Let me call this love, hope, and trust.
The end of all we thought would come true,
A perfect world with you;
The exile of my dreams.
You once made me a promise,
A few meaningless words strung together you used,
Tighter than a bow string;
To grasp my heart and tear it apart.
On desolate cold nights
I realize what those beautiful words hold.
I now know there is no such thing as love.
In my heart Im falling for you head over heels,
In my head Im walking away.
I know our love will last forever, for an eternity
Except our love never began
I just wish that you would have held me
just once.
I am not that lucky, not that special; not that unique as to hold your love.
I dont have you here with me.
In truth, youve never been here.
Oh how I love you, my life is yours, forever, no matter where you are.
Ive become a simple rag doll for you to throw to a pack of wolves.
Do with it what you will, I trust you enough to keep it intact.
The teeth marks in my skin take longer to heal than a clean wound.
Keep my love, my trust
myself, safe within your arms.
If I had one last day on Earth, an end to a life ravaged by sorrow,
All I could ask for
would be for you to be with me; kissing me, loving me as no
other can.
All I could ask for
would be to see your cooling flesh on the ground.
Oh my shadow, do not leave me to a place I cannot find you;
Where I cannot seek my revenge.
I wouldnt be able to bear it, seeing you like that
my strength would be gone.
Please is all I can ask, stay and let me treat you as Ive been treated.
I can dream and hope for the rest of my life
And I could still pass you by
I cannot live without you; I wont live without you
But I Can... and I Cant
So I sit here in thought, wondering which one of your two sides
is truly you.
The poem's ability to be read both as a continuous piece or as two separate parts by reading every other line was not something I noticed until you pointed it out, but it was well and cleverly done. The symbolism of such a potential was also very interesting - it reminds the reader of the conflicting emotions, either one of which could consume the soul, but which together can tear it in half. Your word choice, as always, is lovely.
I believe my favorite part of the piece is the contrasting set of lines "I know our love will last forever, for an eternity.../Except our love never began..." Out of all the others, I think that best exemplifies the theme of a love ignored and crushed. Also, wondering which half is the real person definitely spoke to me - probably to everyone else as well, we've all been there before.
A beautiful piece - very sad and emotional, but very beautiful.
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