Blind Beliefs

Every time I come here,
The memory clouds the sky.
I feel unsettled when I leave.
It's not the rain at all I fear.
Or words you will live by,
Or the differences we all believe.
The joy loses itself as I hear
Conversations on my lips that die,
Unfitting to the words you will weave,
But recollections I hold so dear.
Lie suppressed as low as the high,
As the distance creeps closer and near.
You don't see the trend and where,
The rain's presence or why.
Those clouds don't disappear,
It's why I can no longer come here,
It's why I must say goodbye.
Heed these words and beware,
For now I no longer even care.

04.14.13
©Kerri L. Stanley

Truth

Together, alone, and mostly apart
We go in and out through our days
Connecting only now and again
As the past we once had will still fade
Malice has no place in our homes
Yet you will poke the hornet nest in the tree
And misjudge what you want to believe
Casting doubt for others to see
That the stones you have thrown will fall
By the ditch where I fell and now lay
Will uncloud my mind to the truth
That wasn't real at all yesterday
Perhaps your vision is a sign
It defines the person I see
I'm nothing of value to you
As ever you don't want me to be

04.07.13

Justification

What are you trying to prove?
What good does it do for you?
To continue this story of sorrow
Doing things you shouldn't do
As if confession should be enough
To justify it all in your mind
You can mark the hands of time
And believe it is not at all love
But close your eyes each night
Convince yourself nothing is wrong
While your life unravels some more
Tell yourself it will be alright
But the guilt, it will not subside
The argument will always be there
Turmoil that bruises your heart
An affair from which you can't hide
Where do you think it will lead?
Why keep watering the seed?
To nurture something that is wrong
It will never set you free

04.06.13