These Altar Tears Are For You

It's not one of my best works, but it's true to how I felt.

These Altar Tears Are For You

 

Everyone's changing right now,

from strangers to best friends.

And while they change...

you remain the same...

 

You keep the good habits,
but you keep the bad too.
I don't want to lose you
but the truth is...I'm changing too.
I want to become better for God,
and better for you.
But how can I become better
when all I do is worry about you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smoking may be a "casual thing"
but it hurts me, and kills peoople everyday.
Drinking you do not do, but can
you promise not to go when nature calls?
Cursing may seem harmless,
but when I do it, it hurts people I love,
please don't do it so much...

My friend learned recently
about the harsh truth...
so she did what she had to do
even though it hurt her worst of all.
But I don't want to do that,
I don't want to lose you,
I don't want to have to do what she did.

I know that to you it's part of who you are,
how you talk and what you want to do.
But...I'm changing too..and in order to do that,
I need you to change too.
I love you, but if I change, and you stay the same
how is that good for me? How is that good for you?
We would be too different, and we would argue...
I don't want to do that.

I need you to change because you want to,
not because I said so.
You're my love, my life, my world.
Please try to change...
Please become that truly good person
you are in your heart.
Please don't make me do what she did.
Please don't make me leave.

July 17, 2007

Reviews

[justjenn_2u]

The feeling of worrying about another, holds us back from reaching our inner peace. Good that you recognize that. So sad that you are trying to reach better goals in life and live with peace and harmony. A poem that expresses empathy while also yearning for another to change.