I must confess

in shadows and pain
a drifting of pasts, a ghost, a shade
reliving a memory, i can't explain
wishing past wishes could be unmade
surly mood from just a thought
all riches gone yet nothing bought
lips pursed but nothing to say
cause you are here no more

head hanging down
a hatred of self, a mind, a soul
watching again that person drown
but he knows how to swim, he could control
remember remember to forget
naught to change, so much to regret
try so hard to keep those feelings at bay
no waves washing on this shore

fists and teeth clench for anger instead
forgiveness is for those that can be saved
not for those better off dead
stumbling down a road he paved
this man could be the one I see
in the mirror he is me
tears always streaming, so I pray
I have nothing to cry for

I tried and tried
but I was blind to truth
harbored before now banished inside
the ignorance of love and youth
don't want you to forgive but i'm sorry still
not empty inside just nothing to fill
wish I might, wish I may
mistakes are easy, wishing is a chore

words poured out all over the floor
with blood I paint a picture okay
sorry, so sorry, it won't happen anymore
no i'm lying, never happened, I just want to say
nonetheless
I must confess
it was hard for me that day
you walked out that door



Poetry by matt
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Written on 2007-01-12 at 17:14

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nature
amazing
2007-05-15


wonderbread
such a tragedy! that is, both your choice of words, and the plot which befriends them...such an explination you seemed to be chasing, which nevertheless escaped your reader's thoughts, and perhaps even your pen in hand, in the end. my friend, i am sorry, but this is hardly the sort of complicated premise you make it out to be. you ended the piece quite simply, too...not to be overlooked, after the first four stanzas...not that your feeling or conscious should be described any differently, perhaps the mood should simply be better presented...
take care.
tony
2007-01-12