Sorrow's Spawn

 

I am sorrow's spawn

 

Birth cry hushed by dawn

 

Spit upon the wall

 

The world watched me fall

 

Beat, I crawled away

 

Yesterday's today

 

Bludgeoning my mind

 

Till truth twisted blind

 

Scarred deep in my chest

 

Poisoned, retched pest

 

Sown hideous seed

 

Slice life, born to bleed

 

Joker sold his pawn

 

I was sorrow's spawn

 

©S. Austin Vincoski

Pieces

I know my heart can never break

It was in pieces when I was born

In spite of this, I tried to love

But my welcome sign said "out worn"

The family and friends I once had

So long ago and so far away

Not even one attempted to hear

Not even one intended to stay

I have always known I was flawed

I found those pieces now and then

And all my life I prayed to God

He would put them together again

 

©S. Austin Vincoski

Tyler

 

(In memory of)

 

I see the sunshine in your eyes

It only sets when your asleep

I pray all life has to offer

Someday will be yours to keep

I know this prayer was said in vain

I know each day we live a lie

But it's not fate and it's not fair

To watch an innocent child die

I see such courage in your smile

And pride with each step you take

Amazing strength in your will

Yet your fragile enough to break

I'd give my life to save your own

I'd give my soul to find a way

Carry the burden, endure the pain

To always give you one more day

 

©S. Austin Vincoski

I'm Sorry

How do I say I'm sorry

For hurting you this way

I can never take it back

I live with guilt each day

How do I say I'm sorry

Like you, I was deceived

The facts and proof I had

With persuasion, I believed

How do I say I'm sorry

My heart wont let this go

I beg for your forgiviness

Your innocent and now I know

©S. Austin Vincoski

Ghost

There's angels thrashing overhead
Below them lay my body dead
The life I saw as once my own
Is now no more than flesh and bone
The dance of death finally past
I feel my soul emerge at last
My spirit soars, I've been set free
From earthly ties restraining me
Then once again I feel the ground
I see the humans, I make no sound
Longing for peace I lie in wait
A higher power has sealed my fate
The angels left me for the light
I'm merly a shadow, a ghost of night
A chill that you will sometimes feel
My existence you debate as real
Those to whom I may appear
Dread me as their darkest fear
Heaven's deaf unto my cry
While Hell's demons pass me by
No time or place made for my kind
Unsetteled souls life left behind

©S. Austin Vincoski

My Hero

 

 

 

Never knowing from day to day

What pain you would endure

The chaos you called "childhood"

Was lonely, filthy and poor

 

You hid your tears and contempt

Holding your head up high

You said, they may kill my flesh

But my spirit will never die

 

The echo's of "your no damn good"

You've proven them untrue

And one by one those little boy dreams

Became accomplishments to you

 

The man that you've become

With the strength and courage I see

Alone you've taken on the world

And your truly a hero to me

 

 

©S. Austin Vincoski