Repetitious Affairs

Hell's Dust

I lay here bleeding

and I'll never be the same

although I am now dying

I am the one who's filled with shame

I'm suffocating silently

and my paper skin is torn

I cannot halt my weeping

I am seen as an object of scorn

Although I am still here -

my breath shallow as a pond

I cannot see the light -

life has abandoned our strong bond

I'm withering to nothing

and soon I'll be hell's dust

He hasn't saved me this time -

Though I was told "In God We Trust"

I've been punctured by fresh wounds

that I know will surely kill

there is no point now in fighting -

I have lost all of my will

My life before my eyes

is one I wish did not replay

I do not need to relive it

I want it all to go away

The end is surely nearing

and as I breathe my final breath

I pray that I won't be haunted

by you long after my death.