It follows me
Sometimes riding,
Holding tight
At times just a few
Paces behind
My second shadow
I cannot shake it
Even if I could
I doubt my strength
Or will
My second heart
Dark and heavy
Follows me, day
And night, until
My first beats
No more.
Kisses
Blood red
Deep and biting
Go straight to my head
Warm and spicy
Promises of a better tomorrow
Hold my hand, no more
Will sorrow ever find me
While the red liquid runs
And I cannot see
The bottom.
Friend it is time to be moving on
Here I am afraid is no home for us
Songs of a dark and a lonely time
Dance in the minds of the people
Friend it is time to be moving on
Trouble is in hearts and no love is here
Shadows are waiting now just for us
Gathering to jump and to drag us back
Friend it is time to move
(This is my first attempt at Dactylic metre, be kind please 🙂 Fun trying out new styles)
His fingers brushed her cheek,
Light and soft as mist.
Yet they burnt and scarred,
As deep as white heat.
His eyes looked right through her.
Loosened the bolts,
Of locked chambers in her head.
She clung to him, digging nails in,
While trying to push him away.
He smiled. Lightening stabbed,
Shattered against the world.
He smiled. She cried.
Jet black fingers claw
At the burnt red sky.
More of them than
The eye can count,
Or the mind can see.
Grasping, grabbing.
Trying to pinch
The falling sun.
Before they are
Hidden, thwarted.
By the rising night
Those eyes
I cannot forget
They are with me
Wherever I go
In the blackest of nights
I feel them
On the brightest of days
They see
Forever to be watching
Those eyes
I cannot escape
When they are reflected
Back at me
Today I feel old.
And wish to rest by the fire.
Clutching photographs
Of times gone by.
Remembering
Myself back to then.
Today I feel old.
Perhaps tomorrow I shall not.
I cannot make you stay
Nor would I try
You have too many ways
That you could go
Just remember me
When the road is harsh
The end so hard to see
That my offer of a place
Somewhere to be you
Has now gone, without trace
I cannot make you stay
Nor would I try
I cannot make me stay
Nor should you try
They stained her skin
As they rolled on down
Tattooed her face
For all to see
She wore them well
Adornments that proved
She was only human
After all
Such a long time ago
They danced even though
The smoke curled up
A lover around their legs
Such a long time ago
I watched the amber
Shine and glow
As they danced
Such a long time ago
Even as the darkness
Took the lead, so slow
Held their hands, time to go
I watched as they danced
Such a long time ago
Then it Started 