Beached Whale
Im like a whale
Beached on your sand
I was too stupid to know
I wasn’t meant for land
That evolution doenst happened
As fast as you planned
That when you saw me out of water
I was too big so you ran
Im left staring at your footsteps
Imprinted on the sand.
Remember how I was big enough
To carry you across the sea
You were my Jonah when you needed me
I became your bridge
To take you from point A to point B
But Ive drawn a line in the sand
That your bridge wont cross
Because when you share the same land
You share it for all that it cost
You pried me open
But my pearl was too stained
From the last time I was opened
And left out in the rain
Im not a bookend
My only role isn’t your support
I had imagined we were like two sticks
Propped together
Able to stand in the wildest of weather
For even man can stand on two legs
When hes not sober
As long as he as the other
He might sway but he wont fall over
It takes two to tango
It takes two to fight
Yin and yang still need each other
Even though they are black and white
I guess the point of this poem
Is I cant run a two legged race
Without your legs
And Ill never get to the place
Where you want me to be
If your not willing to lend
a little of your support to me
Copyright © Jeremy Moore | Year Posted 2011
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