Verily
How I burn with sorrows and passions never dreamt
Occupied relentlessly with crying buds struggling to open
I hold your hand shaking, as if by letting you go, the darkness may return
And then the emptiness, the loathing, the longing, the burn
Yes, I burn with sorrows and passions always real
Clinging to you as my always do
It is time, verily; I must let you go…
I have let you know, and nothing more do I have to show
I never needed to cling so tightly,
To the air…unlike hands, the nothingness possesses long stares
Lies to break the determined flair I do most often declare
For you must leave, and I must become
It is time, verily; I must let you go…
My time and energy belong to another
It is time I must bloom into the beauty I have never deemed truth,
Crushing doubt in its sickly path to my soul’s purpose
Before it is too late to fly, I must crush what has been crushing me
The hands that pull me down into darkness are only hands…they never see
The thoughts that keep me in place will slip into the night where they belong
And my hinges shall shut, for this door need not be open to this endless night no more
No more…
How much energy and time do I waste worrying in rotting wars
Even now, cursing my body, my determination wavers
For I have long believed that I must be saved to be free
Where the reigns never fall into my hands, because hands never see…
Then I hold onto yours….and my vision is bright with tears…
Like a mirror revealing who I once was…everything is clear
And as you guide me away from every obligating, pressing fiend,
I cannot help but believe the transformation lies between you and me…
And not you, who trivially smiles, and leaves
Copyright © Laura Breidenthal | Year Posted 2015
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