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Casualty Of Circumstance

Casualty Of CircumstanceĀ 

I tarnished your evil desire to hate me before the saints of steelĀ 
I knew your skeletons were about to blossom from the dirtĀ 
A garden of unkept secrets kept the anguish aliveĀ 
Trapped in an inferno of your own transgressions you tried to extinguish the pain by blaming meĀ 
I never engage with wounded preyĀ 
You despised what I have become and continue to transcend intoĀ 
I am not the same boy you used to knowĀ 
With respect I must decline your invitationĀ 
To still pity you after all these years aches with insanity but heals with accomplishment.Ā 

The bitterness you inhaleĀ 
It’s a toxic paradox trapping us both in a game neither of us know who startedĀ 
I refuse to keep watching over youĀ 
Playing the mother to a childless soul hurt more than pretending everything was fineĀ 
I had to be the father I never knew to a son who was a casualty of circumstanceĀ 
You may have put me in your thoughts but I was never really in your prayers.Ā 

Yes I miss the days when there still was this idea of normal for youĀ 
That was never the objective when it came to meĀ 
Why am I always the survivor?Ā 
I stopped asking that question when you finally admitted your failuresĀ 
You now and always will have me to look at as a casualty of circumstance.Ā 

Ā© 2018 Randle Allshouse Jr.

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