Chasing the End
you took my soul in arkansas
but i ran with my spirit to phoenix
you took the challenge to the chase
and followed me there
i fought it out with you for three
years never indicatiing that
my soul was gone and you believed
you owned me spirit and all.....
i wrapped my spirit tenderly and
tiptoed out to arkansas in my
old wreck of a car......had three
flats a long the way....but made it
anyway
i thought i had escaped you when
i went to the breakfast bar and there
you sat all puffed up
and laughing really loud and
saying....did you really think i couldn't
beat that old car?
i couldn't even eat
i ran away very fast
when i realized that i
had my soul back
so no matter where you
follow me, no matter what you say
or swagger, or talk, you
finally lost all the way
the cost is almost unbearable
if i look at all the time at
once. i never look back
because i can't make it
go away.
i just go on and am happy
for each day that goes
by altho there are sometimes
i cannot sleep as for
watching out that something
bad will happen..........and then with
a fresh afternoon nap i realize
i have nothing to fear anymore
then.......i plaster a big smile on
my face and keep my soul warm.
by janetta harrington
Copyright © Janetta Harrington | Year Posted 2007
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