Waves of Memories

With every single passing day

It gets so very hard

To let go of the memories

And trying to hold on

Holding on to deep regret

As water drowns my dreams

That painful day I won't forget

Draws so many tears

Living my life through teary eyes

Is all that I can do

I can't bring myself to say goodbye

To the only life I knew

The waves so violently toss and turn

As my soul so desperately aches

This heart inside my body burns

With every breath I take

Water burns through every vein

As a dark cloud always follows

Everything I ever do

And every thought I bottle

This building fear I have inside

Is the thing I so very loathe

Every memory in my mind

Is about the day the levee broke

Another heart has made mine cold

As I try to put into perspective

That they are the ones who still have homes

And somehow think they were affected

I wake up wearily every day

With a dark cloud over my head

Thinking about where I used to lay

In the comfort of my own bed

When you sit and act as I once did

Thinking things will never change

Remember that day that water filled

And nothing was ever the same

So when you tuck your babies in tonight

Know that you are blessed

Because the water that flows like blood tonight

Will never reach your bed