The tainted troubles of a disturbed youth
The trail he trudges is so uncouth
Anxious to finish his boundless battle
While the world around him will shake and rattle

Revealing what has been buried below
The earthquake rumbles to show the show
Desperate to conceal the demons so deep
He struggles to find what he cannot keep

To hold to the things of his deepest dreams
To try to shadow his shrill screams
Muffled before they leave his lips
How common it is as he studies his scripts

Knowing the reckoning will be revealed
All the while he searches for a shield
A barrier to defend him from his own devil
So that he may be able to recoil and revel

But as the ground caves in and he’s buried below
He finds himself planted in a plateau
Unable to change yet longing to leave
He cannot complete what he’s attempted to achieve

So he lies down below with no stop in sight
As he debates with himself whether to forfeit or fight
To take the on his demons face to face
Seeing his faults and finally to embrace

All the things that he could change if he simply strived
It could be as if he was restored and revived
But can he embrace his own mistakes and meet
His other side to make him complete