I WANT TO…
RUN AWAY
BUT FROM WHOM OR WHAT
I WANT TO FLY TO YOUR SIDE
AND HELP YOU
FIND ANOTHER WAY
THAT DOES NOT HURT.
THEN I HEARD A VOICE SAY;
“THEN FOR WHAT OR WHOM
DID I SUFFER
AND WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH
THE SACRIFICE?
I WANT TO RUN A WAY
BUT TO WHAT REWARD
OR PRICE TO PAY,
WHAT LESSON LEARNED
WAS WORTH NO SLEEP
NO LEGS, ARM (S) SENSE OF TASTE OR SMELL?
I WANT TO RUN AWAY
BUT FROM WHOM OR WHAT?
THE ONE IN THE MIRROR
OR THAT SEEN FROM WITHIN ME,
THE LIES TOLD
THE REGRETS FELT
THE END THAT NEVER COMES
OR THE BEGINNING THAT NEVER STARTS?
I RUN A WAY
IN WHICH RAIN DOES NOT WASH AWAY…
TEARS CAUSE WEEDS TO GROW
BLOOD PICKLES MY SOUL
AND LIGHT REVEALS THE DARKNESS
STILL.
I SEARCH FOR A WAY TO RUN
AND A PLACE TO WHICH I MIGHT SOMEDAY ARRIVE
AND
RUN NO MORE
By
Sammie L. Carter
Copyright 18Aug2011
Quite profound. Beautiful emotions put to page.
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