Walk On By Poem by Leria Hawkins

Date: November 11,2011

Something made me turn my head
I looked for me, it’s you instead
I’m stepping out to shed the pain
I’m trying to find myself again

No one can do it, no one but me
One day at a time, until I am free
Untie the strings, unchain my heart
Snuff the fire that haunts the dark

Hold me close, it’s never you
Too busy painting shades of blue
Singing songs to lure your prey
Submission but a breath away

Whispered promises, burn like fire
Who’s the cheat and who’s the liar
White knuckled grip holding tight
While plunging deep the rusty knife

No need to fret; put up a fuss
There’s only you, and never us
Take, take, take…to glut your need
My spirit drowning in the greed

An anguished soul hung out to dry
Can’t be consoled, no need to cry
I’ll face the slate and wash it clean
Then learn to walk the path again

A hairline fracture of my mind
Opens to another time
When I was young, and still naïve
But I knew then what to believe

My eager heart, was tricked by time
Believing life would clear the mind
Illusions of some transformation
That frees you of your reservations

But you have failed to let it go
A decade long has shown me so
You’ll always sit upon a throne
Smiling down and tossing stones

No more beneath your cold deceit
No more a place to wipe your feet
You turned away, nose to the sky
This time it’s me, who passed you by
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