Live and Learn
Sunday, February 6, 2011
You Asked Me To Write You Something
You asked me to write something for you
So I guessed you assumed it would be a love poem
One pouring out my heart
Like a broken dam into a massive body of longing and desire
Yet when I tried I couldn’t finish
Because I was held back by pride
The pride of knowing that this love was only reciprocated minimally
And the expression of such would never fully be understood
So I’ll write the truth
And bleed the tears of my reality
Because this thing that I tried to make
Could have never really amounted to everything that I put into it
I never knew that each time I attempted to heal one of your scars
That I was committing self-inflicted wounds of my own
That you probably would never even notice
But that’s not your fault because I hide them well
And it was not I who was supposed to need saving
But now that I’m battered once again
And searching for my own first-aide kit
You’re crying too
Because that’s something that just never seemed to stop
Maybe that’s y two of a kind just really might not work
Forcing to over compensate with love and affection
While being caressed by only resentment and misdirected anger
I want to let it go but how could I lose a war that I declared
I stay because I don’t want to be the story you tell the next
About someone who whispered promises that would later be broken
I stay because this life is too uncertain
And I could be walking away from my forever
So I guess I have to alter the direction in which I’ve suddenly taken
So if you read this I wont have to explain the ambiguity of my subliminal context
Or the fact that this is only a subconsciously refracted image of my true intentions
But then again that all may not be necessary
Because you asked me to write you something
But you probably will never ask to read it
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
One of the reasons why....
Monday, January 3, 2011
A Close Second...
I just want to be a close second
I don’t desire to win the race
Or get the big trophy
I don’t care that my name isn’t announced with favor
Because I come real close
That’s good enough for me
Being that shoulder to cry on
As I cry towards the finish line
But that’s fine because nobody pays that much attention to second
And that’s fine because all that attention
I don’t care too much for
Favor first, Cherish first
I’m fine with that pat on the back
Cuz maybe with that touch
You’ll feel my energy
My passion and desire
Because although I’m fine with silver
Who really doesn’t strive for the gold?
So I’ll continue to chill in the cut
Waiting for my next opportunity
Maybe I could come in first this time
And dust the previous champion into oblivion
But until that day
I just want to be your close second…