Saturday, June 13, 2015

Surrender, by Amory McKeever



It's quitter talk
I'm fluent in
Like hallelujah
When you can't win
Just stay down
Let go of hope
Seeing double
Rope a dope
Pack it in
Blow this town
Walk away
Retreat again
From debts unpaid
Fuel the jet
Today's the day
I love my wife
And I love my son
That rearview life
What's done is done
Can't look back
What's left behind
Is just whiplash
To break your neck
Leave you tamed
Beast of burden
Total wreck
Hallow eyed
Empty handed
Shell-shocked pride
Given in
To giving up
Ten count landed
Enough's enough
No secret chord
Or marble arch
There's no victory
Just a march
Into the mire
Soul worn thin
Guess I'm history
And mortal sin
For here I halt
And lay down sword
So damn tired
Of fighting wars
I've won nothing
But more scars
Wounds for salt
To please the Lord

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