Month: October 2015
To Lose
In truth, there’ll always be
Another ‘everything’ to lose,
It is a lie that an eye that sees
Can run out of tears;
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And a heart that beats
Is a heart that hurts;
The same mind that knows
Is the mind that errs;
And the warmest voice
Sometimes surely whispers
The coldest words;
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In truth, there’ll always be
Another ‘everything’ to lose;
And it is a lie that the pain decreases
Or that one gets used to it;
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Still, a heart that beats
Is a heart that hopes;
And a mind that errs
Is a mind that learns;
And the coldest voice
Sometimes surely whispers
The kindest words;
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In truth, there’ll always be
Another ‘everything’ to lose,
Till you’re naught but breath and a pair of wings,
Made of what was once
Your everything
The Translator
I tried to smile like you – less often –
And wear the uniforms you do;
I gave myself another chance to
Follow your common sense’s rules:
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I sat and learned for endless hours
To think your way and love your way,
I understood and spoke your language,
But never found a word to share;
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I watched you dream, and wished your beauty
Would touch but one string of my heart,
Yet, it remained alone and silent,
And started hurting as time passed;
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I’m sorry, none of this is for me;
Your aspirations won’t be mine;
What you call light I still call glitter,
What you call passion I call greed;
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I close your book and leave – I have to,
I have a place I want to be;
There are mistakes to make and lessons
To learn, and things to lose and gain,
And mountaintops to reach