Lessons At The End Of A Journey

The end of an era is approaching
Only hours away and the mirror reflects the truth
How much I've gone through all these years
Shows in the scars embedded in my soul
Cut down deep from dirty fingernails
Lessons come to mind from all the blood and sweat exposed
First up is that I'm afraid of nothing now
How can I be hurt by anything if I was never hurt by this
Learning to stand on a razors edge
To cut back when things began to spiral out of control
Reactionary blows fly faster then initiating the hit
Attack from the back and pull forward and steal the heart
Revenge is so sweet with the victims blood is on your lips
Making you cry in the physical is my retribution
Retaliation for what I'm doing in the spiritual
Bleeding through holes that allow my soul to take flight
I've covered them in bandages of steel
Never again will they be reopened
Traumatizing is only half the facts
A part of me enjoyed the suffering that enveloped your mind
Exacting punishment at my whim
It was never about power it was all about principle
Teaching the world through strikes to the head
It's a mistake to try to take from me what you cannot freely get
Laughable to think I am somehow more then just physically changed
Yet I see the marks made by insanities daggers
Again I recall the things I've learned
Realizing that killing isn't something done easily
But the act as an art is swift to justify
Protection as a cover for murder is a Freudian slip
Snatching life out of lungs is simply done with pressure to the neck
I've learned again another way to let the monster out
At the end of the day it's clear to see
That what you brought out was more then I wanted to be
Masks depart and true forms take shape
So don't tell me just tell my ghost
I blame him for all I don't want to know
I'm now a skeleton with the closet door wide open
Ready to be exposed so don't press too hard
This dog is mute and always set to bite
Tearing off heads to get the point across
Lesson learned have a good life boy
You've made this man lifeless for so long
The question is now how will I learn to live?
At least I'm starting off right
With joy in my heart for the first time in many nights
All because I'll never have to see you ever again