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Austyn Shumard Nov 2018
Much like how long and as quick lightning
Flies across a ghastly and fiery sky
The fight of the heart and mind is frightening.
It's so much easier to fall than fly.
Yet for her my heart still rises high
And my mind sinks into the ground
As it is captivated by bittersweet lies
But truth is the one and only sound
That I am incapable of hearing.
The red found in a heart is the only shade
I am incapable of feeling.
For those sensations will fade
Like a bullet, the emptiness brings pain,
But some loves only end in shame.
Austyn Shumard Nov 2018
A long time ago, we were on fire,
Even if our situation was a little dire.
Our love grew like a flower never dying,
And our sweet nothings were never lying.
Yet a flower can catch a flame
And the truth can bring shame.
Perhaps things that never die
Just wait in agony hoping to fly
But hope can be misleading
And the signs we were never reading
Led a separation of our deepest desires
Which turned even the truths into many liars.
Flowers that never die just need hope
But hope does not allow something to cope
And only hides the fact that we all want something
And we don't have it, and we feel nothing
But that struggle, that agony is always there
While it cries at night, "Life is not fair."
Yet it can be if someone would truly care
And in this misery, our pains they may share
But that love and loyalty is incredibly rare.
Austyn Shumard Nov 2018
I'm stuck looking at pictures
Trying to forget that it hurts.
I can't accept that you're a memory
And am still hoping you fell for me.
I know you didn't, you're not here,
But I still hold you dear.
I try to send you messages,
Yet the pain refuses to lessen.
I can't get you off of my lonely mind,
So please help, it's you I want to find.
I'd like to bring you back into my life;
Our words might hurt like a knife
But I'd die to see you again.
Without you, my heart is in disdain.
It's as if everything I do reminds me of
A place I'd like to be in the future with my love.
I cannot walk down lonely beaches
Without you stuck in my mind like leeches.
It’s true what they say: love is pain
This love is worth the rain.
Austyn Shumard Nov 2018
It was so much more to me than just a kiss.
It repaired the emptiness left by those I miss.
Maybe we see all of these problems we can’t fix.
Being with you was more effective than a drink I’d mix.
My heart catches on fire around you, my eyes shine
And I think of all of the ways I could try to make you mine.
At two in the morning when the bars are all closing
And I take you home and hug you goodnight, I’ll be composing.
I’ll be writing about how next time I’ll hold you close.
I’ll be strong enough to buy you another rose.
You’re the only one I see, I love you and only you
All the beautiful things in the world and you’re the best view.
In one moment, I’d give you everything.
With you, I am like a king.
So, I’ll love you to the moon and back
And I’ll search for all the words I lack.
Gravity pulling me couldn’t change my mind
Nobody could lead me astray, you’re one of a kind.
If going to that moon was the only way to see you once more.
If I crash into the water, I’ll just wait by the shore.
If satellites fall and stars die, and I would go to the darkness
I would be falling still for you, I promise this regardless.

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