May 2005
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Taken Me to the Second Degree by Patrick Young

The Path Paved by Patrick Young

Taken Me to the Second Degree

Burning inside
You think not
You hope not
I know so

No matter what I say
It means nothing
You torture me
You take no clue

You still think I lie to myself
And to you
This all to help yourself
It does nothing but torture me

Stabbing my gut
Burning my heart
Taking it further than before
Killing my mind
Burning over past scars laid upon my heart

Through the mirrors I must go
Impossible to pass through
No matter what I want,
I am unable to cross into the happiness

This time is different
This one is none of my fault
My far sight tears me down
Too far to get to
And if close
Your thoughts make it unable to pass through

I take my hand
Clinch together
And lose control

The silver glass falls
Into pieces it goes
Still able to work
My hand broken to the last bone
Falling to the ground
I look into the silver again
This time while down
Weeping for my destroyed body part

Beaten and broken
Covered in blood
This at the expense of you
My emotion too great
To great for my control
Leaving me here,
On the ground,
Weeping
In blood
It all do to your torture
And you burning me,
Burning over wounds not yet healed
As you have taken my burns,
To the second degree
-Patrick Young

The Path Paved

In the darkness of night
True solitude
Of mind
And heart

Breeze whistling by
Sounds of branches cracking
Looking as empty as my heart
Alone in the darkness of night

Look for light
One small shimmer
Aimed down
To my feet

The path revealed
An appearance of gold
Is this made for greatness?
Am I?

Or is my life in vain?
Never understood
The only one to, is me
Why can’t it be thee?

Fill my heart
Use this golden light
And reveal your face
Show thyself

This path being dampened
Walking through the freezing rain
Making the turn from past to future
Before proceeding,
A second thought
Storm intensifying
Forcing me to move along

Should I take the road less traveled?
Change myself
No, I follow, through memory
Knowing every nook and cranny

Fill my heart
Show me truth
No longer necessity
Give me truth
Fill my heart forever more
-Patrick Young