And That’s What I Want
By Ashleigh Hatter
Could there ever be
A night for me
to escape without the darkness
breathing
on my neck
weighing down my chest
robbing me of rest and all the dreaming that I miss
Could I ever see
a moon rise in relief
a star shine all its peace
teasing
of a time
when all I try to rhyme
could ever come to pass to please the hole inside my soul
But something tells
something red and hellish yells
something – heaven and feathers – spells
bells all clingin
this hard life aint one I’m leavin
satisfaction aint worth seein
cause my whole art is born and tells of harder lives than what I want
So pushin on
I’m cast in bronze
I’ll heap it on
more coals to sleep upon
cause gold aint for me
cause fire’s made for me
cause everything I eat and breathe aint nothin but a dream for me
and dammit! I pass these dreams
my dreams!
All onto you
cause that’s the right – the right thing to do
for me to raise up you and wish you the best
and stoke the fire inside your chest
Chase them dreams and learn to soar
and all my pain
what I endured won’t seem so bad
so callous
now that Heaven done filled your chalice and robbed you of malice
so you can live a happy forever
And that’s what I want.

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