The Final Embrace

A smile displayed, a weary face;

Soon to fade, without a trace.

When laughter fades, it ends in disgrace;

It's overplayed, this damn rat race.

A part I've played, so full of grace;

A fickle charade, a hollowed space.

Emotions frayed, hearts interlace;

As my world cascades, a spiral staircase.

A community betrayed, a stampede, a chase;

A cause portrayed, without a base.

People degrade as they set the pace;

Tearing apart what we can't replace.

Dreams delayed, ambitions misplaced;

As doubts invade, too dark to erase.

Tonight, I prayed from a lonely place;

In hand, a blade—my final embrace.