My True Self

Sadness overwhelms
my soul
I have lost
all mind control
desecrated beams
of light
I have lost
the will to fight


Moonrise light shines
on my head
I make effort
to get out of bed
happiness gone
from my weakened body
a baby seal
being clubbed for money


Harbored thoughts
I try to conceal
under lock & key,
six-inch steel
wisdom lost
to the darker fiends
I have lost
all needed things


Shattered world
of desecration
I am left with
quiet desperation
living a lie
for all to see
a sordid mirror
revealing me