Thursday, June 16, 2011

Sea World

I remember
Still fresh in my mind
The memory more vivid than most

I watched 
Pain dripped from your eyes
The shame still haunts like a ghost.

I remember
You fell from the crowd
Down onto pavement out of the way

I watched 
You stood in your tears
Surrounded by people with nothing to say.

I watched
You looked up and saw me
I watched as they took you away

You watched
I looked back and saw you
You watched as I walked away





Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Proposal

I am your future love and promise 
I am shining behind the window clear
Pass and pause and prove and please 
Nobody takes me seriously dear

I'm getting dusty; I'm getting cleaned 
You're getting nervous I see
Picking me out and buying cut roses
This was meant to be

I am your new glowing satisfaction 
Just try to talk without a smile
Parade and perform and perfect the passion 
I was worth the dreadful mile

I'm hanging from lips; I'm dangling from lashes 
I feel new on your finger, once bare
Kiss this once and cut all other ties 
I know that we make quite the pair


I am your hollow empty promise
New fights bring a new sense of pain
Plead and persuade and pacify and press
Little ears have nothing to gain

We can't stand the stresses but don't want to be lonely 
We have nothing left to lose
Pick me back up and put me in the right position 
Let us call a lovers truce

I am your familiar loyal companion 
Holding hands never felt so good
Plan and praise and prize and polish
Years together we have stood

Rough patches in life have made us all stronger
Time has made us all the more wise
Now we are all beneath sandstone and rubble 
Too deep to hear anyone's cries