We speak our peace
Through the lips
Of our dear deceased
Telling a proverb
Of youth wrought
By big words
Carrying such
Small thoughts
Of a life where
One foot in the grave
Was a step
In the right way
Of the times
Spent staring
Into our scars
Wondering if
They really are
The mouths
Of our pain
Who smile
For the world
Because they know
They make us
Who we really are
You make me
Want to say
You're like
An old car
Living bit beyond
Your bell jar
But I know you'll
Get me just as far
Because although
You are filled
With such pain
What you say
Time and time again
Makes my heart
Beat the rhythm
To the rhyme
Of your name
You bring me
to heights
I have never seen
Even though
I know
you fly
On broken wings
But please
Let me know
Because damn it
I try
If the words
I speak
Can make you cry
I don't know
If you are
Too young
To know
Just how this feeling
You've put in me
Makes me feel
So right
But you've
Got me
On my knees
Feeling like
I need to plead
To make you
Stay with me
Past the next
Morning's light
You bring me
to heights
I have never seen
Even though
I know
you fly
On broken wings
But please
Let me know
Because damn it
I try
If the words
I speak
Can make you cry
And if what
I whisper
Into your ears
Rings true
Then the years
Spent starved
Of love
Under the whips
And knives
Of my past life
Will mean nothing
When I am with you
You bring me
to heights
I have never seen
Even though
I know
you fly
On broken wings
But please
Let me know
Because damn it
I try
If the words
I speak
Can make you cry
So regardless of the trials
And regardless of the miles
You must cross
Before you reach
The light at the end
Of your fate's bridle
Remember my love
You have to just smile
And move right on
Because if you do
You will transcend
All that ails you
And your troubles
Will be gone
But when
That night comes
And the shadows
Twist themselves
Into faces
That grow brighter
As your fear
Grows stronger
Dream of me
And I will
Kill your demons
For you
When you can
Fight no longer
Copyright 2010 Brian The Magician Lovejoy