WHISPERED WORDS OF DESCARTES

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. “

 

- René Descartes

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY

HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU by ELLIE GOULDING

 

I LEAVE OUT ALL DESIRE

 

As I stand amid the poppies and smell their sweet perfume

I know that I am leaving here to find a land where I belong

I am knee deep dancing in the wind

that blows me who knows where

but one thing that I'm certain of is I'll leave without a care

there is nothing left to keep me here except this field of dreams

but I need to find another world to replace the red with cream

too much vivid colour has drained me of all reason

I need to feel snow underfoot; I need another season

red the colour of my heart; passionate; sincere

but oh so easily broken and drowned with all my tears

a perfect soul; does it really exist; I have no way of knowing

the wind's impatient just like me; I shrug and keep on going

I pack a suitcase with my life and leave out all desire

there's room enough to fill one day if someone lights my fire

my steps are lighter as though I fly above the scarlet land

where once my soul was tethered to a gentle caring man

where is he now I wonder briefly but it's just a fleeting thought

he wasn't always gentle as the time that followed taught

why do we start as one thing and let ourselves be shaped

by life and love and everything that passed by us and scraped

another scar; a pack of lies; broken bones as fragile as a bird's

bleached and leached

by the harshness of someone's scorching words

the sea rises up to claim me;

the salt-laden air cauterises my wounds

but the scars inside me will remain

long after my love for him has been consumed

I close my eyes and dare to dream;

a world with pastel colours; predominantly cream

but maybe with pure white of snow;

of graceful swans and angels wings

somewhere where time has no other meaning

than the soft beating of my heart

rhythmic; gentle like butterflies wings

and the whispered words of Descartes ...

 

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