Written for lucablue and her amazing story What Doesn't Kill You. (It's saved in my fave stories if you wanna check it out)
What Doesn't Kill Me
I can't help but wonder
Why I'm left this way
As the moonlight lingers
Why I lived today
What doesn't kill me
Leaves me for dead
I'm glad I have a brother
Who'll drag me to bed
But even in morning's
Glare, our new reality
Doesn't get any better
With the scars we see
Jagged bruises, numbing bites
Gobbled up pieces of a better time
We grew up for just to fight
The ruthless beasts we find
I wish I'd never known
I wish I'd never touched a gun
I wish I could find a home
But hunting is never done
I'll just have to bury
My old and tired bones
Trying to forget memories
In another motel like home
What doesn't kill me
Makes me wish it had
Just so I can finally quit
Without disappointing my dad.