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I lay down in my bed
thinking of what I have done
confined in these four walls
without a taste of the sun

Too often in my day
have I indulged in my past
of the times I lived life
of the times I thought would last

The bliss I once enjoyed
too often do I recall
The comfort I once felt
Alas! Summer turned to Fall

As the days grow longer
As the darkness takes the light
I grow all the more dread
as it slowly blinds my sight

I look out my window
in this dark and gleam-less night
what I see thereafter
was a glimmer shining bright

All my days recalling!
All those times I felt dismayed!
I've done not to stop time.
The world continued to blaze

*And now I see clearly
In yesterday I have stayed
that life will pass you by
no matter the path you take

Upon a closed window
I had laid my eyes upon
unaware a door opened
While my past, I dwelled on
I woke up to a memory
of what I once had
a feeling I once felt
now replaced by "soledad"

I remember those times
when you said the three words
the words that I thought
would create my new world

You picked me up when I was broken
I thought you would care
but instead you threw me down
and left me to despair

I woke up to a memory
of the time you said goodbye
how you told me all you said
were nothing if not lies

how you once said you'd keep me
how you once said goodnight
how I thought you would care for me
I thought you'd be my light

I woke up to a memory
of the moments we both shared
both moments good and bad
they were memories beyond compare
I guess I really am
just a speck of dust
a smear on a shirt
just a hint of rust

I am but an ant
in a universe so large
I am just a flame
burning out in a star

I am just a pebble
compared to a mountain
a drop of water
that you find in a fountain

But somehow,
you value me so
though what am I?
just a rock from down below

Somehow you care
for someone like me
a person of mistakes
of great value? I will never be

Yet somehow, someway
you hold me so tight
as though you believe
one day I'll take flight

You show me my path
and guide me as I walk
Like a child taught by parents
How to speak, how to talk

You believe I am
a person so great
even though you know
I tend to make mistakes

I am a speck of dust
just a rock from down below
but with you I am certain
there is no place we can't go
Some call it bi-polar
I prefer manic-depression
It fits us better with adequate expression
We live our life in swooping loops
We strive at our peak then it droops
And the doleful drudge is destitute
Until all progress stops and stoops
To a halt, face down in mud and roots

And then we rise
Called back to life by a guiding light held deep inside
Sorely self-aware, we work until we burst
Droll desperation, at our best when at our worst
"Wow you got your **** together you lost and soulless ruffian."
Then we hit our peak and it all starts back up again
My Light! My Shine!
My Guiding Star!
You show me my path
as I journey to afar

My Torch! My Flame!
My Candle's light!
You guide me through shadows
In these cold windy nights

My Radiance! My Blaze!
My Lustrous Beam!
You hold me through sorrows
though hopeless it may seem

My Spark! My Fire!
My Vivid Glow!
Just stay in front of me
and to You I will go
In this world of delusion
man has naught but confusion
as he stands and walks
as he waits for his salvation

a man is a cattle among the herd
conforming to majority's word
he eats and walks among the sheep
and scatters away when the flock is stirred

he gives up his own pace
he would willingly lose the race
for man craves deeply for his acceptance
no matter what the case

take the road less traveled by
a great poet once said
for it will make all the difference
to this, light must be shed

In this world of conformity
where man struggles to be accepted
man loses more than dignity
as his identity is slowly tainted

man must strive to create his path
and urge others to do the same
for only then shall a man be free,
only then can greatness be gained

man must strive to break away
from the chains by which he's bound
he must learn to follow his own path
for it is there that happiness is found

though this world is filled with conformity
man still has a chance to choose
to exist with all sheep and cattle
or to thrive among the wolves
A paved path was placed before me
A road that was tried and tested
yet still i was drawn to the great unkown
to path no man had bested

A guide was placed in front of me
A map was drawn on sand
yet still I chose the dim,dark path
I chose a no man's land

A trail, I had to follow
All I had was to take the steps
the stones were laid there just for me
I needed not waste a breath

one small step was all it took
to deviate me from my way
one small misstep was all it took
to steer myself away

The further down I walked the darkness
the more I felt estranged
the more I felt unsure of myself
the more I felt deranged

And Now I strive to find the light
through the thorns ive trapped myself in
And now I strive to keep my strength
through struggles I have within

I now find myself wishing
I had never strayed from the rail
and though I know it's a long road ahead
I'll believe I could prevail

I've forced myself unto a path
that truly was alluring
though the path, in the end was not so pretty
it was a path I was indulging

For through that path I realized
All of life's simple joys
yet was through that path's pain I realized
the life that I had destroyed

— The End —