Further Brilliance For You Banal
SOMETIMES SWANS SWIM AWAY TOO SOON
What will happen if I feel this way every single day?
What will happen when my swan swims away
The sun rises and so do I, unsure if I can do all the things I must
Because a lady turned my hopes into ashes and dreams into dust
It’s always the same time when I watch the moon finally die
And only after a few hours do I begin to cry
I cry for my loss, I weep for my anger and I wail for my pitiful pain
Yet I feel only loneliness while I should harbor such disdain
But then I ruminate on how selfish of me it would be
How cruel to cage a swan when she yearns to swim so free
Free every day to discover a new pond, stream or lake
Oh, but what is also unfair is the feeling when I awake
It’s all the recollections of such a very short while
Which now makes me frown when once she made me smile
It’s a hurt so deep a canyon cannot compete
But I suppose even for a short while I should be glad we came to meet
So no matter what I’d like to know what the universe has to say
Will I eventually tame my sorrow so as not to feel like this every day?
I’d like to be granted an exemplary excuse
And now I’m crying every evening since I set my swan a loose
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Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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