LOST IN TRANSLATION

Walking in the shadows
Not recognizing the person I see
So sad and alone
Hatred is becoming me
A narrow path of self-destruction
Recklessness covers my eyes
I look up, but only encounter even darker skies
My existence; just a figment of this reality
Slowly morphing my perceptive mentality
Grasping at purity that eludes my soul
Searching and hoping
Struggling to stay whole
Hoping for a spec of light to help guide the way
On this altered path I trod
Ridiculed and beaten by frustration
Painfully lost in translation