Rock Bottom

by Jack Nightengale   Sep 17, 2011


Sleepless nights, restless days
Hardly breathing, barely alive
Working to music, break when the chorus plays
Still awake during the weekend, drinking in the morning because somewhere in the world it's five.

Train the body, and train these troops
No time for games, no more jumping through hoops
Craft this coffin, take this hammer to drive the nails in
It all begins in the mind but, in the heart is where it all ends.

Ball and chain, wrapped around my heart
Death's been at my heels, from the very start
Cold, Icy hands pulling, squeezing, choking my soul
Slowly dragging me further into this black hole.

Colder and darker the deeper I go down
Chained and shackled, keeping me bound to the ground
Surgery failed, heart beats out of control
On this bus ride, Rock Bottom is the last stop for this Lost Soul.

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  • 12 years ago

    by LockedAway

    I really like this poem it speaks, it tells how they feel, you have an amazing tallent keep writing

  • 13 years ago

    by Brittany Klein

    ALSO....it is added to my Favorites List ^_^

  • 13 years ago

    by Brittany Klein

    Wow....i Love this... the words drew me in like i was hypnotized..

    "Craft this coffin, take this hammer to drive the nails in
    It all begins in the mind but, in the heart is where it all ends."
    ...I Love those lines, and this one too:
    "Ball and chain, wrapped around my heart
    Death's been at my heels, from the very start"
    ...I love this one and i give it a 5/5
    Keep it up, your really good!

  • 13 years ago

    by Lofallenve

    You wrote this excellently. I loved this, I feel the same way at times.
    5/5

  • 13 years ago

    by Innocent Fairy

    Wow,,,,amazing and sad and good and wow,,,it was so hard to choose a favorite stanza cuz the entire poem is just so fanfastic and amazing,,,but this is some lines i tried to like the most,,,
    Sleepless nights, restless days
    Hardly breathing, barely alive

    i love love loved it 10/10

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