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From the Ground Up
As I gaze into your dull lifeless eyes
I can't help but smile through the tears I cry
For surely now you are in a better place
Then you were at the start of these horrid days
And even though you are so far away
Let's pretend the stars are ours for today
For when the morning comes and dawn awakes
I'll be alone with the rain's chorus on my windowpane.
But falling was never something that I grew up with
Through courage kept my head above those myths
That someday we would fade to nothing
If life was ever gracious enough to be trusting
Reminders how there can be no silhouette
For those fleeting spirits of the dead
They said down was all I ever grew
Maybe I'll start up with the absence of you.
I can't help but smile through the tears I cry
For surely now you are in a better place
Then you were at the start of these horrid days
And even though you are so far away
Let's pretend the stars are ours for today
For when the morning comes and dawn awakes
I'll be alone with the rain's chorus on my windowpane.
But falling was never something that I grew up with
Through courage kept my head above those myths
That someday we would fade to nothing
If life was ever gracious enough to be trusting
Reminders how there can be no silhouette
For those fleeting spirits of the dead
They said down was all I ever grew
Maybe I'll start up with the absence of you.
Published 18th Jan 2016
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18th Jan 2016 10:51pm
If life was ever gracious enough to be trusting
Reminders how there can be no silhouette
For those fleeting spirits of the dead
They said down was all I ever grew
Honey..those lines are truly gorgeous..you should be very proud of your talent....
Love
J
Reminders how there can be no silhouette
For those fleeting spirits of the dead
They said down was all I ever grew
Honey..those lines are truly gorgeous..you should be very proud of your talent....
Love
J
19th Jan 2016 1:18am
A complex and painful death. Your words smell of so much history, and of times past and feelings that kept on feeling.
The line "Through courage kept my head above those myths" comes off the tongue a little strange to me, though I like it's meaning and word choice. It's the cadence that I can't latch on to.
The last line is really sassy and cool btw
The line "Through courage kept my head above those myths" comes off the tongue a little strange to me, though I like it's meaning and word choice. It's the cadence that I can't latch on to.
The last line is really sassy and cool btw
