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Marley Ward Dec 2012
I've always known that love lasts forever
But forever might not be long enough
Memories that we will never sever
The present is trying to call its bluff

Loving the old, the constant, beautiful
Both live with an undying faith for God
Always have been hard-working, dutiful
Though beautiful, both the best kind of odd

Both will receive an everlasting life
Began when it became love at first sight
Perfect man and woman; husband and wife
Both birds waiting to take their chance in flight

To last forever is the biggest wish
Souls swim away in the river as fish
A sonnet written for my great grandparents.
Marley Ward Dec 2012
Those three words are said too much
To understand what they really mean
Like a record from the past, I play
Will you listen to me sing?
My heart was the metronome
Sending waves,
Beats of love
Throughout me
Thousands of volts of heart-quake began
When my eyes met the light bulbs in your
Eyes
What beautiful poison they were
But so misguided I was
I wandered around the abandoned carnival
The only sound,
Breaking of mirrors as I saw what truly was me
I saw you in my eyes
Lights shining, but why so bright?
Leaking golden radiation into the depths of my despair
I left that day
My mind divorced my body and all reality,
Oh the ugliness left behind
I ventured inside your dreams and realized,
Maybe I'm not perfect, I
Send shock waves,
Wander,
Break whatever it takes
But today, it wasn't I that did the breaking
You,
Broke my heart
Marley Ward Dec 2012
Dear soul, you've got a lot to say. Speak.
Dear brain, you've always been right. How?
Dear legs, you've always been my strength. Fall.
Dear arms, you've been the ones to raise me up. Drop.
Dear nose, you've revealed all the fakes. Sniff.
Dear eyes, you've seen the game of life. Blind.
Dear heart, you've shattered with every tear. Heal.
Dear me, you've survived through it all. Break down.
Soul, when will you acquire your voice
And give your long awaited speech?
Brain, how could you have been so right
When everything seemed so wrong?
Legs, when will you give out
And scar from the fall?
Arms, how have you been able to hold me up
When everything else was pulling me down?
Nose, when will you expose me?
Eyes, when will you stop functioning
And go dark to the world?
Heart, how will you piece yourself together
When I cry every day?
Me, I'm sorry.

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