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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