Close to the wire for another NTT submission

I stand alone like a Zebra on the veld pastures gazing into the past
Seeing the wall I built around my heart knowing it was built to last
Tired of the painful feelings that keep repeating in my broken mind
Keeping a sharp eye out not letting anyone get to close this time
A tattoo of a shattered heart held together by a long blue ribbon
Is largely placed over my heart and is now covering my entire sternum

The plague of a thousand tears has poured into my hearts chambers
Placed with total abandonment from a few malicious female painters
Breaking trust is all to common in this new century where we live
I'll use you until your broken and have no more that you can give
Then in the blink of an eye I will trash your world for you to feel and see
As this all unfolds in real time bet your ass you will remember me

Just like a pride of lions that set and wait to pounce upon their prey
I need to be honest and think maybe it was me that made it this way
Was it hurtful abuse when I'd run the streets earning unlawful coin
Not recognizing the urges that you had growing in your moist groin Reflecting back on those moments in time I sadly sat down and cried
Knowing the feelings of any new love I felt I needed to quickly hide

Unlike the markings of the Zebra plainly seen in only black and white
Our emotions travel in gray areas mixed between wrong and right
Time has a way of letting us grow cold if we don't take time to justly see
To hammer this point home, this is on my mind and causing me misery
But stop a second and let me explain what I am trying to get across
What I thought could never happen again has left me at a total loss

As fall creeps into winter I notice a strange thing happening to me
Walls are beginning to crumble and I've got a case of happy feet
A long lost desire of companionship is what I feel that I need to obtain
By doing this not so simple thing I can have peaceful insanity once again
So after trials and tribulations that have played on this old minds screen
I flirt with an unobtainable idea of love that is classy but never mean

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