G.R.A.C.E. (Getting Renewed And Covered Everyday)

Like the titanic I'm treading on waters slowly sinking

Heart racing, pulse pacing, mind constantly thinking

Trying to figure out, how in hell did I get to this place

From sprinting to walking now crawling, trying to endure the race

Like a dying tree in the forest, I stand in pain

Praying to the healer, to send down the rain

So my roots can stop shaking and be so at ease

That I may once again be a cool breeze

But in a way, like a slave, I'm tired

Tired of  fighting and working so hard everyday only to be fired

And replaced by the very people I've trained

Then off to another job I go, without anything gained

Sometimes I feel like a muppet 

Controlled by the hands of another, like some cheap puppet

I know I am a real boy

But often times I feel like a toy

Being played with by society

And you wonder why I suffer with anxiety 

If only you could walk in my shoes

Then maybe you'd understand what it feels like to lose

Patience I have, but hope seems thin

What must I do to turn this life of mine over again

Who do I have to prove what to

To end this cycle of constantly feeling blue

I wish I could rewind my emotions to when I felt free

I'd travel again and again back to happy me

I wouldn't care at all or have the slightest once of worry

Unfortunately, that's not my story

For my life is real and not make believe

The only way to be a winner is to constantly achieve

That's why even though I feel walked on like the ground

I can't dwell on it too long and keep my head down

Because I have so much to smile about

Even in chaos, my life, without a doubt, is worth a shout

So I must continue to pick back up these pieces of me

And unselfishly choose to be happy

Even though in my shoes lies a strain 

Someone else is walking in more pain 

So forgive me father for being ungrateful

I doubted you, but now I'm back faithful 

I know that I may feel like the titantic 

But I know that you will protect me and never leave me to sink

For you said in your word that you are able to do

Exceedingly and abundantly above all I can ask or think

And I know that you are not a man that you should lie

Therefore I will no longer cry

Instead, I will rejoice and be of good cheer in this place

And continue to thank you for your Amazing Grace

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Lies

Every day it poisons the atmosphere

Condemning reality with make believe

A chain a non-sense foolery 

Spoken to deceive 

Trying to right what's wrong

By providing some hype thrill

Creating an interesting garnish 

To camouflage the real deal

Temporarily distressful yet often successful 

Used in hopes to avoid jail 

Selling our souls to the oppressor 

Making up our beds in hell

Helping nothing, confusing all

Trying hard to make amends 

One plus one after the other plus another

The cycle never ends

Until the chain begins to create a circle

And the circle creates a rope

That tightens the vocal chords to release the truth

And give us hope

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