Sit me down and tell another tale
Look past the tattoos and the veil
Teach me how to love like youth should do
Take all my pretty lies and make them true
Oh and I forgot how flowers die
How broken streets can say goodbye
Those bright lights are kissing every bone
I sold when I sang away from home
Half pint memories are all we have to trade
Breaking our boots in the masquerade
My friend from the north forget the snow
We have our lips now let us grow
After a thousand miles I will stop to weep
Candy stripe the blisters to help me sleep
Another day another friend
Glide on the stage and don’t pretend
New walls are coated with my lullaby
Smell the love and let it make you cry
Your children may not share your tongue
But words are worthless when they’re sung
Half pint memories are all we have to trade
Breaking our boots in the masquerade
My friend from the north forget the snow
We have our lips now let us grow
My friend from the north forget the snow
We have our lips now let us grow
Half pint memories are all we have to trade
Breaking our boots in the masquerade
My friend from the north I beg you to forget the snow
We finally have our lips now please let us grow
The sun is now rising in the west
I think we will fail
But I know we have done our best
Author notes
Dedicated to Pete
Diamond encrusted fragments of my beating heart make up the smile you gifted to me
Before anyone asks what this means ask yourself first...
Do you really want to know?
Or do you wish to float on your own interpretation
And let it pass like a chinese whisper?
All i will tell you is its about inner battles
And freedom in all its forms,the beautiful and disgusting
Think about it my darlings
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Two people of a certain age, they attempt to recapture some of that effervescent sparkle of the flames of their past. They try to lose themselves by looking past the scars of time and fortune. All that ever is and will be will one day, of course, be no more. We sit around with our friends Jack and Johnny and swap tales of glory from our errant youth. For those who have the courage to throw the past away, but not the lessons, will know their role and accept it without fail.
Many of us participate in the Grand Masquerade without seeming to know. Some take great care to sort through their many masks to be certain of selecting the one they deem most proper.
Some of us wear no masks.
Peace
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What a beautiful and heartfelt poem... the only flaw is the inconsistant flow and metre. Keep the syllables in each sentance almost the same and this poem would have perfect fluency - the repetition at the end is delightful. Well done on a beautiful piece.
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great write
I know I have already read this poem in my last contest head vs heart but I had to take a second look and I'm so glad I did. Great love story thank-you for entering good luck
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a very nice tone this poem carries, bringing your reader along as it seems to drift pleased and sing in the now. a treat to read.
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refreshing
I liked the unique feel to this poem, no borrowed lines or cliche endings, you had me hooked, and my mind is busy deciphering meanings. I felt your flow and this certainly sparked my own muse, congrats thanks for entering good luck
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This is a really great poem. I like the theme, a great love story that you know will end poorly, but it doesn't matter, it's a love story, and you're sticking to it. Really nice work. Thanks for the read!
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This is hopeful!
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