For The Moments I Feel Faint
19 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
in Poems Tags: Difficult moments, Rise Against
Guilt stricken doubt knots in my throat when the days pass with empty dial tones,
And summer breezes take you farther away.
Nature’s climax is stifling in its richness.
Lost inside it, we pause for this invasive nap in other people’s beds.
Trying to squeeze the air, I drop my breath to the floor and lose track of my heartbeat.
There is nothing but dry embers, where I once washed my hands.
Tears wet my pillow instead of your cheek as I take my next dose of loneliness.
I fill your cracks with romantic anecdotes, praying it will be enough for both of us.
As predictable as you are, I surprise myself with how I cannot change a thing.
But you’ll be there in autumn’s shadow, when the earth breathes in and the world stops spinning.
I’ll be chasing days on freeways and mornings watching you sleep.
One day we’ll move slowly on sidewalks and you’ll choose to wake to smiling face,
Which will finally be enough for you.
“I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first. Let’s compare scars I’ll tell you whose is worse.”
