Deep blue
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
You met me
in a place where time stood still
In profile, a perfect angel.
Though i, had not the will
to try, to win you over,
having bigger fish to kill
you challenged me,
to do the only thing i'd ever known
to calm my aching heart.
Took me back through my life,
made me look deeper inside
than anybody knew and so, did you.
Together in a way, we connected dots.
Found uncertain truth,
turned yourself inside out,
paid a higher price than gold.
Changed the pattern of your pathway
So completely …that when you called
You touched my lifeline with your own
Took my half and made it whole
Called me to you every hour as we spoke
On the phone with reassurance in your voice
In a tone steady and sure,
gave promise Where i had not much left to lose...
You Made your choice, before i ever knew
What you had come there for
and once again the lifeboat i was in
was back on course
Had fortunes smile and hope
For new journeys to begin,
a worthy prize to win
Gave my becalmed sails new wind,
when there was no way out,
but further in.
Without hesitation
You; took me from the shelf,
where the pattern of my belief
no longer supported me,
read between the lines,
took my hand, saved me from myself.
Something, you would never do
for someone else
Even though, i never asked this of you,
You dared take the chance. Thank you!
(Doing the dance)
When you first touched me
i was in distant blue
Beyond reach of anyone
and headed for a fall
i knew was sure come,
as i had no one
Close enough, to bring me back
from where i stood crippled, alone
with no song in my heart,
i cried knowing it was time to lose,
shed my tears and run.
i chose between a vision and my pride
So as i slipped, released my grip,
Near effortlessly transitioned into a swan dive
Surrendered my all…
fell, twisting, turning
Guided from within,
you were the focus of my dreams.
A way, while i had no means
To give more than another task for you
To catch hell for as you, too were barely hanging on.
Together, we dropped further
down the well of souls into the awaiting abyss…
Where you caught me.
Did what no one else
Had ever done,
met me with open arms,
Gave me your truth
where i had none
With you
i feel a song Blossom
In my heart
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Copyright ©2023 CEF2
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Written on 2018
Submitted by Charles2 on September 14, 2023
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Words | 534 |
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