Sven Rhoads Poems

Our eyes met when we looked beyond the metal cage
A glance of uncertainty and of unknowing fear
Sitting side by side a bond was forged on life's stage
Injected into my heart you were one I held so dear
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I've felt the beating return
The single spark to let it all burn
You stand beside me, devotion in your eyes
And deep inside me I could never deny
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Eyes open before the dark stream
How it all feels like a familiar dream
The journey is coming to a close
A brand new place I swear I know
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Behind the blue that looks out into the universe
Seeking the sanctuary of the soul
No more trying to make the best out of the worst
Only needing to take back control
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This fight that I must come to win
Against the hands of gravity
The waves are growing taller
As the seas begin to rise
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In this room where I stare at these walls
Portraits of what I need to achieve before me
Reminders of all I am and how far I've come
The clock peels the hours until freedom calls
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No more gray to make this place a stone
I create the future that I want to see
Even if I must take this alone
The pale lifeless is not for me
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Captivated by a beauty unbound
Flowing to the ends of every horizon
Prisoner in this body by the chains around
Left in awe as the cosmos ignites
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Cut the noose from the gallows tree
Its time to breathe the sweet spring air
Expelling the poison from my anatomy
That you have place with serpents fangs
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Oh, this battle has been taking its toll
The loss that seems to reach the sky
Feel the sickness in my beaten soul
Flushed with tremors that feel like I'll die
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