April 14, 2017

Again, I went to bed fully expecting to go to sleep. My mind had other ideas.

The following danced its way into the light of my mind. I thought I had turned that light off.

 

"Your eyes

They soften steel

They melt the sands

They form the glass

That magnifies

All that I am"

 

As I have gotten used to the random timing of thoughts, a learned self-discipline got my ass up and I wrote it down in a journal so my mind would let me rest.

I have learned, in the long run it is worth it. I can sleep in peace knowing it won't be another "fish-idea that got away" story, and in the morning, I can follow the pen to see where my random thought wanted to take me...

 

All We Can Still Be

 

4.11.2017

 

Your eyes

They soften steel

They melt the sands

They form the glass

That magnifies

All that I am

 

Your eyes

Reasons unknown

Why they went cold

Icicles formed

Your weapon of choice

Leaves me alarmed

 

Your icicles

Take form of knives

To stab my heart

Then melt away

Leaves you the perfect

Getaway

 

The crime scene…

 

Our broken dreams

Shards of glass that formed

What could have been

A stab hole where

Was once a seam

No fingerprints

Melted in a stream

With the tears of all

Like you

They evaporate

They’re gone

 

My eyes

Could never soften steel

But through your glass

That magnifies

Can see our past

And realize

All that we had

Was real

 

It’s you

It’s you

Who cannot feel

It’s you

It’s you

As hard as steel

 

But your eyes

They soften steel

So look yourself

In the mirror

To help make you feel

Look through your glass

That magnifies

Then surely you will see…

 

How in my eyes

You magnify

All that I am

 

See how it is

How all that I am

It is for you

 

See all that you are

All we can still be

And if you do

I truly feel

Then you will see

Our love was real

 

Your eyes

They soften steel

They melt the sands

They form the glass

That magnifies

All that I am

 

Your eyes

They soften steel

But can they help

Your own eyes see

Help you see

Our love was real

 

And can they help

Your own eyes see

Help magnify

How we are meant to be

Help soften steel

And help you to see

All we can still be

All we can still be