'ere I Sleep

I lay still,feeling futile 
Is this really how Love should be? 
Somehow you appear as a phantom 
As if i do not know you at all, 
Is this a true space? 
Where you are so grand 
And i am so small. 
'Ere I sleep 
I contemplate for awhile, 
Unsure whether to return to my own world 
Or wait for the change. 
This hold that you possess 
I somehow am unable to bear 
And yet i remain beside you, 
Keeper of my destiny 
But it is as if i am not there. 

I close my eyes,fearing to dream 
Lost and slowly fading 
You always approach me. 
Without wanting to let you in 
I already know you hold the key 
You must tell if this is how Love should be. 
I see you as my personal fiction 
And my darkest night, 
I long to be a soul of Freedom 
No longer desiring to be seated in the palm of your hand. 
'Ere I sleep 
I often do wonder what it is that i am to become, 
Whether life here is worth living 
Or would it be better to have me run. 
The state of my sanity 
Solely depends on you 
And the image i see before me 
Is no longer of profound quality 
But a somehow vile and wounded memory.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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September 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM
a deep and strong of a write, i love the last line, enjoyed this one...P.D.
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