YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE...

YOU'RE LIKE A SNOWFLAKE IS TO THE SUNFROM A DISTANCE YOU SHIMMER & SHINE UNLIKE ANY OTHER ONELIKE A FLAWLESS DIAMOND TO THIS MIND OF MINE BUT GET TOO CLOSE & YOU DISAPPEAR IN LINE WITH TIMEAS IF WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ALIGN PARALLEL TO MY PARADIGMPERPENDICULAR TO THAT OF WHICH MY IMAGINATION DESIGNEDNOT ANOTHER PERSON AS PERFECT COULD I FINDLEAVING ME BREATHLESS WITH WONDERMENT & BUTTERFLIES ILLUMINATED BY MY LOVE LIGHTS SHINEYOU ENLIGHTENED MY LIFEEVER SO SWEET & KINDMY HOPES TRANSFORMED INTO LOVE FOR YOU A LOVE THAT COULD STOP MY HEART ON A DIMEO HOW I WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT TIME THAT TIME WHEN INNOCENCE WAS THE WORD I'D USE TO DEFINEYOUR SMILING FACEAND HOW IT CALMED THIS CRAZY MIND OF MINEI REMEMBER ALL SO WELLTHE PEACE THAT WITH YOUR PRESENCE,RESCUED ME FROM MY HELL& MADE MY INSECURITIES MELT REVEALING CONFIDENCE NO LONGER SMOTHERED BY THE PAINOF MY CONSCIOUS AWARENESS SELFI JUST WISH I COULD AGAIN FEEL HOW THAT FEELING FELTFEEL AGAIN FEELINGS THAT NONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF CAN MAKE ME FEELNO ONE ELSEYOU HOLD THE KEYS TO MY NEVER NEVER LANDA PLACE O SO PERFECT & BEAUTIFUL AS IF GOD HIMSELF LENT A HELPING HANDWITH WATER AS CLEAR AS THE DEEP BLUE SEA IN AN UNTOUCHED LAND OF PURE WHITE SANDWHERE EVERYTHING & EVERYONE I CALL MY FRIENDA PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO BEGINNING A PLACE THAT WILL NEVER ENDFREE OF PAIN & SUFFERINGFAR FROM ME ARE MY SINS WHERE KARMA IS MY HARMONY WITHOUT THE WORRY OF ANYONE OR ANYTHING EVER AGAIN HARMIN MESTEPPING RIGHT IN TIME WITH THE CADENCE OF THIS BEATING DRUM AKA THE HEART IN MEBUT WITHOUT YOU I'M ALL ALONE HIGH UP ON A LITTLE SHELF SITTING HERE BESIDE MYSELFLOOKING DOWN FINDING IT HARD TO BELIEVEWISHING MY HEART WOULD JUST LET IT BEWHEN I LOOK BACK IT'S HARD TO SEEWHEN I LOOK INWARD IT'S HARDLY MEWHEN I LOOK AROUND AND I DON'T SEE YOU IT'S HARD TO BREATHEWITH THIS HARP ON MY SLEEVEI PLAY MY SONG OF SORROW & GRIEF HOPING THAT MAYBE TOMORROWTHIS ANXIETY WILL LEAVEAND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET UP OFF MY KNEESAND FIND MY WAY OUT OF THIS FORESTFREE FROM THE GRIPS OF THESE TRAUMA TREESFINALLY FREE OF THIS WEIGHT THAT'S BEEN BURYING ME  BORN TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY EVEN THOUGH I'LL NEVER BE THE SAMEAT LEAST I'LL BE ABLE TO UN PAINT THIS PICTURE & STEP OUT OF THIS MIND FRAMEOFF OF THIS BROKEN HEART SHAPED WINDOW PANE  AND NO LONGER CARRY THIS BURDEN OR THIS NAMECLOSE THE CURTAINSNUFF THE FLAMEEVEN THOUGH NO MATTER WHERE I GO WHERE EVER YOU ARE IS NOT THE SAME PLACEAND WHEREVER YOU'RE DESTINATION LIES WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE SAME RACENOT KEEPING THE SAME PACEIT BREAKS MY HEART TO SAY THIS BUT IF I CAN'T SAVE YOU THEN I GUESS EVENTUALLY I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE FACEBEFORE I FALL FROM GRACE AND THE LIFE I'VE SPENT PERSUING YOU BECOMESA WASTE. . . 

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