Minutes spent looking at the priceless sea Chart the course, prepare the absolute charity In the depths of your eyes, despair is all I found In the quiet of my tears, our faults just go around Silence, chatter—the cacophony of endless laughter Peace, havoc—what more would we endure together? Past the veils of mediocrity, you now look Ideals of the past, morals of old, you forsook To forget is a privilege not given to many To live is a blunder as it is a mystery Because all those years that I tried acting tough For too long, I carried love, I carried us—just enough
Hours ran against the law of wishes Speak to the wind, dig up the deepest of trenches Down the dark of your mind, strife is all I see Up the patterns of the skies will I only get to be me The person destiny and fate willed to set free Is all but dead now, drowned in the madness of reality The flowers bloom, the seasons start to shatter The feelings flourish, but now, what does it matter? Darling fire, why must you all burn so slow? Crying for love, is that all you really know? In the shadows and night, perhaps the storm came rough So I have carried life, I carried strife—just enough
Dead months, days end—where will we look for us Pieces fall, sails shatter—what have we come across? The tranquil wave, the patternless sky I know what being lost is like—I watched myself die Helpless, hopeless—I have stared death in the eye Raised my hand in farewell, I long to say goodbye But now I realize that pain doesn't stop right here The soul shivers, curls—but it's still there to stir Resentment clings like barnacles nobody wants I don't know how to move forward with a thousand cuts Every day, I fool people with my elaborate and empty bluff As I carried thoughts, I carried anxiety—just enough
Fruitless years will I let go by once more Spread my wings, give my best to not even soar Clouds are sorrows and the rain is a reminder Of the heights I didn't reach and dreams torn asunder So I stare at the pile made by my own misery I look at you for guidance—a way out of this insanity So why did I not find you—where have you gone? Are you scared, or with me, are you just done? Years pass and I'm sure our souls do as well Scars fade and hurt heal, as time did tell The sea reflected back to me—the things it did speak of I carried the pain, I carried the regret—just enough
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This is a powerful poem, for me. The title and the last lines are meant to be two separate things but it seems my brain wanted them together and the result was what you just read. Life is funny that way. lol.
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