Hidden Messages

Within all that I write

I lay deep within

A hidden message

About what I want just you to hear

I may speak of a time back when

I held you in my arms again

Just like the time before

I closed the door

Memories will stay locked away today



Eagles fly and then they land

Grasp their victum in their hands

They carry a heavy load but still they fly

Into the sky



Shooting stars are out tonight

Signaling another fight

Not like the ones you once thought

But something that only I would understand



Jsut because I wish upon a star

Doesn't mean it won't come true

If I wanted it to rain

To wash away the pain,

I'd save my wish for another day



Kids go outside if only just to play

When lightning stikes they run away

What brings such fear into their eyes?



Thunderhead up in the skies

Signaling a little more rain

But with the door still shut

Memories will never fade away



Call me a thinker, call me genious

Call me your friend, your foe, your pet

And still when you call me up

I will be right by your side



Call it foolish, call it fake

Run daggers through my back into my face

And when I laugh outside, Inside I'll cry

And these words are what makes the music stop



Then I think and I am fine

Piano player yells out a line

I think I'll use it

No, wait, I'll lose it

When does this maddness end?



The homeless man outside my door

It is still closed and the rain will pour

My sympathies go out to you

But if I open up, then the hate will surely flood though



Just like I know that when it is bright outside

I will feel happy inside

You will want to go outside to play

I will stay inside and say

That you better pack a coat

For rain again is on it's way

Please don't ignore me again today



These hidden messages

Are always somewhat true

You never know when rain will come

But inside I know that I will stay

I will stay so safe and locked away

But from the heat - unstuck are these bandages

I have no idea now what to do...

So I turn to you



You tell me that

I need to do

Whatever it is

That I want to do

What good are you?

To tell me that line

Over and over again

When all I wanna hear

Is simply just your opinion



And then I realize

Your opinion is exactly what lies-

Here in front of me

These hidden messages

Seem so suddenly clear



You opened up my eyes

To see the eagles fly

Way up high in the sky

Oh hidden messages...

Don't you ever be shy

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I have always wanted to write something like this.  So confusing, yet compelling.  Abstract in a sense.  If it were a painting, each line would be a stroke...telling it's own story that only I know.  None of which is fake, like the rain and the stars and the eagles.  They are all alive in life, they are constantly around you and I.  Just open your eyes to a new life and look closer at all that you have missed.  You will never know what this poem means, just know that it means everything and anything...especially to me.

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Danielle Wagner's picture

This is AMAZING! It's so...abstactly compelling like u said...it's idk...just amazing:D