Lullaby Man Poem by Kim Jones

The song swells inside of me,
Reaching it's climax
As I end the symphony with a final note,
It's done it's job to make me feel new
New and polished; confident somehow,
I suddenly come back to reality,
And I remember all that my past has made me,
I remember why I'm here today,
I lost my life to the sorrows that haunt me still;
I have not gone unaffected from this.

I have a wall,
A towering wall
That blocks everyone out from my true self,
I put on a persona just to please them
While I hide my true feelings away.

A lullaby caresses my thoughts,
Drags them out into silence,
I must protect my wall, however,
So I run away.

This poisoned lullaby turns out to have a name,
Though I will not speak it here,
For he almost got my secrets out of me,
And that cannot ever occur.

This man is all I could have ever wanted,
Yet I must run still,
For he is so close to stealing my heart,
I might just let my secrets slip.

'Run away, run away, '
this lullaby goes,
'You have always run away from the truth,
You know I love you; that I'm good for you,
and yet you are determined to flee.
I have almost gotten hope back in you,
Hope that you could stay this time and be safe,
But you keep fighting this, fighting me,
Just let me say this: I will never let you fall,
I will never try to see
These secrets you so deftly hide away from me,
Love me now, and you will never have to run again.'

I'm so afraid of this plea,
That the love-stricken man makes,
I can't stay,
But...for the first time in a long time,
I want to face this,
I, I think it's time
time to turn and face this,
finish this rhyme,
I'm in love!
There, I embraced it,
I love this lullaby man,
And for the first time in my life, and hopefully not the last,
I have forgotten my past and reminded myself that I can.