Awaken Words

 

We were one once 

Before the sun

Came and woke us 

Pressed warmth to eyes

And opened  life

To other possibilities

The grass is always greener

And we were eager

To see

Far over the other side 

Of that fence

Remember when

We had everything 

We reached for 

Found it in each other

Other people seeing

Equals in our windows

But we were slowly 

Lost in evils easily believing

That everything 

We didn't have 

Was exactly what we needed

Your eyes were nice

But did they ever

Really see me

And my mouth 

Spoke of love

But what

Were words when they left

You empty 

We were certain now 

Our dreams 

Went down different paths

And that was that

Bags were packed

Hearts were lax

Lips only fit for kissing this goodbye

Words were bittersweet, 

Tainted by defeat where love had died

And we were incomplete

Faults all laid at each others feet

Leaving us 

Better off I guess

Remember when the dark 

Wasn't something

We were afraid of

When we were made of 

Sterner stronger stuff 

Something, sort of like love

When we had the world

Figured out 

And we were the only sane ones

But life changed us 

Made us 

Something else

Something stumbling along

Unraveling at the seams 

Purposely broken, open 

To what we saw 

As better possibilities

Knowing nothing so much

As the necessity of the end of us

The best found in friends 

Was done

I watched you walk away into the sun

The one revealing

All of our mistakes

And us, we were maybe a little 

Desperate for the shade

Shielding my eyes from rays

A heat that seemed to say 

That this was the only way

In ways that left 

My heart feel used, yet

Nonchalant about this truth

I tried to be your one 

But I was never meant for you

We crossed lines 

We should've minded 

Lost time 

We can't get back but that is life

And we decided

To move forward from

The fabrications we created

Ones we both needed 

To keep these hearts from breaking

Better beating for moments

Then knowing 

That we had lost our way 

But day has caught us

Taught us 

That sometimes 

Walking away is best

The sun has opened eyes

And I

Am sure that days

Are longer since you've left

And I often wonder now, how Without the night

I can ever hope 

To rest

You always were the better 

Of us two 

A fuller cup

The star against our skies

And I never could

Reach the bars you set

I was always 

A little less 

Than you had planned for

You looked at life and demanded

Only everything 

You deserved 

And I was content to finally 

Just be me 

Knowing I was never "her"

The one you planned 

Your midnights for 

And sure 

We were something special once

But that is done

And all the things lost in the dark 

Make me grateful

For

The sun