The Black Raven
You want to fly away
But you complain you have been forced to stay
By burden heavy, drags you down
Keeps you chained, keeps you around
So a decision you have made
A huge role in my life has played
On my behalf you did decide for years
It`s been the source of my ungodly fears
I wasn't even able to consent
My part was simply to pretend
That you were sent from heaven
But you were a black, deadly raven
You poked my eyes out, fed off my flesh
You wanted constantly meat fresh
Your burden you decided you could guide
Away you wished that it would hide
Your best companion so true
You tamed it, it was there for you
But you would threaten you would put it down
You were so sick and tired - to you it was bound
Downsides too many - the misery complete
You wished you could just press delete
You felt safe, had company at all times
“Too crowded” - something that you often chimed
You were there to see they put it in the ground
You would be there entitled to making all the sound
It wasn't able to conform
To your wish, unfortunately It was born
And made you feel incredibly forlorn
It was the deviation from the norm
That wasn`t a good sign, oh no!
You had decided so
I have seen all those events unfold
I was left outside alone, in the freezing cold
Out of the question! Bring gold!
The threats of being killed or sold
In this nightmare I was enrolled
Nobody was going to be told!
Sweet revenge you`ve always wanted
The beak at work you put, at me you point it
It was aimed at me for all these years
I`ve given all to you that to me once was dear
I`ve nothing left to give, you hear!
I was left with pure, debilitating fear
But this is something you don't want to take
This is your precious gift to me, oh, no, its my mistake!
Your beak its still aiming at me
Or maybe its just me
And my imagination, my ability to see
Although you took my eyes, I could handle this!
There is something wrong with me that I remember
There`s something wrong with me - my life`s in shambles
It was me whose fault it was
If I only were like those
Out there perfect - never been attacked by ravens
Those who seem to have came down from heaven
I wish I were like them, I do
You do admire them, and I do too
I wish you`d take their eyes instead
I wish you`d take their flesh, make them feel dead
I wonder what they would look like
Maybe in the end we would have been alike
You are still poking at my empty holes, I have been dead
To the ground for long I have been wed
For centuries, I have been, for lifetimes
You haven`t noticed the whole crime
It is perpetrated, it is done
And you are the only one
Pretending they don't know
What only matters it`s your show
You are unhappy, yes, I understand
There`s nothing here to feed on, a dead end
You have eaten all my flesh
Why are you with me so terribly enmeshed?
I am lighter now - just bones!
In the garbage bin thrown
You try to build a tower, house, or maybe fire
Not even close to what you otherwise require
Bury me! Bury me, please!
I do deserve a burial at least
You are free to fly away
There`s nothing here anymore that makes you stay
Demands - impossible to take on
Nobody hears you - a pile of naked bones
Your threats now sound like squeaks
You cannot find whatever you now seek
Just fly away, I`ll rest in peace
My value to you will never increase
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