Post by WIT on Jan 22, 2004 1:21:53 GMT -5
This poem was written shortly after Allison and I broke up... (we've since gotten back together.) It's still one of my favorite works tho, and i hope you all enjoy it as well.
7/1/03
How do I forget you? Let me count the ways
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven-hundred-thousand days
It seems we’ve been apart that long, but still I can’t forget
Our sleepless nights together, when the perfect scene was set
I lack the understanding to see what caused our demise
I can still hear you laughing and your often-soothing sighs
But soon it all grew silent, and we grew far apart
Still a tiny piece is hanging, clinging from my broken heart
Do you remember the first time? Do you recall that night?
You told me I was shaking; asked me if I was alright
Thus I still don’t have an answer, I suppose that I was scared
But the fear’s not yet subsided, and I have no feelings spared
Tell me this, where are you now, in the midst of my mind’s eye?
It seems you up and left so fast, leaving me to die
I don’t think you ever held me, which is strange enough, it seems
But still your face is haunting me in all my nightly dreams
I know, now, there’s no turning back, you’ve become a piece of past
But as much I try forgetting it, the memories always last
The pain to me is not mutual, and you’ve found someone new
But the better man he will not be, I longed to give the world to you
Now I lie alone in bed at night and wonder while I cry
Why is it that you never gave a final kiss good-bye
So how should I forget you? Let me count the ways
Another one, two, three, four, five, six, seven-hundred-thousand days
7/1/03
How do I forget you? Let me count the ways
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven-hundred-thousand days
It seems we’ve been apart that long, but still I can’t forget
Our sleepless nights together, when the perfect scene was set
I lack the understanding to see what caused our demise
I can still hear you laughing and your often-soothing sighs
But soon it all grew silent, and we grew far apart
Still a tiny piece is hanging, clinging from my broken heart
Do you remember the first time? Do you recall that night?
You told me I was shaking; asked me if I was alright
Thus I still don’t have an answer, I suppose that I was scared
But the fear’s not yet subsided, and I have no feelings spared
Tell me this, where are you now, in the midst of my mind’s eye?
It seems you up and left so fast, leaving me to die
I don’t think you ever held me, which is strange enough, it seems
But still your face is haunting me in all my nightly dreams
I know, now, there’s no turning back, you’ve become a piece of past
But as much I try forgetting it, the memories always last
The pain to me is not mutual, and you’ve found someone new
But the better man he will not be, I longed to give the world to you
Now I lie alone in bed at night and wonder while I cry
Why is it that you never gave a final kiss good-bye
So how should I forget you? Let me count the ways
Another one, two, three, four, five, six, seven-hundred-thousand days