Sunday 31 January 2016

Behind the facade

You're my best friend,
You're my favourite soul,
I'll give you my attention,
Got you under my spell.
You're gorgeous, 
You're eating out of my hand,
But if you ever try to cross me,
You can go to hell.

What kind of life...
What kind of life do I lead?
I've tricked all those around me
That I'm Mother Theresa.
And I've severed all the links
To a life I used to have,
And I've cut away the people 
Who've been dragging me back.

I don't care
About the pain that I've been causing,
It's all about me
And my self preservation.
All the others,
Well that's collateral damage,
In my life there's only room
For my own situation.

I've got friends,
and they think that I'm angelic,
They think that I'm a trooper,
That I'm holding it together,
But I'm calculated, cold
And I'm quickly getting old,
And I've ditched my only family;
That leaves me kind of lonely.

But I'm happy that I'm lonely,
Swimming in my own self pity,

I'm popular, attractive darling,
Some even find me pretty.

But I'm poor,
In that I've lost my only family,
It's all down to my selfishness,
Demeanor and behaviour.

There's a saying,
'You hurt the ones you love the most',
The ones who will forgive you,
The ones who give you chances,
But my bridges have been burnt,
My chances have run out,
And the ones I loved the most,
Have finally
pushed

me 

out.

Saturday 2 January 2016

Troubled waters

We waited.
We waited.
We waited.

Finally you came and
Toyed with our emotions,
Tossed them about
Like a rowing boat
On the ocean.

You came and
Battered our hearts,
Shattered our souls
Like a ship against the rocks.

Then you went

And suddenly

There was calm.

We gathered ourselves
Together again.

We fixed the
broken bits,
Put plasters on the sores.
But when you returned,
Our wounds
Were still raw.
Still jagged,
Still angry.

So arm in arm,
Hand in hand
And head to head,
We fought til the end
Neighbour with neighbour,
Friend with friend
And
Stranger with stranger.
And stronger and stronger
We became.

We've become

One.