Kenny Gwena Poet Rhyme

Survived

I’m looking straight ahead
And I see you up ahead
Looking good 
Like a winking sprite
With a winning smile
Acting as if everything is alright
While spinning yarn to twist my arm
And bring me down
I say go ahead
Play your game inside my head
Start the freak show
Show me what there is to show
So I know what there is to know
I’m all eyes
I could do this all life
I’m never going to ask why
But this I’ll try

How do you sleep at night?
I’m fighting hard, almost holding steady
I’ll tell you when I’m ready
I have to agree
Your levels are too high, top speed
So fast I can’t compete
My game is incomplete

Wait up, I’m taking a break 
To catch a breath

I’m burning inside
Hurting so badly I could cry
It’s the truth and I won’t lie
I’m nursing deep cuts 
Internal injuries
Not the kind treatable with a bandage
Because it’s deep, deep inside
The wound is confined
And what’s worse, you see
While the competition is breeding
I’m held in consternation, bleeding
For me it’s never easy
I’ve got to keep on breathing

In the end I did what I could
And here’s what I did
I managed to stop the bleeding
Put some ice over the bruises
And now I’m pouring wine
Over the wound
To stop this thing from becoming putrid

I’ve been a fool
But now I’m cool
I can’t find the idiom to emphasize it
Yes, I’ve been an idiot
It’s all public knowledge
All the same I’m trying to forget it
It’s water under the bridge

Last night I dreamed of you
In the field of dreams
I dreamed you were eating food
Drinking booze
And over the top feeling good
Celebrating  

I threw my hands in the air
I’m vanquished
My mind’s a prison
And deep inside its cells I languish
There is no fight left in me
And no reason to lie
There is this also, this
Dimming and flickering starlight
In the distant night
You said though out of sight
I’d never be out of mind
But from where I am standing
You are already advertising

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Bawa Talwar June 3, 2017 at 8:53 PM Nice one. Poet talks of dreaming about his beloved.he dreamtbthat she was celebrating He also dreamt her saying that he'll never be out of her mind. I wish poet had made it more romantic as dreams are a delicate topic but lots can be said.