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**I'd sing you a song But we've grown out of tune.** A simple melody we were Basic notes strung together In hope to be something beautiful. But notes turned long And the tempo changed As we crescendoed toward the final measure. **I'd write you a story Except the ending's already here.** We were never a blank page from the start- Already ink stained from the constant rewriting of our chapter. We wrote and we wrote Until Our pens gave out mid sentence one night From all the Scrawled out words Crossed out mistakes And unwritten secrets. **I'd paint you a picture But the colors have run dry.** My palette of reds and blues and greens Have mixed to a murky gray. The paint brush has grown stiff in hand As I stare at the mess I've made. What used to be something wonderful Has become a blur of Bad timing Indecisiveness And "oh wells." Where there used to be a picture Is now just an abstract version of What could have been But Never will be.
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Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 4:27 PM UTC
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**I'd sing you a song But we've grown out of tune.** A simple melody we were Basic notes strung together In hope to be something beautiful. But notes turned long And the tempo changed As we crescendoed toward the final measure. **I'd write you a story Except the ending's already here.** We were never a blank page from the start- Already ink stained from the constant rewriting of our chapter. We wrote and we wrote Until Our pens gave out mid sentence one night From all the Scrawled out words Crossed out mistakes And unwritten secrets. **I'd paint you a picture But the colors have run dry.** My palette of reds and blues and greens Have mixed to a murky gray. The paint brush has grown stiff in hand As I stare at the mess I've made. What used to be something wonderful Has become a blur of Bad timing Indecisiveness And "oh wells." Where there used to be a picture Is now just an abstract version of What could have been But Never will be.
lani-foronda
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Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 4:27 PM UTC
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