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Five Minutes to Midnight
Tick
Tick
Tick
The clock is ticking
Step
Step
Step
Forward without thinking
We hold
Stay
Support
But only inner
Never showing outside the bubble
Pain rages behind the walls
The stew of trouble
Muted calls
A single bullet
A bottle of pills
A shining blade
A wishful thrill
All through out these stormy nights
A button pressed
A cigarette light
Unnoticed by us who forget the trouble
The constant pain
The torment doubles
The people walk through crowded streets
Not a soul to say
They saw the least
Our church sits on the corner
A steeple rises above our order
Our hypocritical call for truth
For fair
And right
And just
And group
Lying beneath the tower’s shadow
Disregard beneath the mallows
Praying hands
Meaningless symbol
Those who cry
We have forgotten
A shot is fired
A handful swallowed
A wrist is cut
No time is borrowed
Tick
Tick
Tick
The clock is ticking