The Game of Life

This boredom consumes me, 

Guess its time for a thrill

Got a one in six chance

And I'm down for the kill. 

Im the third in this line

And I'm ready to drop. 

As the first finger pulls,

I see the trigger get cocked. 

All i hear is a click

Then a sigh of relief

But the game must go on

Til the bullet's released. 

Now this shot, one in five

Feel the death that is coming,

Im prepared, without fear

Cause my body is numbing. 

Time for guy number two

To step to the plate,

Brings the gun to his temple

And angles it straight. 

He pulls and he pulls

But he can't trip the trigger,

Til he screams in a rage

And slams down his finger.

And finally, now

The revolver in hand

I stare down the barrel

At my 1 in 4 chance. 

The trigger is cold

And the handle so sweaty

And both make it hard 

To hold it there steady. 

Got this gun to my head

Playin Russian roulette

But got no worries now

Cause im finally dead. 

Companions Inferno

As the ground's growing closer,

The end, it grows near,

It seems I've been falling 

For hundreds of years. 

So why now am I dawning

On the decision, that risk?

My last thoughts-- of regret

'Cause my death would be brisk. 

I remember the edge

Of the cliff at the top,

I was happily content

But a fire forced me off. 

Just a touch caused a spark,

That one spark, an explosion.

It was over in an instant

Like a time-lapsed erosion. 

Now I'm praying to God

Like a whine without hope,

To spare me my life

But I figured he won't.

Then a splat, unforgiving,

I was over, this was it...

Til I opened my eyes

To a miracle, a bridge!

I looked down, it was there,

All the others that missed

They surrendered their battles,

Of the pursuit of that kiss. 

Then I followed it along,

Its planks barely stable. 

But a failure to cross

Would surely be fatal. 

Up ahead in the distance, 

I see an entrance to a cave

As I approach, it gets foggy

And dark, I'm deathly afraid.

My last step from the bridge

Is a leap of sheer faith,

It had withered beneath me

But at least I was safe. 

Now I set off into darkness, 

Not 'cause I can't return,

Because that fire was closing

And I had begun to grow burnt. 

So I roared through the cave,

Just as the flames on my tail

Til the end of the darkness,

Turned an ocean unveiled. 

I dove into the water

And swam until I couldn't,

And even then, I just floated

With the winds and the current. 

My aspirations are crumbling,

And dreams fading away,

All my sores and my wounds

Exponentially ache. 

So I pushed and I powered

All my will and my might

Cause the quest was near ending, 

All my treasure now in sight. 

The glowing gold of the sun

Tainted by a silhouette alone,

Proved I'd soon have my prize

All I've wanted all along. 

When I finally reached it

Life collectively stopped

Besides the fire behind me,

Which I fortunately caught. 

What I thought was an enemy

Was an angel, just pushing me forward, 

It was the answer to my prayers

And propelled me when cornered. 

But all that is over, 

Behind me, in the past,

Because now that I have it,

Its my first and my last. 

Now I'll never surrender

No matter how tough,

Cause I'll always have this trophy

And that'll never be not enough.