You Could Of Been

Proust
Author: Proust
Word Count: 136
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You Could Of Been

You could have been a night in shinning armor
Protecting the damsel in distress from the ravages of the day

Instead you stood there while they dismantled what was left of me
Frozen like a bird in ice, not daring to look again in my direction

The pendulum has swung, Lancelot died, Merlin vanished
Just like the myths we created to warm an otherwise cold night

Who were you then? Who are you now?
I don’t think I’ll ever know the truth

Beneath the surface, barely scratched
Lies a man, I know exists
How to free him from the stone encasing his heart
To be what he could have been happy and loved?

That’s the questions yet to be answered
They keep rumbling in the background
Delaying my departure

JMProust© 2008

  • JMerlin

    JMerlin

    Wow, this is a powerful statement of hope and dispair.

  • Ushna Sardar

    Ushna Sardar

    awesome!!!!!! huggles

  • mmargot

    mmargot

    “you” he/she has the answer.
    and the time.

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