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Either/Or |
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Either/Or Bird on a traffic light can he see the colors changing? Or do they fade to grey with the night and is this a metaphor for me? Or am I reading too much in the vacuum absence of touch 200 miles from sanity but just a hair's length from hell a friend from an enemy sometimes I can't even tell and I can barely see you coming back into me I don't think I can handle this now the clumsy idea that you cared somehow so till the lie turns to truth, I'll sit here, memorizing the floor in the ancient ruins of my youth I'll keep an eye on the door oh what for it's either that or... Water drops on the sky can you be bluer than me now? Or don't you see reflected in my eyes this burden of a soul-shaped cloud or simply just a rainy reign over all the misty November pain I've crawled over carcasses of cracked or shattered epic love to face my eternal nemesis something I can't get enough of and I can hardly tell hello from fare-thee-well I don't think I'll get over you now this stupid heart is singing out loud all that I can't ever say to you just sit here and disguise the sore that is destined to scar to blue I'll keep a thread of you for... oh what for it's either you or... All the pain money can buy all the paint will someday dry on the lipstick traces I refuse to let die on the surface of me it's all I want to see it's all I want you to see of me Bird on a traffic light and my hopes are turning red but I won't fade to grey tonight yeah I will hinge on all you said and somewhere back there I stopped keeping score somewhere in the scent of your hair I found something to adore but now everything's either/or fish or cut bait surrender to the twists of fate the ebb and flow of heart it's either surrender at the start or die to win you it's all I can do it's all I can do to prove to you that I can move yeah I can move this body too just you watch me "I will hang on the hook of your splendor" -Snow Patrol, 'Dark Roman Wine' |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
quote: so can relate to this! Love the self-questioning sing-song style to this! ~write-on |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I absolutely relate, soul drifter. This is a good poem of despair and holding on to something you probably ought to give up. That said, is the reason I relate big time. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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