Me, My Home, and My Promise

I was born with a heart

Before it fell apart

So I’ll tell of glory

For THIS is My Story,

 

I was born where it snows

The cold cooled my temper

We moved to an island

That knew no December

 

The clearwater memories

And cliff faced dreams

Remind a young boy

Life is never as it seems

He still flies through the sand

Though he's ten years older

Because his heart

Never got much colder,

 

It's bolder,

 

It's cowboy country

And long walks at night

He wears weird clothes

But never brings a fright

 

He made music for years

Before discovering a pen

His thoughts leaked out his fingers

His passion started again

   

He grins to bring smiles

And laughs to bring joy

He's only really sad

When he remembers he's not a boy

 

He's scared of the future

But terrified of the past

He tries to make new memories

But doesn't know if they will last,

 

There he stands

The boy with the war-torn-smile

His pen hesitates

This hasn't happened in a while

 

He remembers his name

It's hiding in mystery

He’s tried to stop it

But it's become his history

He moves from his family

And loses his friends

He remembers when he thought

He'd have them till the end

 

He builds new memories

From the ashes of his past

He swallows his pride

And hopes that these will last

 

He can't help but look

For inspiration on a page

Paint a mountain with words

Free his heart from the cage

 

The cage he made

He confines what's essential

The thing he works so hard to keep

This is his potential,

  

He’s inches from death

But moments from life

A poem from pain

A syllable from strife

  

I know I'll grow old

I’ll drink from that cup

But I SWEAR to this world

I will NEVER grow up.

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
Our world

Comments

k.n.butler

"His thoughts leaked out his fingers

His passion started again"

Fantastic Poem. Deep representation of feared time.

 

 

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