Ambiguity
Awakened in a strange land
With half-remembered paths
And twisting turns
That lead
Where?
Familiar yet forgotten
I wander in this forbidding place
With none to guide
Save the subconscious murmurings of
What?
Day time, night time
Does it matter?
Shades of grey
Color my world
clouds the skies
no sunlight
in my eyes.
Dying Leaves Dying leaves From my tree of memory Drift drowsily to the unyielding pavement crushed beneath uncaring feet shattered pieces are swept and swirled by the laughing wind and scattered into oblivion.
Dying Leaves
Dying leaves
From my tree of memory
Drift drowsily
to the unyielding pavement
crushed
beneath uncaring feet
shattered pieces
are swept and swirled
by the laughing wind
and scattered
into oblivion.
Center of My Universe You were the most important person I have ever known. I had to lose you,
Center of My Universe
Disciple I didn't leave. I waited. I stayed as I always said I would. I remembered Everything Every line Just like a good disciple should. I kept it straight. I kept it strong. I kept the myth flowing along. I've done it well. Hey, I've done great. Now haven't I had my wait? So where are you? Why aren't you back? I've kept along this lonely track. Was it a lie? All that you said? Should I just try and forget you instead? I can't forget. You're in my brain. The sweetest memory, And once again, I just can't leave, You might return, No-one else will do, For you I yearn. I'll never learn! And so I wait, Although in vain, To have you in my life, Again.
Disciple
I didn't leave.
I waited.
I stayed as I always said I would.
I remembered
Everything
Every line
Just like a good disciple should.
I kept it straight.
I kept it strong.
I kept the myth flowing along.
I've done it well.
Hey, I've done great.
Now haven't I had my wait?
So where are you?
Why aren't you back?
I've kept along this lonely track.
Was it a lie?
All that you said?
Should I just try and forget you instead?
I can't forget.
You're in my brain.
The sweetest memory,
And once again,
I just can't leave,
You might return,
No-one else will do,
For you I yearn.
I'll never learn!
And so I wait,
Although in vain,
To have you in my life,
Again.
Poetry Text Copyright � 1998-2002 Tess Templer