Tag: love poem

Lying Awake At Night

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Lying awake at night and wondering if the needle is pulling through
And all I can think about is you
In some descent of mystery
Ireland lost in her own history  
I stare at the stars out the window
I’m still thinking of him though 
And I’m reminded of being seventeen 
Before the lightning struck the dream
Of knowing your face
Now you’re something I can’t replace
And the fear of losing you to death
Is the foundation of my regret 
And I know what you were thinking of 
I could read it in your eyes, my love 
And I cracked under the pressure 
I fell apart under the fissure
That just opened up between us two 
I look at the pain in the eyes of you 
As they crumple and grimace
Lines around eyes that cannot finish
The sentences they begin 
And I will always be with him 
Even if it takes me to the grave
The boy I thought I could save
And he’s shouting down the phone at me 
While I lie into the line of indignity 
And try to hold the two pieces together 
But some things just can’t change the weather
That blows on through 
And there may be few 
Things on this earth that can catch me by the lapel 
But the thought of you in hell 
Without me rips the heaven from my grasp 
And I know this thing will last 
For an eternity 
Because you’re not going anywhere without me 
And I can hear us cry 
As we scream there is no goodbye
That could ever be peaceful between us 
I marvel at the creator that must have dreamed us

The Sneaking Suspicion

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I get this feeling, it’s like an irritation 
And it has me running to his station 
To see what I can’t download 
But the road 
Turns and I can’t see 
What he ever meant for me 
When he changed his tune
Turned his head with me in the room 
And I know I can’t be mad
Should let him off with the feeling bad 
Because I feel the spiral 
That has somehow gone viral 
On YouTube
And even the coolest dude
Is susceptible to 
The weakness of being open to 
A failing of words 
And following the herds 
Like a basket case 
That some demon somewhere wants to erase
I stepped into the stream 
And the nightmare of a dream 
Came to show its face
Did I really need to embrace
The lowest of form 
So that I could be warm 
When he’d look at me 
I can’t hide the gaze that just see
Into mystery 
And he thinks he so complex and he is so proud
Of all that he does not say out loud 
But its echoing from you 
Like a ripple as I dip my toe into 
The river we were 
Before you met the ocean of her 
When you plunged into its frigid storm 
Did you remember the moment we were born 
In some distant haze 
Not I look as your gaze 
Tries to rest on me on the sand 
But I could never be that land 
Not when it’s arid and dry
And I never did mean to make you cry
It’s just I’m plush and green 
And I take the one seat ahead of the scream 
That violates lines 
And you’ve said it before, like a thousand times 
How you love it when 
She whispers prayers like an amen 
And I’m sure you do 
Pull needles though 
The jumper you embroider 
And I hope you enjoy her 
But don’t blame me for the why 
The resolve you never had to die 
In a fiery fuse 
I look at you two and I just bruise 
In the place where the picture meets my skin 
And then I walk into a room and meet him 
And he’s just like you 
But a bit more dangerous and outspoken too
If that could be real 
Possible that I could feel 
That way again 
In a hall of willing men 
Who open their palms 
To me like they are giving alms
To the girl I was for what I’ve become 
I was beautiful when I was young