Unwavering and firm
Would you stand
Before the choices you'd made
Misconceived they were yours truly
Thus taking out any odd puzzle
And wrenching it cruelly
Inner tides and ebbs
In a well kept, hidden place
Swirling the dreams and nightmares
To which we're all fragile
Just might be a glass or lace
The one to go
Or the one to stay
Never taking an oath
Or a promise to obey
And yet we stand
Proud and self-aware
Taking the notion
Of a self preservation path
That made us not care
Or at least not to show the feelings
We were bound not to bear
Years and years
At fast forward, in slow motion too
All the words unspoken
Yet present and very much true
Whispers unheard
That crossed your path
Its prequel
And the aftermath
All the lust
Controlled by the must
All the pain
And all the gain
That breath you take
When you deep dive
And the breath you hold
Just to feel you’re alive
May they be swirled away
All the causes and clauses
All the but’s and no’s
When time pauses
That’s what I see
In the pupils of your eyes
When you see me all amazed and carried away
As the walls around us gently sway
Leaves of yesterday Hiding the fruit Until ripe under the sun
Distant corners Of subconscious On the loose
Fleurs d’acacia And citrus notes Drumming the counterpoint To the alcohol volume That messes with thy mind
And just like the sun Never was to see the sweat beads It caused under the straw hat Of a hard worker on the field
Thou shall never see The thoughts that swirl Under this curly head of mine
But then time after time After I let thee into my world Maybe you’ll hear it through the grapevine Never have I really been anyone else’s Just as I never was to leave
