The Storm
CLEAR BLUE SKIES SOON GIVE WAY TO DARK GRAY CLOUDS
CALM WATERS TURNS INTO AN ANGRY SEA OF WATER
THE FUTURE UNKNOWN AS THE STORM APPROACHES
IT ISN’T AN ORDINARY STORM FOR IT’S NOT OF NATURE
IT IS OF THE FRIENDSHIP WHICH WAS ABRUPTLY ENDED
THE MEMORIES OF THE FUN TIMES SHARED
TIMES THAT WILL BE FOREVER NO MORE
DARK CLOUDS AND THOUGHTS THAT FILL MY HEAD
AS I REALIZE WHAT YOU TOLD ME WAS ALL LIES
AN ANGRY SEA OF WATER IN THE FORM OF TEARS
TEARS THAT ARE BEING SHED BECAUSE YOU USED ME
YOU TOLD ME LIES, THAT REALLY HURTS
I BELIEVED THOSE LIES AND I’M AS ANGRY AS A STORM
YOU BROKE MY HEART AND MY SPIRIT SO UNCARINGLY
I WANT TO RUN, I WANT TO HIDE, I WANT TO SCREAM
BUT I SIT HERE MOTIONLESSLY CRYING AS THE STORM BUILDS
BUILDING INSIDE OF ME IS A STORM OF EMOTIONS
I AM HURT AND SO CONFUSED AND I AM SUFFOCATING
I WANT ANSWERS YET GET NONE REALLY
WELL NOT WHAT I WANT TO HEAR ANYWAYS
LIKE THE WAVES IN STORM, MY TEARS SWELL AND CRASH
CRASHING DOWN ONTO MY CHEEKS LIKE A BURNING WAVE OF LAVA
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU HAVE LET ME DOWN AND USED ME
I GAVE YOU MY HEART AND YOU THREW IT OUT LIKE YESTERDAY’S GARBAGE
I SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED BUT I AM, DUE TO MY OWN STUPIDITY
I THOUGHT YOU WERE DIFFERENT BUT YOU AREN’T
LIKE A STORM MY HURT SOON WILL PASS
BUT NOT WITHOUT THE TELL TALE SIGNS OF THE AFTERMATH
IF I COULD ERASE MY MEMORY OF YOU AND THE TIMES WE SHARED
IF ONLY I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME OF MY LIFE
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE IT WOULDN’T BE SO PAINFUL
WHILE I HAVE TO LIVE WITH EVERYTHING I NOW KNOW
WHILE HURTING AS I RELIVE THOSE DAYS OF NOT SO LONG AGO
YOU ARE A STRANGER TO ME AND YET IN SO MANY WAYS NOT
YOU, YES YOU WILL MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED
YOU WILL GO ON AND FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO LIE TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SET THEM UP WITH FALSE HOPE JUST AS YOU HAVE DONE WITH ME
JUST AS THERE IS A CALM IN THE MIDST OF A STORM
A CALM THAT LETS WAY TO DAMAGING WINDS
DAMAGING WINDS AND STORM CONDITIONS THAT CROSSES ITS PATH
THIS IS YOU, A STORM THAT I CROSSED PATH WITH
A STORM THAT JUST MOVES ON TO LEAVE AN AFTERMATH OF DESTRUCTION
YOU ARE A STORM OF MASSIVE DESTRUCTION WHO FEARS NO CONSEQUENCE
ALL BEFORE YOU ARE THERE FOR YOU TO DESTROY…DESTROYING ALL THAT IS GOOD
YOU ARE THE STORM THAT CLEAR BLUE SKIES GIVE WAY TO
Copyright © Lena Prince | Year Posted 2011
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