze The shimmer is not so gray Behind this alleyway I am out The day I thought I'd never see My veins are filled with liberty I pierce the system of greed Redeem my pain with this deed Sensations arising from novelty The steel transforming into lea The menacing shadow throbs internally Away from oppression Leap into the wild Cut loose Onward Off benighted sleep Cut loose Onward Off living benighted Mountains loom Spreading across my eyes I can see the red sun rise

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Rusty and grey, lights decay Derelict houses are rampant Smog covers the air as a pall Stagnation in front of us all Atmosphere of fear Visibly subordinate mass No resistance at all Just people obeying their call Notably vague vision In the eyes of the folk Was I the same before the realization Praise reign Woe as our mandatory load Leads into alienation The barren souls are crushed into the ground Their dreams were never true Atmosphere of fear Visibly subordinate mass Constantly observed area I must flee from here Rusty and grey is the new day In the eyes of the folk Was I the same before A travesty of man Our dreams were never true They were never true

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I kept my eyes peeled on a loophole Used the chance I had and got through In the outer side of a broken past Sensing the freedom at last An upbeat outcast Skies are illumined Decaying lights are just a relic of the bygone times This newfound mindset allows me to be Beyond the system that restrained me I reach to reclaim the view I had Lost it in the pressure couldn't stay intact But now my eyes are open wide to see The light in redemption Right there right before my eyes The shimmering periphery to freedom lies And now my eyes are open wide to see The light in redemption I'm loose from the fading lifelines Building solely on my needs But I made a choice to be destined into uncertainty What if they find you when you're weak alone unwell Are you willing to cross the line? Your lifelines will be few As forsaken all you knew For the sake of your notion See the light A border to freedom What if they find me when I'm weak alone unwell Am I willing to cross the line? After taking this step Which I soon might regret There is no going back

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025