Dreaming back through life, <br />Your time-and mine... <br />I'm in a fix And you are out, <br />Death let you out, <br />Death had the mercy, <br />You are done with the century... <br />I, even I, still can't let you go... <br />For to let you go <br />Is myself destroyed <br />Your time-and mine atrophied <br /> <br />My jealousy, my confusion… <br />You dead…slave to death? <br />You dead…at the mercy of death? <br />Done with the hot larva of life <br />Yeah, in a fix I am <br />Yet still I can't let you go... <br /> <br />My mouth is burning. <br />Yeah, with words of a woman in pain. <br />My eyes turn to the immoderate past. <br />With tears running from my voice <br />I whisper rest in peace <br />Yet still I can't let go... <br /> <br />Some have called you mighty and dreadful. <br />But you oh death art a slave to fate. <br />For by one short sleep past. <br />He will awake eternally <br />And you shall be no more... <br />This I know… <br />Yet still I, even I, can't let go <br />For to let you go <br />Is myself destroyed <br />Your time-and mine atrophied <br /> <br />Through my teary eyes <br />Yeah, even this rickety voice <br />Is the thought to self destruct <br />To escape the harsh realities of solitude <br />No! he rests in peace! <br />Solitaire, I’ll be in peace <br /> <br />You old death! <br />You rejoice in my weeping <br />Oblivious I weep for that which has been my delight <br />I embrace my pain <br />And burn it as fuel for this my solitaire journey <br />You, Death, are a delightful hiding place from this harsh world <br />I laugh at your naivety <br />For He that died paid all debts <br />My time is not yet <br />My time might come or never <br />This I know… <br />Yet still I, even I, can't let go <br />I wait in peace <br />You, my darling, rest in peace<br /><br />David Lekoba<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-can-t-let-go-5/
