The death of us

by Elyse H.   Jul 16, 2010


Through time and space two hearts beat the pace
of shattered grace and want of what they thought they knew
Broken Hope lay on the floor for nothing can revive her soul
She's lying breathless while her soaring spirit waits alone

Hurt rises to keep the need to breathe alive for one more day
Illusions persist to mask the fear to relinquish
I need to make a break from this
of what I fear will never be and how I hurt the prayers of what we've seen

I never meant for it to happen
If I could hold you one more day
the pain inside would die away
Just to find you in a different time and place
would mend my heart and clear the haze

But I'm too weak to fight this
your ego's much too strong
does it make you feel safe to pull away
If only fear of losing me had an effect
Maybe then you'd see my arms outstretched fade instead

I wish I had your talent not to feel
and can give you all the hurt that I congeal

You don't deserve to have me
If you can throw our love away
then you're not the one I thought I knew
Your sanguine charm changed to hurt and harm
and now all I want is the man who showed me deep inside his heart

you closed the door so long ago
I cannot change what I don't know
If you breathed a word of pain
I could've soothed all our shame

But silence rules your tongue
Just one hint of sound could churn a hunch
But echoes died behind your gums
a silent voice, I had no choice but to come undone alone

I wish you whispered troubles to my heart
I could've been the one to save you, but you're silence is the one that drove us apart

Words can save as well as harm
you'd know that if you tried to speak
your troubles loaded bullets
the tongue behind your teeth triggered free
as my heart began to bleed

All those holes have left me weak
your silent violence pushed you away from me

I used to think we'd find a way
But you're too busy counting debts to stay
If you knew what love is, you'd've never walked away

I'd give anything to have you, but you refused me one last time
my dying wish was one last kiss
but you bit my lip and so I slipped away

I was hanging on threads, You gripped my heart
til blood broke through the skin
veins bungeed til they snapped
you bathed in the pain dripping from my back

your lies will pull you through
but my truths abuse
there is no rest in sight
it's safe to say I'm weak of might

The fire smolders in your eyes
and storms douse hope in mine
An eye can hide the heart to survive this kind

What's bestowed is never enough
I sold my soul to hold you up
but you broke right through
and now I'm left here missing you.

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