Foxlove Bolts

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  • Dedicated to Tennessee
                                    

The tears I cry
Are dry as dust
Invisible to each person
Every one but me
My voice is loud
Inside, bowed and silent
No one hears anything
I sing no longer
It is too quiet
I bit my tongue
The words I wanted
To bid no farewell

Screams assail my mind
I find no peace
But outside is tranquil
I will seem calm
Is that a mistake
A lake of tears
Kept in inner boundaries
To freeze my heart

So no one sees
This disease slowly killing
My sanity or goodwill
Only till I die

Regret is the killer
Silent thriller of shadow
Never leaving my side
I lied to you
You who are stranger
Perfect and love's joke
Heart broke I think
So we both lie
Why, why we sing
Silent as the grave
Thankful gave to us
The voices God did
So together and alone
Not known by another
We live this satire
Love fire and water
Diamonds that blaze hot
Stars shot to earth
I choke on similarity
Between me and you
And die from owning
This thing called fear
That kept me away
Did stay my hand
And broke my heart
The start born dead
In my white throat
Regrets gloat in death
Long live the frozen
Those chosen to defy
Breathing but not alive
To thrive no more

Where do you keep
The deep and shallow
Parts of your soul
A bowl would do

I use a jar
Kept far but close
If let to roam
From home it goes
To find its desire
Never liar to itself
Never in a rut

Knowing what it wants

Never able to achieve
Finding leave of you

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