The 10 minute Poem
I thought I was so wise and jaded once
That the eternity of pain that I had survived
Had given me a defense that no one could
Look through and find my sheltered eyes
For I thought no one man could slip through
My defenses of shifting shadows and mists
Of dreams half woken, of a life entranced
And I liked it that way for I was secure
My inner fragility hidden safe from all
And so I would have remained except for the light
Of your soul as it banished the shadows and woke
Sleepers from their dreams of mundane waking
And likewise woke the embers of my long lost
Fantasies to flames, burning the fears away
Flaming the misty shields of my cynical citadel
To the ashes of a place I no longer belong to
Setting me free from my unknown prison
Of what I had believed to be truth
Now in my rebirth I await as verdant life springs
From around me and from within the wreckage
Of that which I can no longer need or desire
As the warmth of your love has dried my wings
I seem to remember the way to fly and I would
Soar to a different place with you to find our dreams
Its a new road that awaits me, but I'm ready to go
And find the way to follow the dreams that
Have tried to escape me for an eternity
I follow your song.......
Note: This was a bet between me and someone close to me. We set a timer and wrote for 10 minutes and this was my result. His wasn't half bad either;)
