Plant A Tree Poetry Poet Lyric

I Walk Barefoot Across the Gravel and I Feel No Pain

I walked barefoot across the gravel and I feel no pain 
Souls have grown hard on tough terrain 
Give me one more day and I will get you what you need 
I don't fall victim to pride, lust or greed 
On the Merry-Go-Round of life I just go around 
All the same old places, yes I will haunt this town 
You had a wild side too tough to tame 
And when I walk across the gravel I don't feel the pain 

This life is like a labyrinth and I can't get out 
Been lost for so long that I don't have no doubt 
Just give me till noon and I will get you what you need 
It's hard to stop when you're gaining speed 
On the ride of life I've rode too long 
If you see me getting smaller than soon I will be gone 
Thinking you were losing you flipped up the game 
When I walk across the gravel I don't feel any pain

There's been many a moon since I've been born 
I'm rough-around-the-edges,  I'm tattered and torn 
Give me one more hour, I will get you what you need 
A place to set your bones and rest your feet 
If we were all stars I would explode 
My shoulders were not built to bare such a load 
You never bothered to bare bit of blame 
When I walk across the gravel I don't feel any pain 

When I leave for work I take your picture off the wall 
Why should you hang around when you don't even call 
Give me another second and I'll get you what you need 
A place to set your bones and rest your feet 
When I get back at night you go back up on the wall 
So I can look you in the eyes should you choose to call 
You left me naked and crying in the rain 
Walking barefoot across the gravel not feeling any pain

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John Castellenas March 11, 2019 at 11:22 AM Good words shared. You made the reader feel the emotions. The hardness of the words made the reader believe. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.

Heidi Sands March 10, 2019 at 7:28 AM I agree, a very powerful poem. Well written and expressed ! :)

Silent One March 10, 2019 at 7:14 AM wow.. Break up is never easy, this is a powerful poem... Very sad, i hope you can get over her.. Plant A Tree Poetry March 10, 2019 at 1:35 PM Laughing...Happily married ,been with my wife 11 years and running, just good at putting myself in other people's shoes, who I have seen crash and burn