The last knock was so quiet
Barely she heard the rattle
Out of curiosity she peered outside
Standing there deshevled
Was her long lost prince
Her heart broke, but not her pride
She asked him what he wanted
He asked to be let in
Tired of being used she closed the door
Feeling so awful
And dreadfully sad
She crumbled onto the floor
She was not rich or pretty
Had nothing left to give
But time and energy he always took
Away from her future
Away from her pack
From the outside toxic it looked
She had been drunk on dreams
Had eaten so much potential
But her children were starving and thin
Eventually she woke up
From the trance they called love
And decided no more would she give in
She sent him on his way
Her beautiful prince
And told him to find himself
She focused on happiness
Joy and laughter
Nevermore waiting on the shelf
Time passed as it does
Everything smooth downstream
And again she heard that knock
Not any more
She thought to herself
And ‘that’ door she did lock.
Tag: Peace
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She gazed across the water,
Up towards the moon
Her heart full
Her face wet
The bottle empty
Her lips red
She pined for her Venn diagram
In her hands were strings
They played a tune
And sung she did beside them
A gentle loving song of hope
The song glided along the water and up towards the sky
Over the clouds and mountains
The birds stopped for a second to let the song pass
And chirped a little nod for its way
Up to the eclipse
Where her song did another meet
His song so sweet
And the sun and the moon danced
Gently, slow and steady
To not rock the world
Shake it off balance
But to soothe everyone
Their fears, their hate
The universal lullaby
Did their song make
Her song continued back on its journey
Over to the warmer water
Where it stopped at the cockpit
And swirled round his head
Her beautiful love
Fast asleep in bed
His song also continued onward north
To the colder place but cosy
It slipped down the mushroom vent
Where she was sleeping
And wrapped itself around her
Where it synced with her breathing. -
They closed the door and walked away
But only one of them left
The other froze behind the door
Taking a moment to breathe
Hoping one day they’ll be rational
Hoping she didn’t have to leave
She liked the cosy Venn diagram
She loved the warmth she received
But she didn’t like the awful things
He said when he was mean
So hopefully some time will pass
And he will remember their beauty
Hopefully he will realise words can’t be thrown around so freely
She hopes they both take time to grow
Two beautiful individual souls
And in winter when the frost does shine
They can reconnect over warm mulled wine -
Control your emotions
From the outset they will fail you
Destroy futures by vast
Imagine a landscape so rotten
Destined to live typecast
Without the option to alter
The world in which you were born
Pushed to secrete poison
When peace is all but forgone
Out of the shadows you whisper
Hoping someone will hear
But all have gone deaf in the mist
The answer is nowhere near
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