IT'S NOT MY WAY TO SEE THE FUTURE IN SHADES OF GREY

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”

 

- Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption : A Story from Different Seasons

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4e8TjBLsJc

It's Only Pain by Katie Melua

 

INTROSPECTIVE

 

If I climbed the highest mountain until I couldn't see the ground

If I swam the deepest ocean to a love that wasn't found

If I dug the deepest hole to buried treasure underground

If I sung the sweetest melody that echoed all around

If I screamed the loudest scream but didn't make a sound

If I recited all the poetry from my heart that knows no bounds

Would I see you on the mountain or would you still be on the ground

Would you swim beside me with the dolphins that we found

Would you open up the treasure chest with the key left on the mound

Would you sing in perfect harmony and dance and turn around

Would you fill the air with your sweet voice or leave the emptiness abound

Would you make my poems rhyme with yours with sweetness of your sounds

What if I never climb the mountain, what if I never swim the sea

What if I never lift a shovel or dig a tunnel straight to thee

What if I never sing a lullaby or whisper in your ear

What if the scream I make is as silent as my gently flowing tears

What if the poems, prose and words I write are simply emptiness

What if loneliness and sorrow end in silence; empty promises

Could we climb a different mountain; find a different kind of love

Could we swim in warmer water; where the sunshine is above

Could we bury all the treasures of a love that cannot be

Could we sing a different song of friendship; harmony

Could we cease to scream inside our heads and find peace in silent reverie

Could we form a Poet's Corner and speak quietly of our hearts so free

I like to think there is a better way, where words are not required

I like to think that I can convey my feelings with my eyes

I like to think that unconditional love means I can let you go

I like to think that you will live a life so happy and I can make it so

I like to think that in many years I will still be here

I like to think my memories of you will keep me warm, my dear

So with these thoughts and words of mine I journey on my way

So I can fight the fight within me, so I can have my say

So I can find the strength I know is waiting for the chance

So I can find the will in me, to let go; begin a different dance

So I can find a better way to find true happiness

So I can find the final hurdle and leap it; then I am blessed.

 

 

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