Will there ever be a place in your heart <br />Or is this thing, just fire and sparks <br />A burn that's held me, decades long <br />How can it flame, and still be wrong <br /> <br />If not for love, then just for spite <br />I'll hold on with my dying might <br />You cannot rip this love from me <br />I'll hold it tight, you wait and see <br /> <br />Midnight finds you in the burn <br />Sleep won't come, you toss and turn <br />Up at two, you still can't sleep <br />You fry the wires, ‘stead counting sheep <br /> <br />I'm not angry, won't make demands <br />I've simply failed to understand <br />What keeps you coming back for more <br />When you don't understand what a heart is for <br /> <br />Countless times, I've tried to break free <br />But your iron clad grips gotta hold on me <br />Why not just let me slip away <br />No debt is due, no price to pay <br /> <br />What keeps you tied to my life <br />When my whispers cut you like a knife <br />I guess its luck that you can't bleed <br />Or feel the grief you've given me <br /> <br />No tenderness, no promises made <br />Why carry on this masquerade <br />Take off your mask and face the truth <br />My heart's the only one you use <br /> <br />Baby, I can love, without your songs <br />I've loved you for so very long <br />But I understand this fantasy <br />And that's all this love will ever be <br /> <br />********************************************* <br />Copyright © 2012 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved<br /><br />Leria Hawkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-understand-fantasy/
