The Jonah - Pariah

Blinding vision in my mind’s eye

I dream a perfect world where nobody dies

Where tragedy and calamity don’t plague me

No hurricanes devastate my skies

All I touch turns to dust

Know me at your own risk

But don’t get too close

What am I?

(I breed disaster)

Who am I?

So recognize that you’re in danger

The jonah in me will snatch

You life away stay away

Bequeathed this trait down through untold lifetimes

A chaperone that’s smothered me from birth

No family, no confidantes, no love to speak of

All have fallen prey to this wretched curse

My time spent in cold isolation

This warning obscures no deception

Can you tell me

What am I?

I breed disaster

Who am I?

So recognize that you’re in danger

The jonah in me will snatch your life away

Incurring wrath at my mixed emotions

Disconsolate at living out this lie

I yearn to lead a life of inconsequence

But reality makes me kiss this life goodbye