SIGH OF A LOST SOUL

 

 


UNCERTAINTY FILLS MY WHOLE BEING

WANDERIN’ AIMLESSLY, GROPIN’ IN THE DARK

DEVOID OF ANY SENSE OF PURPOSE

NEVER FELT SO ALONE & EMPTY IN MY LIFE

 

ABANDONED & PUSHED ASIDE

WHIRLING THOUGHTS OF INDECISION HAUNTS ME

TORMENTED BY DOUBTS & FEELIN’ OF INSECURITIES

MY LIFE RESEMBLES AN EXQUISITE GLASS SHATTERED INTO PIECES.

 

TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO SEEK FOR LOGICAL EXPLANATION

EVEN TRIED TO CONSOLE MYSELF

THAT SHE’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO HANG ON

BUT THE MORE I PRETEND THAT I DON’T CARE THAT I LOST HER

THE MORE INTENSE IS THE HURT & ANGUISH I FEEL INSIDE

 

SOMETIMES LIFE COULD BE SO CRUEL

IT HITS YOU REALLY HARD IT DOESN’T CARE IF YOU COME OUT & LIVE

IT’S TERRIBLY UNFAIR

I’VE BEEN DUMPED, I’VE BEEN TREATED LIKE A RUG

BUT STILL I CANNOT DECEIVE MYSELF IN BELIEVING

THAT I HATED HER THAT I DON’T CARE FOR HER ANYMORE

DAMN THAT WOMAN, WHY CAN’T HER MEMORIES EVER LEAVE ME

 

MY PROLONGED EXISTENCE SEEMS MEANINGLESS ANYMORE

CLOISTERED IN MY LITTLE SHELL

SHUT OUT FROM THE INDIFFERENCE OF THIS WORLD

LATELY I’VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO END MY MISERY

 

UNEXPECTEDLY THOUGH

WHEN MY LIFE IS AT ITS LOWEST EBB & I’M ABOUT TO GIVE UP

LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT YOU CAME OUT OF NOWHERE

YOU STOLE MY HEART AWAY

YOU JOLTED ME OUT OF MY SENSES

YOU MADE ME REALIZE AGAIN HOW MEANINGFUL LIFE IS

 

HOW FOOLISH I AM TO RUIN MY LIFE NEEDLESSLY

SOMEHOW YOU MADE A GREAT DIFFERENCE

RAINBOWS, WHICH I HAVE FAILED TO NOTICE BEFORE

BEGAN TO RADIATE A CERTAIN AURA OF HOPE

FEELINGS WHICH I THOUGHT HAD LONG BEEN BURIED FOREVER

RESURFACED EXPECTIN’ THAT SOMETHIN’ BEAUTIFUL

MIGHT HAPPEN AFTER ALL.

 

GIRL HOW I LOVE YOUR SWEET TANTALIZING EYES,

YOUR LONG BLACK CURLY HAIR, THE GLAMOUR OF YOUR LAUGH, &

THE MAGICAL MELODY OF YOUR VOICE, WHICH SENT SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE

HOW I WISH I COULD HUG YOU & FEEL THE WARMTH OF YOUR BODY

OR KISS YOU & FEEL THE TENDERNESS OF YOUR LIPS

EVERYTHING IN YOU GIRL IS MAGIC

YOU’RE POETRY IN MOTION

 

GIRL YOU MADE ME WHOLE AGAIN

YOU GAVE MEANING INTO MY LIFE

YOU STIRRED SOMETHIN’ BEAUTIFUL INSIDE ME

PREMATURE IT MIGHT BE, I HOPE THAT THIS

ACQUAINTANCE WOULD START A LONG & LASTING FRIENDSHIP

AND MAYBE THE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE AWAKENED IN ME COULD TRANSCEND

INTO A MORE INTENSE EMOTION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US

 

AND I HOPE, THIS TIME IT WOULD LAST FOREVER…

 

ALL THESE MAKES ME FEEL HOPEFUL THAT SOMEHOW

THE HATRED THAT I FEEL FOR THIS WORLD

THE INSECURITIES & THE FEARS RESULTING FROM BEING REJECTED

THE HURT & THE ANGUISH THAT I’VE BEING GONE THROUGH

WOULD BE LESSENED & EVENTUALLY FADE AWAY.

 

 

 

 

By:  Nestor A. Romero