Let The Metal Glide

It seeps from me in rivers;
This pain I hold inside.
Unleashed by metal fury
And the flesh that it divides.

I just can't take this anymore;
I wish that I were dead.
Everything builds up
'Till I'm screaming in my head.

These shadows are much darker
Than the valley of death;
They invade my soul
And steal my very breath.

It's hard to wish that you were dead
And still fear the reaper so;
To wish that he would come today
But feel the fright below.

I tried to resist the urge
But it just overwhelmed me.
It pulsed through my veins
To an unbearable degree.

Mother, please forgive me;
I had to feed the need.
I had to dig the metal in
And watch myself bleed.

It's all that I control
And it staves off the numbness.
It beats away the shadows
And frees what I suppress.

I see the scars that made you cry
And the blood that seeps beside.
Tears escape my weary eyes
And I let the metal glide. . .