Surrender

Calm the rage in your veins

As it thunders through your brain

I’ve held you in my arms

As you bled onto the carpet floor

Your blood-soaked tears releasing

Like a dam’s last attempt to restrain itself

I’ve felt every iota of the pain that you’ve felt

Sat there as you wrung out the worst possible experiences

In some way, you reflect me

You have become my mirror, my shadow

But a shadow that I’ve begun to understand

I suppose love is all you need while dealing with

Such interminable rage

Hate fuels it, love plunges its scalding skin

Under freezing water

The pins and needles once felt,

Will calm as your skin turns pale once again

I’ll hold you as you shiver and writhe

I suppose it was my duty that I shirked

By using my disdain as an excuse

But after all, that running

My sweet darling,

All this was, was fear

Fear that you’ll run riot the way you used to

That you’ll destroy my sanity with the serrated blade

I once used to severe our bond

Trust never comes easy,

It’s a luxury, I rarely allow myself

But I’ll take that leap of faith now

As I’ve reached the edge of this polarity

The pendulum swung and swung

Relentless in its race against time

Not realising that it was Time’s accomplice instead

A physical manifestation of its speed and mastery

That’s what our relationship has become

Or maybe what it’s always been

My race to run away from you

But ending up right in your arms in the end

So, let’s not run anymore

Let’s not deface each other or ourselves

Maybe love is the answer after all

Lets combine forces and dance in the rain

No more division

No more pain

Wipe the blood off the wall

Release the demons from the vault

Clean out the cobwebs with a swift hand

No more prisoners or torture

No staccato beats haunting our every hour

Loneliness can bid us adieu

Because I’ve finally found you

Melt the silver weapons

And drown the guns in the river

No more wars shall wither the branches of our willow

I’ll throw away the mighty sword

Discard the poison from its bottles

Banish the hate that has insidiously entered my home

As I welcome you back with open arms

Silence the mindless chatter of gossip

That seek to throw you into exile once again

I shall not part with you, my heart

Once is all I can take

Climb these mountains with sure footing

Cause an enemy you are no more

A brother, a sister, a friend, an ally

Are titles I’ll bestow you, with henceforth

Crown the mighty lion and slay the cunning fox

It has outlived its reign and its shall never rule again

Heart and soul beat and flow as one

A symphony of high crescendo

Shining like a beacon in the desert night

To walk through heaven

One must endure hell

And we have, dear friend in the worst possible way

Seize the collision and sync with the harmony

The rising sun and waning moon

The high tide and the fast winds

Cross the ocean with me now

Set sail and glide to paradise on a white winged horse

Shatter the illusions that swim like sirens luring their prey

You and I are one now

I need not utter a single sound after these words have been spoken

All I’ll do is sit with you and bask in our silence once again like old friends.