Jagged Reflections
By, Jess Dickson
Between reflection and flesh
Memories emerge from hidden caverns
Buried deep within the sands of time
Slipping through the hours glass
Creeping across my face
Stitched together with silence threads
Covered with shames foundation
Tracing the broken path
I wonder if my eyes betray my guise
Do strands of shredded self fray at the edge
Between reflection and flesh?
An Unkept Promise
ReplyDeleteI've seen fire turn into ice
And I've seen lighting strike the same place twice
I've watched my skin dry out and crack as it turned into leather
From too many years of being left out in the weather
As bad as things got, I always knew someday they'd get better
I never doubted for one second that we'd get through this together
But she said that her love for me is gone forever
It once shined in her eyes
Like the brightest stars in a midnight sky
I still love her so much and I can't tell you why
But I know that I'll love her till the day that I die
I try real hard to be strong but the pain has made me weak
And I'm thinking of her tonight as a tear runs down my cheek
That's the first tear tonight
But there'll be a lot more before the morning light
I think about her every night, all night long
How could her love, our family and our home
No longer exist and just be gone
How could something so right go so wrong
How did I end up growing old all alone
She's taken an old flame and turned it into a fire
That has her burning with a new desire
And she say's he has more love for her than I ever had
She's really happy and that makes me glad
Because she still cares, she wants me to be happy to
And she doesn't want me to love her like I do
She wants me to share this love with someone new
She can't understand why this is something that I can't do
I hope some day she'll be able to see that our love
Really was made for us in Heaven above
I wish I could help her to believe and understand
That that's the reason God actually took His nail scared hand
And in it He held my broken heart
While He put back together, the love we had torn apart
I know she doesn't feel that love for me any more'
But God said it's still there and if she ask He'll restore
I don't think she'll ever ask because she's in love too deep
And I feel another tear running down my cheek
Because that means it's a promise that God can't keep
Grey Ghost