Roads of Reason

Thin are the lines between love and hate,
  Between life and death...
  But I'll tell of your fate
  With my dying breath...

I open my eyes wide
 To see through the windows of your soul 
 All those long nights I've cried 
 Longing to know all of your traumas untold.

You may bleed for me
  As I long for you
  Dry those pain filled tears
  Replace them with the mornings dew

They may hold a blade to my throat 
And a gun to my head
But betray you? I won't
Not even after I'm dead.

Weave all your lies
Brew all your secrets
Hiding from the truth breaks ties 
And seduces lowlife miscreants

I walk these dark streets nightly 
Dressed as a man
Keeping my act up and my truth locked tightly
As secure as I can 

The skies may seem to change
From day to day and stage to stage

But the city below
Ebbs and flows

While I alone remain
To observe the possibilities
Of bringing beauty out from the stains....

-Caitlin Rockey
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Ray Avatar
June 21, 2022 at 9:47 PM
draws one deeper and deeper in each line...loved it
Agustin Avatar
June 21, 2022 at 2:35 AM
Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Lord's blessings be with you.
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