No Lies

Said hold me now,

Said hold me now for a while there,

I am all but scared,

In a forest overgrown with my own thoughts.

So hold me now,

I keep praying for rain,

but the sun still shines,

I should be fine.

I am more than fine, I am better off

when you keep me close,

when you keep me tied to that cross.

So hold me now,

I am all but lost.

Said just for me,

will you let us have this dance?

I know you've thrown out my one chance,

but just for me,

so I can feel what it's like again.

It's been so long,

It's been so long since I've even held a hand,

did you forget?

Did you forget that I needed love too?

From closer than some distant friend,

or some girl that I once knew.

Did you forget it had been so long,

since you said, "Just for me"?

Every siren that has called me out,

told me time would wait for me,

well my watch must have broke,

or time has froze,

because the days move endlessly.

And my only hope is that they said no lies to me.

Said missed you dear,

to a picture on my phone, and a poem in my notebook,

for life pulls like gravity,

and steals like a crook.

Said missed you dear,

to a hole in my heart,

full in my head to not drip out words in distain.

Said missed you dear,

to the voice of reason in my brain.

The ghost of my last kiss

has joined the ranks of the atmosphere,

at least I said I missed you dear.

Said just to take deep breaths,

played the game and lost too many times,

am I a fool or addicted,

addicted to the feeling of being on the verge

of finding the perfect adjective,

only to settle for any other word?

Said just to take deep breaths,

and let the pen do its job,

said just to take deep breaths,

but when I do I only cough.

Every siren that has called me out,

told me time would wait for me,

well my watch must have broke,

or time has froze,

because the days move endlessly.

And my only hope is that they said no lies to me.

Said, "Trust me boy",

said, "Trust this all works out",

and that this is just not a phase,

maybe patience pays,

or maybe waiting wastes away

the mornings and the days,

and leaves only lonely nights.

Said, "Trust me boy",

it will be all right.

Said what's the use?

Said what's the use in trying,

while the good Christians go flying by,

riding God to the promised land,

while I contemplate what it's like to live so grand?

Said what's the use in pretending

our bodies are not good at mending,

or that it even mattered?

Or that I even had it?

Said what's the use in being so dramatic?

Every siren that has called me out,

told me time would wait for me,

well my watch must have broke,

or time has froze,

because the days move endlessly.

And my only hope is that they said no lies to me.