Too late now

Thinkin bout my expiration date ,

Oh baby how I'll celebrate ,

When I'll no longer be around,

To try and make you understand,

My love burned deep in sky and land,

I guess now you'll just never know

Just how bad you broke me down,

I hope you know that I was

Crying on the bathroom floor 

Telling God I can no more ,

Asking him to take my soul

Praying for a chance at all

My love my love you broke me down,

And I'm still sticking around

My love my love how can I lie?

You're all I'll think of before I die ,

How can I ever leave? 

My one true love my one true need,

Oh darling how can I ever lie?

You're all I'll see before I die.

Things I should've left unspoken

Promises I have never broken,

White lies I had to tell,

Not for me , but for your well,

Pretty nights full of fear ,

When you couldn't shed but a tear,

Deep thoughts I came to feel,

Having to believe they're real.

My love my love how can I lie?

You're all I want before I die,

My one,,, my all, 

Can you please not let me fall?

I'm going back to gloomy days

And I hoped you'd wake me from this haze.

Oh darling let me say,

I never went away ,

Those whispers your soul can hear,

That's me speaking out my fear,

Losing what you need to live

Is like ceasing your own heartbeat.

My light , my life , my everything

How can I ever lie?

How can I not tell you I love you 

When it's the utter truth,

When all I want is this

When all that's real

And all I feel

Is nothing less , nor nothing more

Than something some may abore,

Pretty lies , 

Ugly truth

Dark skies

Lit gloom.

Keep believing in those evil thoughts

One day you'll realize,

What you couldn't see with your eyes

All I ever did was care

All I ever showed was love

All from all I never left

When I needed to I only wept 

I was scared and sad

But I fought for it

I fought for you

I fought for us

I had in you all my trust.

Little pieces come together,

We stared at the changing weather,

Rainy nights and sunny days,

Weird laughs and fake charades.

Hearts break and heal,

But the soul is something one may steal,

When yours is no longer what it once was,

And you missed to consider it a loss.

Pure and genuine ,

Deep and real,

Silk on leather ,

Fear to feel ,

Fear of loss,

Fear of missing  ,

What it once was.

Reviews

[JayG]

You need to dig into the structure of rhymed poetry, and prosody, because you take neither into account. There's a lot that's not obvious, but it is necessary.

The excerpt on Amazon for Stephen Fry's, The Ode Less Traveled will give you a good introduction to the elements of structured poetry, and is well worth the time it takes to read.

[zunie frost]

Pure and genuine ,
Deep and real,
Silk on leather ,
Fear to feel ,
Fear of loss,
Fear of missing ,
What it once was.

i like the last part ...
very unique piece of work

[Devi DM]

Very beautiful and heart touching. This was an awesome read.

[vili]

thank you so much !