A recurring memory...
You were standing on the steps, cold and uncertain
I was standing below, waiting and unsure
What stopped your lips from forming the words goodbye
What kept your thoughts at bay
What stopped you from seeking your freedom
Your eyes were desperate
You needed me to go
And I should have gone.
But I could not walk away
I could not walk away from everything you were
We were bound by the uncertain chains of emotion
Trapped in a deadly embrace
Clouded thoughts thundering in the dark
Beautiful memories disturbed, turbulent spiralling away
So much could have been
Yet so much broken on the back of a few careless moments
Careless moments that seared white hot in my heart.
I should have given myself to the ocean
Let the great waters quench my pain
I should have sacrificed my love to set your love free
But I did not have the strength
And I could not summon the courage
Summon the courage to say goodbye
The finality of that one word, just two syllables
Would have resounded too loudly
Shattering my every dream.
To this day it is still trapped in my heart
And forever we pay the price.
© Rik - 20/06/2009
Poetry by Rik
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Written on 2009-06-22 at 04:26
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