End of Days

It's not that I don't care.

It's that I'm done trying. 

I'm done researching and fighting.

I'm done arguing and crying.

We hope beyond hope,

And we pray and we pray

For the magic elixir 

That's coming our way.

But there's no magic pill

That cures all our ills.

To live is to work

As we work to survive

And with knowledge is power

--With that power we thrive.

But unused knowledge--

It fills me with dread.

Did you hear that faith

Without works is dead?

So it has been since

The beginning of time.

You have your choices,

As I do mine.

So my heart is more guarded.

It beats, though, it's scarred.

It cares and it loves 

Even when loving is hard.

This love cannot choose

The path that's for you.

This is the hardest thing I know--

To love, sometimes, means to let go.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

A very unique relationships poem. It gives breaking up a philosophical girding: "To love, sometimes, means to let go." It's also clearly and sparely worded and well rhymed. I wish all the "You done me wrong" poets would take a lesson from this one. Well done.

[Indigoshadows]

Thank you.

[Planet x]

so beautiful , I am sure that anyone that was on relationship walked that path

So my heart is more guarded.
It beats, though, it's scarred.
It cares and it loves
Even when loving is hard.

We fight , but sometimes its too hard

[emipoemi]

My only comment(s) (are) that the third line up from the end should have a contracted "that is" for musicality purposes, and on a general note, don't be afraid to repeat word pairings (example: "and with knowledge is power/[and] with that power we thrive"). It amps up the power of the lines, and it helps the musicality flow smoothly. I would suggest saying "comes power" rather than "is", but I'm under the impression you used "is" to avoid the cliché.

Other than that: this is amazing!! Well done!

[Indigoshadows]

Thank you. I have tendency to abstain from contractions.... This isn't intentional, but I think speaks to the types of literature I read as a child. Thank you for pointing this out!

[emipoemi]

my pleasure.

(sometimes it's good to use contractions to help the poem flow.....otherwise you can hear how bad it sounds when read aloud. And the worst any writer can do is have a bad sounding line amidst beauty)