Laura Dee Poet Rhyme

Wake

Wake 
By Laura Dee Battle
March 5, 2015

I wish I had a reason why
Every day I seem to die
I burn my weathered soul to ash
I burn memories of every lash

Too many tears to count out loud
Too many years of being proud
I never lost; I never came
I never tried to learn my name

The final day is bittersweet
For all the pain I can't defeat
I'll turn it in for heavens sake
I'll take the blame for my mistakes

I cannot see a guiding light
No hands to hold through every plight
I fought alone to save my lies
To save me from their daughters cries

How could you know it wasn't me?
How could you see I'll never be?
The one you thought when I was young
The hero stood where the sinner sung

But how could you forgive me then?
When I still see my heart in sin?
Forgive me as you freely do
I cannot be as kind as you

Not even now, as I gasp for air
Could I accept your love and prayers
Whatever name you give to me
Remember who I tried to be

The one who fought when she was lost
The one who loved, despite the cost
A girl who screamed for 30 years
Who lived surrounded by her fears

But she was brighter than the scars
She was the best of who we are
She was the one who smiled for days
Who never turned away a stray

She found the lost ones in the dark
And have them hope, without a spark
Just honest words and endless love
Whoever for, fit like a glove

But I don't see the good in me
Just promises you'll never see
I tried so hard without a cause
I did it all just for applause

Regret will find its resting place
Upon the stone I now embrace
The plot will miss its fairy tale
Maybe you see where I have failed

So intertwine these thorny razor lines inside my spine
With soaring symphonies and sweet melodies of mine
And make the tragic memories of misery, simply dissipate
Find the the love outside your heart and give it up to fate

Don't let it all evaporate

           For living life...

                      It never waits.

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