I watched the tears land on the grass, but
I couldn't watch them fall from your eyes.
wondering, would I see them again?
I had turned for a moment and your mind –
once so in tune with mine –
became weary of fighting your troubles.
Leaving you alone in battle:
My fault.
You walk away; I call you back,
grasping meekly at the fleeting dream
of our love, from which I can't awake.
Not turning around,
brusquely, you carried it away with you.
Leaving me shaken, and hollow:
Your fault.
Jaded, my eyes search school for yours
– and for a second they meet –
but turn aptly away,
guilty of the hope they brought us;
for hope was painful, and silence promising.
Leaving too much unsaid,
truly, Our fault.
Poetry by Dante Russo
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Written on 2008-05-04 at 14:53
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I couldn't watch them fall from your eyes.
Our Fault
I watched your lips telling me it's over,wondering, would I see them again?
I had turned for a moment and your mind –
once so in tune with mine –
became weary of fighting your troubles.
Leaving you alone in battle:
My fault.
You walk away; I call you back,
grasping meekly at the fleeting dream
of our love, from which I can't awake.
Not turning around,
brusquely, you carried it away with you.
Leaving me shaken, and hollow:
Your fault.
Jaded, my eyes search school for yours
– and for a second they meet –
but turn aptly away,
guilty of the hope they brought us;
for hope was painful, and silence promising.
Leaving too much unsaid,
truly, Our fault.
Poetry by Dante Russo
Read 408 times
Written on 2008-05-04 at 14:53
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