Cursed

Cursed

Every door slams and every window breaks
Each fight is damned with two or more mistakes
Every king falls and every convict tries
Each day he lives on wishing he could die

You thought you had it all
But you never really did
And you could have kept it all
Until everyone else did

Parades of flame and envy capture true
When the glass slipper becomes a shoe
Street lights burn out and so does the shade
Ideas to silence and peace into violence

You thought that you had it all
But you never really did
And you could have kept it all
Until everyone else did

Cursed, the obscure dreamer with his finger on the trigger
Cursed, the patient children waiting for their parents
Cursed, the future fade out a traitor for a savior
Cursed, the favor out weighed by failure

You thought you had it all
But you never really did
And you could have kept it all
Until everyone else did
Cursed
But you never really did
Cursed
But you never really did

Daniel Jaffke

September 18, 1983 - January 31, 2014