Leasing, Michigan
memories are like mistletoe
kiss them well and let them weep
after all it's the subtle things
we fail to keep
living like the poison seeps
lay awake just to fall asleep
laughing like you meant it
despair marks martyrs,
no contest
painting my soul on the chapels
of sixteen shadows
it's the beauty we come to confess
drifting away
on the late side of michigan
holding on to a widow
like you're forever missing her
i feel your shadow
i know your leaving
it's getting closer
i know we're not suppose to
memories don't respond to infatuation
and melody's don't mock the sad
tickles, trickle down like shame
smiling like you're right where you belong
a moment here and a moment there
we were just a moment outside of home
thinking back like
time always leaves you alone
hiding in the shadows
moving like there was no atmosphere
vividly free falling
no here-after calling
you touch rivers
like the rush given
failed to deliver
cursing labor
like the child
failed it's savior
we were just moving along
i hear thats all you can do
holding on to the pain
trying to make it last
as long as you need it to
i know your leaving
i feel your shadow
it's getting closer
i know we're not suppose to
Copyright © Jerry Golden | Year Posted 2014
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