On the Edge

Where are you going my child, tread gingerly now,
You know the cliff ends in just a step.
Don't take this plunge into the strange, I won't allow,
Your heart has been through enough unrest.

There is no reason to linger anymore, there never was,
You know that from the moment he stopped trying.
Only sit and watch as his attention quietly fades, that's your curse,
You know that you cant do anything to save You again, so stop being naive.

Yes, you want to spend the rest of your life by his side,
but you say he deserves much more, So why are you persisting?
You know that these little moments of delirious happiness are only fleeting,
Yes, letting go is the only option now, why are you expecting?

So step away from the edge my child, Walk back to me now.
I know you miss him, you shouldn't have to even when he's around.
Yes its difficult for you to last without him, But we'll find a way someday, somehow
Don't be silly, Leave him be. Come back to me, I wont let you down.

The Box

There is a box I keep at the edge of my bed,
worn with use, I've colored it red.
not blood, but a more muted rust & lead,
I fill it with all the things I've never said.

I fill it with those thoughts that should never be,
I fill it with my dreams that light should never see,
I fill it with all the could have been's, all those who leave,
I fill it with your fading love, all the times I couldn't grieve.

It sits there quietly, never says a thing,
Never a murmur of how fast it fills, not a ring,
It only listens and takes it all in,
Only looks with compassionate silence as mine sings.

Just that one day in many it starts to overflow,

and streams down my face as tears start to flow,
It can do nothing to stop them as can I, though,
Just wait patiently till the mourning lets go.

And to this box I will add you too,my sweet,
What I planned my life around, made replete.
It is destiny maybe that my star's four points will never meet.
On the days the box overflows, for you too I will go down that street.