Cutting against the grain is tough
Battle tested dressed in scars
It’s never easy when it gets rough
Unable to reach the falling stars
Opportunity often left to chance
I’m so done with second guessing
Forbidden love is a cosmic dance
With issues that need addressing
Is the chase better than the catch?
Did I make a wrong turn somewhere?
Manipulation is code for playing fetch
And I’m not even close to going there
Born skeptical by nature I’m told
Others think it’s paranoia induced
Still not buying the lies being sold
With all the division it’s produced
Focusing on the light grows hard
With all this darkness moving in
Pain always leaves a calling card
An agenda lurking behind a grin
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2025
hello dearest Damian I love the flow here and the content is so true I feel you on this ❤️
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Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Brenda. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Well said my friend. A powerful message I can relate to.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
i love this…the rhyming scheme…your words, impressively expresses the
compelling validity that stares us in our faces. an amazing write!
~ c
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, C. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Dear D,
For me this was on fire. I kept thinking of close calls trying to stay in my lane at the same time of feeling lured into another. With just enough sliver of light to keep the full on pitch black from engulfing my soul. Intense write. Great piece. H🌷
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, H. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Too many close calls, I know the feeling as well. Appreciate you.
Damian
I like how this moves through doubt and self-interrogation without rushing to answers. The questions feel earned, not rhetorical.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Thomas. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thanks for your amazing commentary and continued support. Appreciate you.
Damian
There’s a simultaneous sense of strength and uncertainty in this that drag at me. Like you know you made the right choice, but how close was it to the edge? That feeling I know all too well. If we’re not reviewing actions, we’re probably doomed to repeat them. Goes for individually as well as globally. Another layered one. Keep chasing thought, my friend. You always bring gold when you do
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I think your commentary is a pretty spot on analysis, and it definitely applies to both. I’m too old to learn a different trick when it comes to chasing the truth my friend. lol. Appreciate you.
Damian
Love this! Skepticism is not paranoia, though gaslighters may disagree. Experience provides a roladex of patterned behaviors, and when there’s multiple red flags its no longer paranoia but an obvious truth.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Anna. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I concur with your powerful and precise commentary. Appreciate you.
Damian