You made me young, by Icarus

You made me young

Took away all my excuses

You brought me to life

Demolished ever inhibition

You taught me to love

I didn’t even believe in all that

You filled me with desire

Like I hadn’t ever wanted anything before

Spent my whole life In a war zone Where everyman proves his metal by showing

Never again Will I be the means Used to deal my love an injury Never again

Life is right judgement Wisdom divides great from small Wrongness has no life

Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood

I want you Out of my head Out of my heart I want your memory To leave me be

2015-01-21-21-07-36_poetryx Wondering Wandering Quagmire My own creation

There’s a hollow place Where your heart belongs Its vacuous emptiness Drains all compassion Consumes without satiation

I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others

Naked and unashamed  The garden abandoned  Acceptance exchanged alienation in judgement alone

One year ago We were nearly lovers One year ago The closest of friends One year ago

After the party Red solo cups and used rubbers filled with unrealized potential, liter

Easy to lament Greatness touched and then gone bu… Few taste it at all

In the street. Pensive glares pregnant with meaning. Imagined Memories. Greetings between Former lovers wrenched

Little I can do Now that I have injured you I must disgust you

Our love cost you dear It cost you all A price I would have willingly pa… Though that cost Sadly landed on you