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The Simplicity
Darkness over takes the sky
Blackness
A void
Devoid of light
Tired legs at rest tonight
Thoughts stray off the beaten path
From all the work of the day
I sit entranced
By music that reminds me of the past
As the future starts to take its grasp
On me
The simplicity…
Of the thoughts sometimes
That consume my mind from time to time
But those usually fade to a different kind
A kind that allows the tears to flow through my eyes
This is where I find you
Once again gracing the presence of my mind
Crossing all the lines of the boundaries of my mind
And time
Says you should have gone away by now
But to me
Time can freeze
The simplicity…
Of how you stay throughout the days
As I watch life slip away
I try to hold on with a tight grip
Slip…
Try to persevere and keep my head on straight
Slip…
Grab on to those I love
Slip…
But you always tug
At my broken heart that can’t seem to mend
Because of the simplicity
Of how you always win
My tormented soul half saved
By my best friend
But his love can’t save me
Because love is what lost me
And it’s funny in the end
The simplicity
Of how I know nothing
But the simple thoughts that consume me tonight.
I'm sorry that I took this the wrong way. You've taken my poems the wrong way before as well. I'm still not certain of all you are trying to say, but leaving the reader guessing is a big part of good poetry for me. Yes, I said that this is good poetry, because it is!!! I like your use of the word slip but I'm strugling between two conflicting meanings and I'll have to read this a few more times before I can even come close to seeing what it means. I wish I could save you all the way. I don't like it when you slip, it makes me sad. Most confusing and interesting of all is the title, what is this simplicity? Simple thoughts I know....but of what? Sometimes simple isn't easy. Maybe the thoughts aren't so simple....maybe the feeling that go with them are. I'm not sure what anything means, but I know it leaves me wondering, and I know that a good thing.