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To whom?
This poem is about wanting out and wanting in...
It's nothing I considered
Before the other day
Wandering in the nighttime
Looking for my way.
I see you sitting over there,
Away from me your gaze,
Forgetting what I wanted,
Plodding through your days.
Yes, I said forever,
I said I'd never leave.
The Promise of a lifetime
I wanted to believe.
But in the chasm it crept in,
Taking me along,
An impulse to be unowned,
The world would say its wrong.
To crave a kiss untested
And feel the violet heat.
And be seen afters years of waiting
Invisible and incomplete.
My life force make the rules now
And wills me to submit
To a man who saw beyond my "status"
And charmed me with his wit.
I'm sorry and I'm not you see
Because no longer do I feel
That a forever man can be my all
And a marriage construct real.
So only one question now remains
As I curl up here and write:
Do I tell you what I really feel?
Should I initiate this fight?
To whom do I belong now?
Who will decide for me?
Can I not just be myself
And let whatever may come just be?
Still I'm frozen in this place
Because I just can't stand to see
Anyone I've cared about
In pain or agony.
I know you love me and try so hard
To give me what I need
But you'll only be successful
If you smile and say I'm freed.
It's nothing I considered
Before the other day
Wandering in the nighttime
Looking for my way.
I see you sitting over there,
Away from me your gaze,
Forgetting what I wanted,
Plodding through your days.
Yes, I said forever,
I said I'd never leave.
The Promise of a lifetime
I wanted to believe.
But in the chasm it crept in,
Taking me along,
An impulse to be unowned,
The world would say its wrong.
To crave a kiss untested
And feel the violet heat.
And be seen afters years of waiting
Invisible and incomplete.
My life force make the rules now
And wills me to submit
To a man who saw beyond my "status"
And charmed me with his wit.
I'm sorry and I'm not you see
Because no longer do I feel
That a forever man can be my all
And a marriage construct real.
So only one question now remains
As I curl up here and write:
Do I tell you what I really feel?
Should I initiate this fight?
To whom do I belong now?
Who will decide for me?
Can I not just be myself
And let whatever may come just be?
Still I'm frozen in this place
Because I just can't stand to see
Anyone I've cared about
In pain or agony.
I know you love me and try so hard
To give me what I need
But you'll only be successful
If you smile and say I'm freed.
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