A KILLER

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    A KILLER

    ANOTHER DAY IM LOCKED INSIDE

    THEY MOVE ME AROUND THE STATE

    DETERMINED TO CLEAR UP EVERY CRIME

    MY PAST DECIDES MY FATE.

    I LOOK FOR HELP FROM THOSE IVE HURT

    THEY ARE SO AFRAID OF ME

    I AM ALONE, THERES NO ONE THERE

    IM DIFFERENT, WHY CANT YOU SEE

    MY FUTURE IS BLEAK, IF FACED ALONE

    I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS END

    IVE HAD IT MY ENTIRE LIFE

    NO RULES AM I ALLOWED TO BEND

    ALL OF US WHO CAME TO EARTH

    ARE SADDLED WITH A LOAD

    BUT NO SICKNESS DO OTHERS TREAT

    AS A CRACK IN THE ROAD

    ADDICTION, AS WEAKNESS, ARE WHAT OTHERS SEE

    'BE STRONG AND DONT GIVE IN'.

    IF STROKE, IF SICKNESS, IF PARALYSED

    ARENT TREATED LIKE A SIN.

    I SEARCH FOR GOD, I LOOK INSIDE

    I TRY TO FIND A WAY.

    TO NOT HURT MYSELF AND IN TURN HURT OTHERS

    SO IN THEIR LIFE I CAN STAY.

    BUT EVEN WHEN I DO FIND THE LORD

    OTHERS CANNOT SEE MY PATH.

    THEY DO NOT KNOW THE TORMENT I FEEL

    TO MYSELF I FEEL SUCH WRATH

    THE EFFORT IVE PUT, THE WILLPOWER IVE SHOWN

    THEY LOOK AT ME AS LESS

    THEY DONT KNOW MY PATH, OR FEEL MY LOAD

    MY DISEASE, ITS CAUSED SUCH A MESS

    BUT JUST BECAUSE IM SADDLED ON EARTH

    WITH A LOAD THAT IS HARD TO BEAR

    IT DOES NOT MEAN I FEEL NO LOVE

    OR FOR OTHERS I DO NOT CARE

    NO THING THAT I DO, OR THOUGHT THAT I HAVE

    CAN CURE THIS SICKNESS INSIDE

    NO WILLPOWER ALONE, OR EFFORT I SHOW,

    INSIDE ME ITS HERE FOR THE RIDE

    SO I TURN TO GOD TO FIND A WAY

    TO HELP ME LIVE WITH THE PAIN

    ITS ONLY THRU HIM AND HIM ALONE

    WILL KEEP ME FROM GOING INSANE.

    SO IN YOUR LIFE, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, WHO SUFFERS

    FROM A SICKNESS YOU CANT SEE

    CHRIST, HE SAID TO ALL OF US

    "AS YOU DO TO THEM, YOU DO TO ME"

    SO I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM ALL OF YOU

    TO LOVE ME AGAIN I DO NEED.

    I AM NOT EVIL, GOD DOES FORGIVE ME,

    SO MUCH, ON A CROSS, HE DID BLEED.



    ----------------------STEVE BOLTON JUNE 13TH, 2009

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    Teardrops commented on A KILLER

    12-02-2009

    the poem will make you think its writtern from the heart i feel you find your life your jail and want to start again

    Madelynn commented on A KILLER

    11-09-2009

    Love that you use caps to make your point. This is loaded with feeling and emotion. You bring the fact of caged right to our doorstep! Again,great poem!

    Tempy commented on A KILLER

    09-03-2009

    you got my forgiveness don't let the past determine who you will become but you know that smile and worry not about what others think but what you want to project and be sincere be strong and you can get through this hard corner in this windy road

    cmlestrade commented on A KILLER

    09-03-2009

    Yes, it is truly Godlike that Christ could love everyone. If he'd live in present times he'd love crackheads. His very nature was love. We Christians are suppose to strive to be like him but as sinners we fall short of his glory and abide by his grace. By asking forgiveness of our Lord you have started on the path to recovery. If you stay on that path others will begin to see the love in you that radiates from Christ. There are many ways to cure the illness of addiction but the steadfast way is through Christ. Be blessed

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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