Holding On

in spite of my heart that lays in the open in spite of the love irrevocably broken I hitched to a star that shoots from the sky and all I imagined I saw in your eyes you saw the future and that I was in trouble as you sang about the light at the end of your tunnel the lyrics were vague and I know not for me but I hung on each word and continued to read it all fell apart and started to fray a polaroid that is blurred and time will fade I pen the same thoughts but in different words in case you are listening and still haven't heard I interview each prospect and things it could mean each one leaves me wanting and lacks what I need I'm stumbling forward as I give it two shots and even on my best day, I yearn for what's lost you tell me to hope, not give up on a belief you ply me with truth, like the friend that I need I drink from your cup, and pretend all of these things as dreams corrode with rust and fantasy intervenes