Parallax
Is this the heart I'm meant to see?
Is this always what I would be
When you looked deep down into me
And I thought I was free?
What was human then?
The perfect lie?
The ways we'd always try
And fail to deny
Ourselves?
Each other?
Hand in hand
Soul in soul
An eye?
For an eye?
And tears
Despair the only sin
When we once
Were
Are your fears
My own?
Or have I always felt so nearly
Alone?
Is apathy the human chord
So softly strummed by
Someone else's fingers
Words so seemingly strange
In familiarity
Whispered
Over and over
Again and again
Until thought
Falls like fresh rain
And the same minor notes
Flicker flame deep inside me
What is hope?
What is hope?
Who are we to hope
To be?
Copyright © Natsirt Nav Neram | Year Posted 2005
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