Roots Before Branches

By caIebjames

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"I found solace in open love, And for that I know I am enough". Written across Europe, this poetry collectio... More

A Kid My Age
Florence
I Believe You
11:11
New Year's Eve
Six
Me + You
Okay
Once in a Blue Moon
Summer Stars
21
Forever Again
Ghostwriter
American Dream
I'll Write
Tangerine
Forest of Dreams
Reign
Roots Before Branches
We're Kids With Dreams Bigger Than This Town
Into The Woods
Every Story Needs a Villain
Single
Lovely
Resilient
Shakespearean Romances
Londontown
Lightning in a Bottle
Oh No
Such Sweet Horror
Boardwalk
F*** Off Frat Boy
The Artist
What The F*** Is Going On?
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How Slowly They Wither

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By caIebjames

Fear is dead but nobody knows this yet.

An empty guitar case full of cash;
Hopes brutally, wistfully dashed.
I've been on the run like a convict for far too long;
Every ounce of my humanity is absent; it's gone.
I find myself in the middle of an omnipresent desert;
An oasis of love; of all those feelings I've remembered.
And in that mirage I can see a host of never ending trees;
Like a continuous flow of what we know is eternity.
I walk into nature with my heart on the line;
Deceitfully telling myself that everything's fine.

I feel minute in the middle of such glory;
A bohemian landslide; a fluorescent story.
It's the middle of July but each leaf has an expiration date;
I can see browns, reds and yellows; for some, it's already too late.
Oh, how slowly do the tides turn.
Oh, how slowly does the sun burn.
I'd do anything to feel free again;
I'd do anything to find a beginning in this end.
Oh, how slowly does the cold shiver;
Would you look at how slowly they, and I, wither.

Tell me you love me in such a natural manner;
I'll be yours exclusively; yours forever.
I've peeled back layers upon layers of myself in the last four months;
I've given myself one almighty chance at growing up.
And that's all thanks to this world I've created;
Where clouds float on waves and creativity calms hatred.
To say goodbye is bittersweet;
Two worlds in one; embedded within me.
After all the time it took for these roots to grow;
Finding solace in open love was the sign, only I could know.
I finally know who I am:
I know who I'm going to be.
A kid enamored totally and completely by creativity.

In the storm I found the rainbow;
In the woods I found roots.
In the pages I found the ability to let go;
In the branches I found what's true.

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