Can You?

Do you think you can?

Sunlight beams as I sit alone

Can you see it?

My heart slowly collapsing

 

Wind rustles as I think alone

Can you feel it?

My soul slightly dying

 

Can you?

See how my eyes show it

That the star even reflect it

I'm slowly losing it

Can you?

See how my tears prove it

That the crowd sees it

I'm not fighting it

 

Can you hear the music playing?

AS I SING ALONE

Can you listen to it?

MY VOICE QUIVERING

 

Sunlight fades

AND THE WIND STOPS

My music ceases

WITH HOPE DECREASE

 

Can you?

Feel the lasting pain

MY TEARS FALL AS RAIN

 

Can you?

Tell that my heart aches

AND I SLOWLY BREAK

 

My eyes show it

STARS REFLECTION

OF WHAT IS BEING LOST

Can you see that?

LIKE A DEATH SCENE

The crowd sees it

NO LONGER CAN I FIGHT IT

Can you see that?

Oh can you?

 

Author's Note

Original Lyrics - 9/22/2007
REVISED 12/31/2011
EDITED & POSTED 1/01/2012

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful emotion in this poem. I like the flow of words and thoughts. When you fall from love. Can be hard to get up again. I like the question at the end of the poem. Leave the reader with a thought to ponder. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[fireblossom]

I didn't know this was a lyric but I felt it. This piece would really sing as part of a song. The words "can you" are a cool catch on the beat. One approach would be to pause there..."can you?" for tension and drama.

Well written.