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The Open Road

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The open road is a daunting passage
,
as much as the one tunneling inwards
.
It allows us room
 for every painful challenge
,
when they concern the echo
 of hesitant words.

The walking wounded drift
 beside desolate highways
,
mouthing the silent prayers of what the ravaged say
.
Their absent shadows proof sunlight tends to betray;
they survive by their wits and the moonlight’s sway.

They need a purpose,

they want their innocence returned
.
They want a reason,

they need for love to be reaffirmed.
But their shame binds them
,
so they’re mentally insolvent
.
When made to pay the price
,
for their history’s involvement.

The open road is a scary dream sequence,

as much as the one that's suffocating inside
.
It forces us to face the fact we must grapple with,
doing what is needed just to chip away at our pride.

The stagnant wounded exist 
in a state of suspended animation,
The humbling spiral within damnation, mouths a trembling oh

The very silhouette of what Fear drowns and what Fate throws

They want a purpose,

they need their light sustained.
They need a reason,
they want their fright contained.
But their shame blinds them
,
so they’re woefully unskilled
.
When it comes to choosing,
a healthy way to be fulfilled.

Our open roads can be cut off too abruptly,
as suddenly as reason that fuels the heart.
If foundations start to shake violently,
and nothing's left to sustain the spark.

The fatally wounded haunt neglected cemeteries
,
moaning woeful songs inspired by fragmented memories.
Their visages are proof of how mortality comes about its way
,
if it wants to be no longer
 and hands die by the grieving blade.

They needed a purpose,

they wanted hope to be ignited
.
They wanted a reason,

they needed love to be requited.

But bitterness
 undermined their motive
,
and they swore they were beyond repair
.
When suffocating loneliness felt pressured
 to pay the price
,
for the love that the
 focus of their affection refused to share.
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The-Archaeon's avatar
Your way with words is exquisite. Masterful strokes of ingenuity painting a very vivid image in any reader's mind :)