I am bent backwards
to that fatal moment
where I break.
There is no one to blame
but you for pushing
and me for allowing you
to control every part of me.
I can not yet see
the layout of this
momentous learning experience
yet I know I will
be shown the meaning
of it all.
I guess it will make me
stronger,
wiser,
and all more knowing.
But I would have preferred
to stay in the dark.
I want to dance
within someone's arms
among the oncoming waves
that crash against the sand.
I desire the feel of the ocean
lapping at my legs
as I am twirled around
by love's strong hands.
I dream of being held close,
swaying to an unheard melody,
bathe in the moonlight
that kisses the spray of
each and every endless break.
I fantasize of a love
which will be described
by many educated mouthes
as real and ultimately true.
I will wait in patience
for this dream to manifest
right before my eyes.
There are moments
in this life
that should be acted out
in front of a televised audience.
It's all too good to be true.
It's all too unreal to be
conceived as actual reality.
What am I to do when
late night moments are
expected of me to become
one who solves it all?
I can only do so much
before I decide to
throw my hands up in
utter fustration and contempt.
All I wholeheartedly wish
is for the wordl to finally see
me as a single person
and not as the "one" who
solves all that goes wrong.
My need for a break from
this perceived reality
is strongly knocking at my door.
I need to answer it soon
in order to keep insanity
from creeping into my brain
and taking permanent residence
in my bodily soul.
I prematurely thank
all who will step forward
to offer all of your help
in allowing me this
temporary, yet momentous break
I so desperately need.
I'll be in touch
when I get back from
this much needed holiday
from myself.
The submissively controlled voice
which has blossomed into our
sole speaker of what is the truth
is bombarded with a Hollywood-style of
spinning tall tales of the world.
Even the ordinary girl next door
craves those 15 minutes of fame,
egardless of the price they must pay.
A momentary instance of center stage
appeals to the greedy dark side
of each and every ego.
No matter if the utterances spoken
hold any valid proof of the
cluster of chaotic moments that
viciously became an unscripted
de Sade inspired theater show.
As long as the coiffed hair and
expensively applied make-up
look particularly fierce,
who cares what really happened?
As I hide in the shadows,
I wait for the calling of the night,
I take a protective position
against all who veture near.
I begin to hear the soft spoken words
of my true love begging of me
to follow my heart towards him
and leave all of this behind.
His voice seduces all of me,
that falsetto of a sound
carried on the westward winds,
ringing in my eyes and
haunting my night time dreams.
I will give in to him,
as I always seem to do.
Nothing can stop me now.
I will live forever in him.
Once a good girl goes bad,
she's gone forever.
There's just no turning back
once she dances across
that point of no return.
Who's to say what was
the deciding moment of
that eye-opening realization.
She might have heeded the
words of her inner Wonder Woman.
She might finally have understood
the words that were being spoken.
All anyone can see is
she's finally glowing.
The voice inside her head
didn't sound like an old friend.
More like an unwelcomed stranger,
someone she "almost" didn't know.
Something vaguely like a
blurred, self-induced memory.
That infinately persistant voice
echoing so deep inside her....
What was she to do but lean over
and change thr station,
only to settle into her new theme music.
Night shadows each foot step
as I walk along these darkened streets
in a frantic search of....
of what, I'm still unsure.
Guided by this subconcious voice,
wildly and passionately screaming
nonsense directions at me,
I begin to quicken my pace
in hopes of reaching you
because I undoubtedly know
it is with you this steet ends.
I feel as if I'm going insane
with every racing thought
through my hollowed out brain.
Do you know Frank Sinatra?
Like the rest of the Rat Pack,
he's dead.
All except Jerry and his kids
but it's all a matter of time...
We all meet an end.
How will you arrive at
that finish line of life?
All torn up screaming
"Holy fucking shit of Christ!"
or
sedately put together by others,
wondering where your driver is at?
That preacher's voice echoes around
this enclosed space of my mind,
shouting out hundred year old proverbs
that just don't mean as much
in this present moment of time.
So, where does that leave me?
I guess lost among repenting souls
searching for a final resting place.
Can you give it to me
as my elected savior?
Should I continue to search the world
for all those divine answers?
Or am I doomed to wander
never knowing anything at all?
I squeeze my eyes shut tight
with the hopes of seeing you
again for one last time
on the back of my eyelids.
It's been too long
since I last had you
standing right before me
and my imagination has
begun making slight changes
to the smile on your face.
It getting hard for me
not to rely on my memories
to get thru the day
but what else am I to do
at this point of my life?
The love's not gone.
Only you are,
and doubts whisper at me
that you're not coming back.
I have ultimately provided
the worded force and persuasion
of colossal movements
known to shake up the masses.
How could one even doubt
my supremely perfected seduction
of the mind, body and soul?
Neither forbid nor prevent me
from verbally ranting of this immortalized ideal,
for with the sanction of this action
you will at long last locate bliss
The light has left your eyes
as you speak unfeeling words
in my direction.
And so,
I'm left here waiting.
Waiting to see if love comes back.
Waiting for any kind of emotion.
Waiting for the music to start.
Waiting for you.
All that I hold dear is gone.
But none means as much to me
as you do
and I am forced to watch you
walk away.
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