It’s a love story from the dead to the dead
Rotating cyclones of he said, she said
It isn’t what I meant here’s what I mean instead
Constantly sending each other gifts of dread
You wanted to be heard, now your face is turning red
But I’m sorry, you’re sorry, it’s all we ever had
Now we’re feeling worse, we are always feeling bad
Our circles quickly dropping unless we stopped trying to add
Try to greet you all and you respond like you are mad
I’m certain all I wanted was for us feeling a tad less sad
Actions and words never meeting in the middle
And every single wound leaves us all so very brittle
Consequences come at you hard to read like a riddle
But everyone thinks they know how to love just a little
You swear it isn’t you but here it comes another missile
I know we’re all in hell it doesn’t take a degree
You’re always on the run, you barely ever take a knee
I know I’m paranoid the devil’s always after me
Blinding us with hate or lust I can’t convince you all to see
I’m just curious if any of you really do feel free
You build these walls and cages but who do they protect
You haven’t convinced me that your life is so perfect
I wonder if any of you clearly understand yet
It’s doubtful though so I’m passing on this bet
I’ll try again and maybe this time I will be more direct
Okay another verse, perhaps a message you can understand
None of this can work if we don’t give a helping hand
I live here, you live there, we all share this land
Love is not something to hoard, set it free unmanned
Love it knows the way so let it lead our command
© Delia Ross. 2019
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Thank you kindly for stopping by & reading! Glad you like!! 😊
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Really enjoyed this. Very well thought out and written and there was something really satisfying about the way the rhyming scheme changed and was maintained in each verse. Thanks for sharing. T
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Hi Tom, thank you for reading and providing feedback. I try to give myself ultimate freedom when writing. I’m glad you enjoyed this! Thanks for stopping by!
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I have only just come upon your writings. Why is it we all have such resonate words? Are we fortunate or do our soul and then hearts seem to discover what might be right in our lives, yet so foolishly leave aside for whim? I would like to feel the hope in raw kindness.
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Perhaps the hive mind or the fact that we really all are one no matter how disconnected we still feel. I hope you will stick around. 😊
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honestly it is difficult, thank you.
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I don’t make it easy sadly…
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I h please you speak truth and I couldn’t ask more.
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Thank you 😊
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