M Epperly

M Epperly Aug 2016

The definition of a second chance is simple
You get to try again
To make amends
Rekindle and start from where you once began
It's a beacon of hope
Begged for by the majority
Treasured by a minority
Overlooked and under-appreciated
Yet I have been graced with this opportunity
One that I will not let down
I will rise
I will strive
I will never let die
I know what I want and I'm here to take it
Eyes on the prize, on my target and I'm going to make it
No obstacle that can't be out done
I've been put into motion
This bell can't be unrung

M Epperly Dec 2013

Miss May

You attempt to comfort me
Yet my discomfort is being without you
I torture myself with the past
Reliving my mistakes
Backtracking paths of broken glass
Barefoot and bleeding regret
Striving to forget the past
Be in the now
HOPING for a future together
For I do not deserve another chance
Yet I wish for nothing more
I lay my head to sleep & wish you were beside me
Accompanied by emptiness
Fall asleep and dream of you
Dreams,
Where I feel whole again
Where this hole in my heart is filled
Only to wake up to the unholy truth
I am without you

M Epperly Sep 2013

Rapunzel

I was scared to give myself to you
But now that I have, I'm terrified
Explained to you what I'd never explained before
And from atop of your wall you said you understood
You say time will bring down your wall
But I can't help but notice these bricks your stacking
The harder I try, the higher your wall seems to be
The only time you let me in
Is in the solitude of home
In public you put your mask on
As tho the opinions of others dictated your heart
I step back with attempts of strategy
Only for you to change your game
I've put my love for you on display
Only for you to pocket it
How can you say you feel the same
When you don't show the same
Displaying shame
Embarrassment
Cut your strings
Release yourself from this puppeteer
And I will catch you
Hold you forever
Be the man you should have had
I'm ready to give you my all
Just show me you're willing to receive it

M Epperly Aug 2013

It's hard

It's hard to feel like a king
When all you've been is a joker

It's hard to keep your chin up
When you're laying face down

It's hard to see the light
When your eyes are closed

It's hard to open up
When all you know is to be guarded

It's hard when everything you know
Has been flipped upside down.

But it's harder to not try

It's hard to face fear
But it's harder to live a lie

It's hard to place your heart on a platter
But it's harder to not love

It's hard when efforts fail
But you're a failure if you don't try

M Epperly Aug 2013

A pledge to you

Emotions like a cyclone
Anguish, solace, happiness, depression
They are all circling around you
I can't get you out of my head
I am a prisoner and you hold the key
You are the queen of my world
Release me so I may show my allegiance

M Epperly Jul 2013

Ignorance is a bleeding heart

I find humor in her absent mind
Blind to see the love I brightly display
But I let that boat set sail
Now she's ported to the heart of another man
Swearing to retire her drifting at sea
Is he the one who's meant to be
Or must I become a metronome
Keeping beat, ticking time
Or must I become the sand in the hour glass
Counting down this slipping feeling
Maybe I'm misconstruing the message delivered
Must this knight in tarnished armor suit up again
Fight to reclaim the love now lost

M Epperly Jul 2013

Misconstrued views of "the one"

I've been searching, and in my tone of lost hope, I call for you
Many have answered, claiming to be my heart's Spartacus
They battle for my love, only to show they aren't you
Like a famished agnostic peasant, I question your existence
With every experience, it becomes easier to disprove you
Are you really there
Will I ever find my matching pair
Is it true
That it's in the darkest hour, the light will shine through
Is this a test of my loyalty to your love
If it is, I must admit I will fail
I've soared higher than any bird in search for you
Only to share the mistake of Icarus, and fall back down
I've swam deeper than any fish in search for you
Only for Poseidon to help me drown
Traveled the driest desert in search for you
Only to be revealed that you are an emotional mirage
I've been blinded by faith
Deafened by tales of you
Devistated by love