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Shards of a Perfect Dream
The empty space had lifted,
The gap filled in my chest
My heart I thought would never beat again
With your grace I was gifted,
I gave all that I had left
Wondering where all my life you'd been
I can't control the change in me,
This change that only you can see
Apparent to no one, not even I;
I had grown weak under your spell,
A tale my desperation tells
Like so I'd fallen prey to my own pride
As I grew into my lust,
Yours grew old and stale
The man that you had come to love
Set on a path to fail
I did not see the warning signs,
How blind I had become
Now I am once again alone,
From my own thoughts I run
I know you are still with me,
Although not by my side
I think I liked it better
When I did not have to hide
The feelings flowing to the bone,
Back when my heart was cool as stone
Now picking up the pieces left behind.
I let my vices take the wheel
And caused all of the pain I feel
Driven to madness by my own hand
Everything seems so unreal
How quickly you had broke the seal
And left my feelings buried in the sand.
In spite of all this I know,
What made me break and love you so
The simple fact that you can not be tamed;
I can not try to take your will,
For you I'll take this space you fill
And store it in the depths from whence it came.
The more I love the more it hurts,
I will not take this to my hearse
Soon enough the heartache will subside
I hope at last to feel whole
To calm the storm my only goal
My sole wish is to quell the restless tide.
Should I try to win you back
It would prolong my blight
I wish for you the very best
May your future be bright.
I see you've already moved on,
It kills to know that you are gone,
But who am I to tell you what is right?
I have no other words to say
Except, be happy, from this day
Into the next, and all that lie beyond
I know you care, but worry not
Please take comfort knowing that
In truth I will support you all along.
The gap filled in my chest
My heart I thought would never beat again
With your grace I was gifted,
I gave all that I had left
Wondering where all my life you'd been
I can't control the change in me,
This change that only you can see
Apparent to no one, not even I;
I had grown weak under your spell,
A tale my desperation tells
Like so I'd fallen prey to my own pride
As I grew into my lust,
Yours grew old and stale
The man that you had come to love
Set on a path to fail
I did not see the warning signs,
How blind I had become
Now I am once again alone,
From my own thoughts I run
I know you are still with me,
Although not by my side
I think I liked it better
When I did not have to hide
The feelings flowing to the bone,
Back when my heart was cool as stone
Now picking up the pieces left behind.
I let my vices take the wheel
And caused all of the pain I feel
Driven to madness by my own hand
Everything seems so unreal
How quickly you had broke the seal
And left my feelings buried in the sand.
In spite of all this I know,
What made me break and love you so
The simple fact that you can not be tamed;
I can not try to take your will,
For you I'll take this space you fill
And store it in the depths from whence it came.
The more I love the more it hurts,
I will not take this to my hearse
Soon enough the heartache will subside
I hope at last to feel whole
To calm the storm my only goal
My sole wish is to quell the restless tide.
Should I try to win you back
It would prolong my blight
I wish for you the very best
May your future be bright.
I see you've already moved on,
It kills to know that you are gone,
But who am I to tell you what is right?
I have no other words to say
Except, be happy, from this day
Into the next, and all that lie beyond
I know you care, but worry not
Please take comfort knowing that
In truth I will support you all along.
Published 23rd Oct 2016
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29th Oct 2016 6:27pm
Hey man! That is great! I can definitely feel you on this. It's hard to be humble about this, but it's definitely an achievement to be. Cool rhyming scheme here.
I'm especially astounded by the last four stanzas. Very powerful way to end the write.
Welcome to DUP.
I'm especially astounded by the last four stanzas. Very powerful way to end the write.
Welcome to DUP.
3rd Nov 2016 11:29am
Thank you Chaoticwayz, I'm glad you enjoyed it. This rhyming scheme is very atypical of my usual writes but I would definitely like to try more like it. Thanks for your welcome
