Living for You and I

by Jemma   Aug 31, 2006


Drinking air deep
Pause for breath
Time to sleep

Goblets of life
Foundations of fear
Long buried secrets
From when nothing was clear

Cool metal caressing my neck
Lost in sensations
Memories, so many memories

Heard too many secrets
Time buries secrets
Too many of my own
I'm chained to them
Hauling me down
Rising and falling
In the way of things

Falling further, further,
Getting deeper and deeper
Caught in lies and riddles
And I keep trying to claw my way back up

Too many revelations

Loving the feelings
Hating the way that makes me feel

You and I
Together and alone
When there's nothing that can give

And I can hear your voice
Humming singing
So calm, tranquil
What happened to the fire?

The armies approaching
A world at our feet
And it's carrying pitchforks
Trained on something they fear
Something they can't comprehend
Something they can't end

Keeps turning and turning
Churning and burning
Lost to their power

Angry?
I'd surrender the world for a whisper
That tells me all will be ok

I have succumbed to a doomed chance
Searching for a fairytale
Yet I pity myself for my own happy ending
Hating my own adventure
Wishing I could live the life of someone else

Should I be better understood?
Or should I just listen

I need to make me listen
Can't make it on my own
Sick of being lost and alone
Need to have that anchor
To hold me still and steady
Holding a hand
Something to make me safe

You love me then leave me
Say you need me
I breathe for you
But then you change
And we have to adapt
To circumstances beyond our control
Out of our thoughts and mind
We cannot breach this trouble
It is creeping within us

Let me live
Need to be forgiven
Have I too many sins?
Not to be forgotten
Just penance

Take my hand
Let me drink from the cup
Let's live love, share life
It will kick in soon
And it can take us away

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  • 18 years ago

    by C Cattaway

    I love the way you have taken the normality of living life and sharing love, and changed it around to the line
    'Let's live love, share life'
    I think this a beautiful poem. Very well done. xx