A Different Thread

Published January 18th, 2007

Lives, like speeding cars, rushing past, Everything I love, falling away, 

Like scenery through the window Into a chasm of half remembered dreams 

So much loss! To be a hero 

Just one chance to prove I was worthwhile But it rushed past too quickly to be seized 

And it became a taunt haunting me forever To survive, living, caring, working 

With guilt corroding my life, and everything I do or feel Tainted with sorrow 

Desperate for youth and another chance To weave again into the life I had planned for myself, 

A different thread The thread of peace, not adventure, 

My yesterdays filled with contentment With no threat to my tomorrows, 

To look into the mirror and not see his terrified eyes Hiding behind a make-believe smile

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