#hopefullness
this song is for you
the one i wait for
i dont need you i know
thats what they all say
and logic reminds me
to push you away
but hearts have a funny way
of running amuck
once cherished and loved
it now lay untouched
i hope you enjoy it
this tune i derived
from chaos inside me
that once may subside;
three chords in progression
from major and flat
each one a reminder
for the weeks that have passed
three strings plucked in fashion
each one louder than last
a riff of goodbye notes
in minor key for effect
i sing all but once
so the silence reflects
the moment of quiet
i felt when you left
the life was drawn out of me
and silence began
my heart tore in pieces
like guitar strings when snapped
i finish each verse
with a simple refrain
a cry of the memories
that will always remain
the chorus is steady
it flows quick like champagne
that we poured one dark evening
we shared in the spring
the bridge is unending
it connects the past to the new
it starts with open chords
like the whole in my chest
and ends with a cadence
that drips with regret
the bass line is deep
like the sound of your voice
the beat is persistent
like the smell of your skin
the tune is repeated
like breathing out
breathing in
the song ends with hopefulness
despite all the grit
still the silence afterwords
will not comfortably sit
there will be no more teardrops
upon any fret
my guitar cannot weep
though i haven't stopped yet
Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018 at 12:26 AM UTC
I’m not sure I believe
that one day the void will close,
the glass will be filled
and all will smell of roses
with the sky lightened by
another new morning
better to have loved and lost,
easier said than done,
adrift in the tide with our
memories washing against me
The inevitability of the kiss
of sea and sand
seems less romantic
and more a nuisance
now an endless cycle all too familiar
never entering my mind that
the day would come
when I’d be drained of all hope
for the rekindling of what was
and god, we really were something
Dec 24, 2014
Dec 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM UTC