Thursday, May 29, 2008

Where I Am Now, by Benae Ritter


Hating what I've become but loving it all the same,

If I still had a heart, my soul would be ashamed

To learn that my conscience is no longer pure

Unsure of what to do, but no longer wanting to endure

And so I willingly defile a reputation self-imposed

Cut by the thorns of the unscented rose

That blows in the wind of a boxed in room

With doors closed tight so now my mind's my tomb

And I apoligize to myself before anyone else

But it calls me back with unheard stealth

And I answer every call faithfully to the end

Sad to find out the tremendous price of a sin

Paid in full in the future so I can enjoy right now

Closed eyes; escaping flows; and a trembling brow

Scared and Elated wanting only for the moment

Refusing to chase the love that long ago was stolen

And so a soul comes along to replace what I miss

To grant what I hope but always forget to wish

And the new soul brings the fresh hope of tomorrow

Relying on its own life so mines it never has to borrow

The force from; to power what it will

The overflow of love, an overspill that could kill

A nectar so sweet but still forbidden by God

Eaten by my thoughts and so into Paradise I'm never allowed

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