Thursday, February 1, 2024

the darker side

you discover my deepest secrets
I discover where you hide 
laying in moss and roses
thorns pricking your insides
you could make a difference
I could make one too
just maybe not together
that just won't work for you
down there on the darker side 
down there on the darker side 

everything is different 
one more sweet refrain 
not much ever changes 
in the gloaming of the estranged 
a million empty reasons 
a million one-lined verse
practicing to be perfect 
over and over rehearsed  
down there on the darker side 
down there on the darker side 

not the first time we've been here
as we circle around the end
rest your head upon my breast 
before we lose it again 
we're leaning on each other
at least that's what we pretend 
this time it could be different 
or once more it gets bent
down there on the darker side
down there on the darker side 

I was a whisper on your lips
a kite blowing in your wind 
turn me loose, pull me back 
a game of chance my friend 
it all drops like the curtain 
at the end of the final scene 
no applause, as it once more falls 
and you call out to me 
down there on the darker side 
down there on the darker side 

1 comment:

poet destroyer said...

Awesome!! like always..p.d.