David

I’m a fool, hiding in the caverns of your skin
This love’s diary now lost, written in the inks of sin
Since you left me, there’s no way back 
My nerves of steel have begun to crack 

When you would lean in for a tender kiss 
How I dream to return to that solitary bliss 
I wipe my tears but the thought will still remain 
The canopy has opened, and for that let it rain

As the water pours gently down my skin 
The remains of you, swirling in an insipid spin 
You destroyed me in an intimate fate 
Kept me captive in a spine tingling state

Rough edges of the words you spoke 
Pierced me with every word you wrote 
 I would let your lips clean up this blood 
Let the dam crumble, bringing on this flood 

Each day I sink deeper into this dark sleep 
So I say open the gates and let them reap 
Your memory is carved into the mist as the sun rises
I’m fighting to remember what your love surmises

So when I walk into the sunset and begin to forget 
I’ll trace it in my eyelids for when it’s to set 
You taught me your tenderness, let your eyes caress mine
This melody of passion, you were my partner in rhyme

The thought of you is still hanging in each sorry note
A flicker of my eyelids is all that keeps my brain afloat
As I try forget when our lips used to entwine 
That I am yours, but I forgot you are no longer mine.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Agustin Avatar
June 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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