Soothe the Burn

How can I be myself?
I don't know who I am.
How can I believe in life?
I don't know where I stand.

Endless wandering...
Forever wondering...
Don't know who
or what I am.

Ceaseless craving...
Constant raving...
Don't want to be
what I have been.

If I could look through your eyes
How would I appear?
If I could use your ears to listen
what else could I hear?

Restless dreaming...
Mental screaming...
Can't seem to handle
the pain of today.

Death - rehearsal...
Life reversal...
Seeing the anguish
in a whole new way.

If I could read between my lines,
I wonder what I'd learn.
How can I ever find peace
using fire to soothe the burn?


© Barry Wayne Veinotte