The World behind Cold Empty Eyes- A Poem about seeing things from a broken soul
The World behind Cold Empty Eyes
It seems like only yesterday
But years have passed, and nothing’s changed
The secrets carried in the winds
Still spill on the streets like the next new fix
And still it’s so far away
And my eyes have lost their touch with life
You can’t read what’s been broken
And can’t look into a soul that’s chosen to give in
For every hope I’ve counted
Comes 5 wishes that never came to be
The center of it, the heart of me
Like a pin cushion, fixated with holes
Each one a symbol of a dream that’s come up empty
A prayer spoken into a pillow
Just fragments of faith, tears on a cloth
That never became more than a spoken whisper
Just wanting someone to hear it
Cause you can only fall down so many times
Until you forget how to get up
This weight is getting heavy
These limbs are growing tired
And these eyes are looking for new sights to see
So please just believe in me, while there’s time
Cause I feel so alone
I need a reason to see tomorrow
Cause all I see are reason’s to tune out
And tears wouldn’t be good enough
To absolve the things I’m feeling
Just counting on someone to understand
Cause I can’t be the only one
And if I am, I’m meant to be alone
So please take my heart
So I don’t have to feel this anymore
©Sean Monaghan 1/22/2013