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By SN0W Date: 2001 Nov 24 Comment on this Work [[2001.11.24.15.58.28622]] |
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he said i marked him and laid claim by writing my name with leopard claws but my love ownership was never ours to take or give a prize to win? i think not that glow we wear the smile which sparkles from too often down turned lips the laughable space between the soles of our feet and the floor these are the markers not of a battle won but simply ...and yes, not so simple of a place we've fought to reach barriers, boundaries and banishment oh God, how we managed to finally get here is still unclear a thrust of truth's dagger sliced my chest spilling all the hidden secrets all the reasons why you couldn't get closer why i pushed when i wanted to pull you closer, harder, tighter held on to for the fear of losing the one and only truth i've always known and fear, yes it played it's own hand taking all the chips tilting the table in favor of pain better to walk away hidden make the lies the truth gather clouds of doubt and breed mistrust shake from uncontrollable rage and not shed a damn tear to your face as your back stood straighter walking further away Hate Me! i scream love me .... i whisper perhaps they see me now in the light you shed and yes, even say i mark you branding my name across your chest ... blazing it deep into your heart with my fragile flames but not as a trophy not as a prize we simply, and yes, not so simple wear the love and if that's what it means to be ... marked then here i am... with my head thrown back eyes brimming with tears and arms out wide.... a canvas ... waiting Snow (c)nov.2001 |