To Behold The Lives We Hold

[seeyat]

Temporary things take up space, not to embrace
As permanence in life is what they replace
Would I not give a flower to my love
Knowing it will fade, wishing it would stay
I know these terrible beings and why they create such heartache
Demons of the night, dreading daylight not walking in the shadows
Crawling, hunched over as they feed
Caring only for the hearts they still don't understand
Truth in life, my only demand
Above all else, how we should define
These pauses in our path we choose to find
I have and still attempt to show, letting all know
To reveal ourselves to those who help us grow
And statements made so long ago, in words
Still heard, fantastic they may be, untrusted
I know within myself, from the mouth which they were thrust
Could I trust who I should, knowing this could be a fable
My life guided as purely as I am able
I strive to be what was not truly known to me
Hidden away, with so much I wished to hold, not to be
Such things experienced, none would share, made to be known
My strength falters as I dare, returning bitterness is shown
I may not seem to be seen as I am, barely a man
Not a man, a person, breathing with my heart beating
I will love even those meant not for meeting
For some choose to learn from what they feel
Change for better from such ordeals
Myself, I cannot place my hand within another
Not without finding my place beside, as a brother
For a stranger, a friend, or a lover
I find my confidence, this warmth where hearts recover
Life must be, not without overwhelming passion
As only within the memories we make is our life fashioned
This life, these dances
All considered only chances
When life cannot consist of thorns
These are not the reasons we were born
I understand this rose, this life I may have lost comes with a cost
But now it isn't up to me, not for me to see to the loss
My life shaped who I am, damned or blessed
For how the past defines, I will love no less
The future beheld, set before my eyes, for this, I try
I have and will for always be this love until I die
No matter your beliefs, perhaps you will learn
Then and only then shall I know that love was earned