other Dark Horizons

[Pythor 1,354]

 

 DARK HORIZONS 

 

Yeah

I'm at a crossroads in my life 

It's time to pick or choose

I'm starting to feel the strife

Hanging on too tight

Before I'm letting loose

Light a fuse

 

Sometimes aloof 

But never far from the truth

Don't refuse

Shoot for the moon

But crash through the roof 

Can't elude

Hate to move

But dreams force me to lose

I'll peruse

See it through

But may turn out as a ruse

 

I'll allude

To the fact that my mind's out of whack

Hack through lies into fact

It's just hard to grasp

My surroundings always attempt to distract

Focus blurring

Until I finally start to lose track

 

It's a trap

There's never any time to relax

Battling my inner instinct to relapse

Into a state of mind that can't be shaken back 

Wish in real life there was an option to hack

Unlimited time

And the chance to relive the past

 

I'm backed

Up to a wall of cash

I'm trapped

Between the pressure of my work and rap

Might snap

Learned to deal with less than half

Do the math

Goal of greatness and I'm on the path

 

But is it the right road?

Or am I on a highway to darkness without a lamp or night scope

Light mode

Know the past but the future is ice cold

Life goes

Whether you like it or not its got a mind of its own tone

 

I work alone

Less chance for my emotions to roam

Life's a loan

I'm a prisoner to what I've been prone

Quite a load

Through these hardships I'll continue to grow

Staying honed

Eyes focused on the horizon of my goals

 

Procrastination nation

Unwanted unwelcome invasion

Inflamed and enraged patience

Slave to constant frustration

 

Obstacles causing abrasion

Friction impedes my elation

Me and my mind in odd relation

Both in overdrive

Running minimal sensations

 

Face to face

With all my fears and disgrace

It's checkmate

Buried beneath the rubble of due dates

Too late

Maybe I'll learn to conquer it someday

Retrace

This tirade and you might embrace it from my way

 

Yeah

Even the lyric norm

Certain rules I have to follow that I can't ignore

I'm torn

Caught against law and repertoire

Detour

Off the main road and blazing my own course

 

Encore

Got the drive but the bruisings left me sore

Keep score

Tally one for the grind and one for my meek form

Seek more

All this stress has left its damage on my soul

I'm worn

Out by the burdens that I've born

 

(beat drops)

 

In an attempt to combat the depression

Running rampant

And causing the expanse of agression

The lesson

That the world injects in

All the messages they cement in their lectures

 

"Follow your heart

Don't swallow any words that may imply you're not awesome

Love yourself

Do what's best for your own health

Forget all the past regrets you're reliant"

 

But there's a fine line to tread

The last thing you want

Is all this praise to get to your head

I hate to say it

But I learned it the hard way

The world doesn't always revolve around what you say

 

The point I'll be riding

Is that struggles refine us

Though outsider descriptions may trouble to define us

This alliance

Of humility and defiance 

Will serve to forever reserve

The ability to preserve

Through the trials

 

Take this drive

And make it time to apply 

This type of treacherous grind

Throwing your life out on the line

Each day I find

The road has fewer green lights

But at the same time

Gleaning truer insight

On what it means to keep trying

 

I'd be lying 

If I said I never rely on

The presence of divine guidance 

To bless me with consistent providence

 

Facts are tragic

When you cross paths with a maniac

Ranting insults

At your frantic insistence

Of science 

 

Quite absurd

How I weave words into verse

This time I won't leave space for resurgence

Lord knows audience 

Deserves it

 

Revert this curse

Wish I could reverse the inertia 

Caused by frenzied assertions

That I'm rebuilding my person

Like a surgeon

Plots his insertion

I carefully drop my rhyme version

Without stopping to work on 

Any spot to provoke em

 

The religious precision 

With which I make erratic predictions

Sparks emphatic conviction

Crowd feeds off the fanatic condition

 

I envision

A system

Unlocking riches of wisdom

But a debacle to listen

I've talked

But they blocked me and missed it

 

Life is frigid

I've caught ridiculous friction

As I sought to deliver

They mocked me 

With concoctions elixir

 

Poison dripping from comments

Toxins filling my logic 

Outsiders grilling and drilling

My thoughts of nostalgia

 

And after all that

I'm still left with the question

That demands my attention

It's required 

But I'm frankly too tired to mention

 

Though the future is hazy

There's now some hope for me maybe 

If I can cope

Through the feeling to mope about lately

 

Fears kept me crazy

The unknown tries to persuade me

To groan

And to constantly moan there's no saving

 

But I've got fight in me reigning

Right over wrong never waning

There's light

At the end of the night to remain in

 

Living life can be draining

But newfound focus has made me

Overcome

What I use to succumb to daily

 

 

(lyrics written by Pythor)

 

[Person_Random 4,991]

Feeling down and overwhelmed? We're with you - school and work has taken a huge toll on our team. Luckily for you (and me), Pythor has prepared "Dark Horizons", a lyrical piece motivating you to continue on and stay strong in this journey of life. Take a moment to immerse yourself in the rhythm and the words, and we guarantee you'll emerge stronger!

[Lose 881]

Amazing. I'm gonna use this as inspiration for future poems.

[Venerable 2,970]

Beautiful.

This piece has really helped me appreciate raps better than before (earlier, I used to consider a rap as a random string of words said very fast - it seemed pointless), and reading the lyrics of a rap is a very different experience (in a good way).