Devout Notes Poem by Scott Mitchell

I'm always hearing music
so I must be listening too close
Seeking answers in the lyrics
Adhering to every word spoke

It's said that insanity is surely defined
Doing the same thing over and over again
I always find myself wanting to go back
and again, I find the means to an end

If I tried to run away
there would be a repeated proof
The asylum is ineludible
and I'm clearly crazy for you

Trying every method to remove
what the conductor put in me
Binding strings of a puppet master
inspired to play this symphony

The end of days may not come soon
but someday, in that palace of the sky
I'll look in the directory
for the one with celestial eyes

I'll ask for only five minutes
I'll try to explain in the short time
All I was never able to find words for
in the world of yours and mine

Love for only giving, could have been
but, was too often unforgiving
Broken hearts simply tried to survive
but, life without you was not living

There was no peace where there was pride
and I'm not looking for alibies
But always found myself asking why
even apart, your happiness was mine

We promised it's unconditional
but didn't survive dark times
Silence as our backs turned
to conceal the cries

Two things I'm sure I surely knew for sure
as I waited for a shooting star in the sky
What I gave to you is always yours
Till the end of time, this love abides

~

Scott Mitchell