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And I Finally Understood
And I Finally Understood
I always knew she belonged to you
she shared your soul, I felt it
even when you placed her in the palm of my hand
I never once forgot who her true owner was
and I saw you there
watching from the shadows
with trembling fear in your eyes
yet you never said a word
or tried to take her back
I didn't mean to lose her...
I swear I only sat her down for a moment
placing her ever so gently between
"love and war" and red licorice whips
I just wanted to swim between the ivory poles
and brush the lips of the seeing blind man
but I got drunk on his heartbeat
losing my way back to her..
so when the Red Queen showed up
demanding she had news
for my ears only
I had to go with her
but I never forget
I was going to go back
but once her majesty's mouth opened
and a thousand lost days came tumbling out
how could I leave
how could I abandon her truths
how could I abandon her
I couldn't
so I stayed
trying to recapture moments for my Queen
where instead in midnight reflections
I found once again
the man who claimed to have no sight
yet saw better than any man I knew
he lingered under an opened window
forecasting that a cloudless sky would rain
and I pondered the strength in his claim
wanting so badly to believe in his storm
but when I gazed upon the skies
I saw only a sequence harmony
and then he pulled me close
this gentle man
placing his hand over my eyes
before stroking his truths between my lips
I fell to my knees in shame
as the rain began to fall
when he moved his hand
to wipe raindrops from his face
I saw her there
and then I knew
she was part of my soul too
and when I placed her in his palm
I felt the fear of losing her
race up my spine
as I knew you had
but my heart told me
it was the right thing to do
and in that moment
your memory flooded me
and I finally understood
© LadyRaine
