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Your heart is so soft, will i ever know you?...
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Your heart is so soft, will i ever know you?... |
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Christopher J Member
since 2000-06-21
Posts 94 |
If I should be so foolish as not to dream Should I not say a prayer at night If speculation brought us together Is that to say everything would be alright If the heavens fall apart And leave you in my arms Would I be so damned As not to take you for your charms If I journey far from home And still do not find If I looked to love and you appear Would I be crossing an unseen line If spring turned to summer And left only memories and pain Would I have the integrity to stand Or would I run again If my life found no meaning And the remembrance of love was unclear Would I still be seen a man If it were only fears I could hear And if every new day Sent you further from me If moments were lost from sight Would I discover sanity If motion and time lost me in their depth Should the way to me be blind If I wander the starry skies And find only dust when I look behind If the start found an end Or my heart be broken Would that be to reason that Only the truth was spoken If I could see a place to hide Yet shelter was few and far Reflections of past direction Turn on heel and take me where you are Would that heal the bond Of my gold and promises should fall Hard into death’s ugly claw Would time forgive me at all If the warm fragrance of night Should suddenly turn to day If the train left early What cost would I pay For only the love and hope That I keep and save Will that be a comfort to anyone If I lie still in my grave If what I saw and heard tomorrow Was found to be the way to see If the angel rose and took flight Would the darkness close in on me If far was the understanding Would the moon still glow And what of all the harvests From the seeds the people sow If the road followed me home Would I still walk it If I knew the wrong of way Would I still talk it And when sleep didn’t come Or my eyes ceased to weep If there was a step taken Would it be mine to keep If I could find a homeland Would I be safe within If lust and love were echoing one another Should I be filled with shame and sin And only when the strife And loneliness of friendly shores Came around to haunt me like before Would the innocence be mine or yours For all the questions unanswered If I were to ignore the past Would I be counting pride or pain If my love was held steadfast If a vow were pledged and kissed Should it be that I feel changed And if glimpses of treasures were there Maybe then wholeness would be exchanged If by altering my life I could call to you Then would it be worth all The value of what I do If pleasure came from holding All of my memories dear If I searched to the ends of the earth Would a saviour appear If all I could tell Was a light-hearted fairytale Would I be wasting my breath Putting wind to my sail If thoughts were mumbled In the dead of night If the feelings were true Why wouldn’t it seem right If creation brought me a light Would I use it wisely or get burned If drunkenness told stories Then only doubts were the lessons learned If I wasn’t sure of words Or the way wasn’t worth finding Would it be too late to be remorseful If feelings failed to be binding If I should let everything I hold onto Slip through my weakened grip Then where would I fall If I started to slip If the things that I were told Were false and untrue Where does that leave me to turn When I want to start anew If I could mould faces on the walls Of all the ghost-filled houses If I could be fast and avoid All the suspicion it arouses Would it be in my soul To turn against my will and fight If the angel lost a battle Would she also lose sight If my loneliness wasn’t so real And the sun shone all day If I could tell you all the things That I find hard to say Would that change the way you’ve Seen me all these years And if you took my hand Would that stop my tears If I let darkness and silence surround Me as I lay in bed If I was glad of the knowledge that Some things are better left unsaid If I could turn and see you there And I didn’t run away Would I be any different the person As if I’d just walked on my way If someplace else was possible A breath away from a heavenly touch If I were to let my thoughts slide Would that mean anything much For if I could climb to the highest Mountain peak and call your name If I yelled to the world for forgiveness Would our dreams still be the same If you are everywhere When I open my eyes If I can hear you whispering Though the dead of night cries Only if I were a wise man Might I match the wit of such If all the things I did reflected The cause to care so much For you may never know The heartache I feel Everyday grows longer, and I know I’m falling under the wheel But as the sun goes down Across the horizon tonight I hear your whispering in my ear And I know it’ll be alright For only if I can be sure That it wouldn’t change anything Could I ever be so polite to walk away From this love to which I cling If purity came from deep inside Would it cause time to bend If only I knew the way Into such as heart as yours My old 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taramw Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 738 |
Woah Christopher, this poem is FANTASTIC!  I don't generally like long poems... my mind tends to wander, but yours kept me enthralled right to the very end! Well done! Loved it! |
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