Burning Out

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

Are you still there?
I'm calling but all I can hear
Are my own words or their echoes
There in the silence
The pain still escapes
But not my attention 
And now we're divided for good
Without any cure

I just wanted to ask you
Wanted to give you that letter
Like I already did
In a "meaningless" dream
I knew you would have understood
If only this last wish
Could have been granted

In all your voice, your eyes and everything
There's so much hidden I don't know
Which words are best to start with
And now it's even harder
Because you're out of sight
And out of reach
But never out of mind

In these devouring hours
I so often think it's over
And that I only need
To make the final cut
And in one final poem
Spill out all my feelings
In a language without words

But I guess that I should wait
'till all the cards are down
And I cannot do this thing
Of which I'm certain
That it hurts you more 
As long as you remember me

To make it worse
It wouldn't be the first time
But maybe just the time
That makes it really count

So I seek a different answer
Not the one that I expect
For this hungry silence is a thing
Not many can endure for long
And maybe in these empty fields of life
Another candle still is burning
To light another way
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-04-08 17:13:48
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:00
Poem ID: 61715

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