Like You

a poem to Davy Jones

Every time I think of tears I see rain

Rain and thunder

Maelstrom of rage and hate

Lover's pain

Betrayal's burning scars.

I hear my own heart beat when I cry

And it sounds so far away

As if it's hidden from me

In the dark abyss I traverse

Deep within my mind

As I hear a forgotten lullaby.

I'm becoming like you.

I'm feeling pain so deep it yearns

To break free and die

I'm seeing everything in light

So dim it brings out the darkest demons

I laugh, darkness is my sanctuary.

Pain lives in the light.

Like you

I've been waiting so long to be free

I've been burning in pain, no one sees

The lost child wandering in my eyes

Unable to break away

Like you

I've been betrayed, I've been spurned

Promises broken and burned

Nothing left but ashes and memory

And music playing

haunting Me forever

Like you

My heart is broken and beating

I smile but it's not out of laughter

It's because I can only regret

What might have been.

Like you

I wonder what might have been

And that knowledge tortures me

And I wander alone

Under my own storm

Under my own broken wings.

I can forgive

But I can never forget.