Before the rain

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

Can't remember really who's a friend
And who are those that just pretend
And what was meant to last forever
Has turned to dust smashed by the hands of time

Rumours spread on lightest wings
Whose gentle feathers might induce
A thunderstorm of detriment
Dislocating everything that ever might have been

I wish I knew how to tell you the truth
that I've been too afraid to believe
The prophet proclaimed it in the desert long ago
But I didn't think it would happen to us

The future that we deemed ours to be
Now became an individually designed prophecy
It's all been so easy, we worked hand in hand
Now torn by the wind, just like castles of sand

Unity became a dream, and everything we've changed
turned back to what it was before, nameless and deranged
Forcing me to label someone black to join the white
Walking side by side is just another thing that we're denied

You turn your back and hear the voices turn the same
"We could never do without you", whispering your cherished name
to a "Let the adults talk" when you just thought you'd break the chains
and you remember how it was in the days before the rain

Reason for writing:

    Getting betrayed by someone I had once thought of as a close friend...    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-03-12 12:19:55
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:46
Poem ID: 60917

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