He picked her up
again
and again
but she couldn't
learn to stand.
She broke his heart
ripped whole through
but it wasn't in her plan
to see him bleeding blue
and the boy would say to her
*Just glow.
All these bright lights?
they're too much for you
they truly don't suit
and all I need
is your warmth come nighttime
where only I can see you shimmer
your calming, calling glimmer
is only hidden in the daylight
light is not worth less
because the shine is dimmer
**what matters is location
if the dark is coloured pitch
you'll light bright the whole nation***
Alas
His words fell weak
on empty ears
because he was like sun,
and she had closed her eyes
to such powerful beams
she couldn't seem
to find the hand
that promised to be her one
and this girl
was shrouded in a half-truth
*Monsters sidle up
with faces drawn as heroes
with words whispered as saviors
with teeth
and angry claws
at the time
the sun
is setting
and if you glow*
too bright
they find you
Thus,
Only from a distance
could she listen
and when dragged in
by persistence
she lost so much resistance
in the instance
when he cried for her
And they were Two
But she could never say, "I love you."
Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 1:48 PM UTC
He picked her up
again
and again
but she couldn't
learn to stand.
She broke his heart
ripped whole through
but it wasn't in her plan
to see him bleeding blue
and the boy would say to her
*Just glow.
All these bright lights?
they're too much for you
they truly don't suit
and all I need
is your warmth come nighttime
where only I can see you shimmer
your calming, calling glimmer
is only hidden in the daylight
light is not worth less
because the shine is dimmer
**what matters is location
if the dark is coloured pitch
you'll light bright the whole nation***
Alas
His words fell weak
on empty ears
because he was like sun,
and she had closed her eyes
to such powerful beams
she couldn't seem
to find the hand
that promised to be her one
and this girl
was shrouded in a half-truth
*Monsters sidle up
with faces drawn as heroes
with words whispered as saviors
with teeth
and angry claws
at the time
the sun
is setting
and if you glow*
too bright
they find you
Thus,
Only from a distance
could she listen
and when dragged in
by persistence
she lost so much resistance
in the instance
when he cried for her
And they were Two
But she could never say, "I love you."
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