Never Know Peace

They crawl behind me from the dark,

Fluffing my tail, lighting my spark.

If I trip up, I will return to the start.

If I escape, they will wreck my car.

But I keep running down the hill,

The water watches me, phony and still.

They shoot me with pink sleeping pills,

Breaking in half my counterfeit will.

I patch up the bruises while hiding in trees,

And I hope nobody hears my pleas.

The strenght in me is now on its knees,

But if I surrender, I will never know peace.

-Jackie