-What have we become?-
Watching from shadows
Hidden behind an illusion
A safe facade I created
Away from his world
But still keeping myself
close enough to feel
As much of him as I can
Pretending I dont care
Or cant see
The truth of him
All the while
His pain piercing my moments
As I watch him struggle
Just to be
Wanting so terribly to reach out
To stroke his brow
Smile at him
And tell him I know
I do care
And Im here
But then
That's not how
We play the game is it
No, instead
We work hard to save our dignity
In the shallow premise of pride
Or maybe simply for self preservation
All the while becoming
That of which we fear the most
A road once traveled
A dream once dreamt
A love once embraced
Reduced to stolen moments
Of mutual lust
Echoed tears muffled
Through whimpering sighs
And still we play
Are we so different
The two of us
Our hearts yearn the same dream
Our souls crave the same needs
And our bodies want.
Well, passion was never our problem was it
My mind travels the distance between
What was and what is
And no matter how many times
I retrace our steps
I cant figure out
How we got here
But here we are nevertheless
So I crawl back into my safe dark space
Whisper his verse through trembling lips
And wish like we all do
That I could ripple time
Lift the veils of yesterday
And find myself still there
Basking in the warmth of his gaze
LadyRaine
Watching from shadows
Hidden behind an illusion
A safe facade I created
Away from his world
But still keeping myself
close enough to feel
As much of him as I can
Pretending I dont care
Or cant see
The truth of him
All the while
His pain piercing my moments
As I watch him struggle
Just to be
Wanting so terribly to reach out
To stroke his brow
Smile at him
And tell him I know
I do care
And Im here
But then
That's not how
We play the game is it
No, instead
We work hard to save our dignity
In the shallow premise of pride
Or maybe simply for self preservation
All the while becoming
That of which we fear the most
A road once traveled
A dream once dreamt
A love once embraced
Reduced to stolen moments
Of mutual lust
Echoed tears muffled
Through whimpering sighs
And still we play
Are we so different
The two of us
Our hearts yearn the same dream
Our souls crave the same needs
And our bodies want.
Well, passion was never our problem was it
My mind travels the distance between
What was and what is
And no matter how many times
I retrace our steps
I cant figure out
How we got here
But here we are nevertheless
So I crawl back into my safe dark space
Whisper his verse through trembling lips
And wish like we all do
That I could ripple time
Lift the veils of yesterday
And find myself still there
Basking in the warmth of his gaze
LadyRaine
