True Love Poem

True Love



I AM NOT JUST A SHELL

I AM NOT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE

I AM A WOUNDED SOUL

WITH SO MUCH PAIN TO HIDE

I AM NOT MEEK

I DO NOT DO WHAT I'M TOLD

I HAVE BECOME THAT FOR YOU

BUT THAT SHIPS GETTING OLD

MY VICE HAD ALWAYS BEEN

THAT I LEAP BEFORE I LOOK

I TRUST EVERYONE

AND LIVE LIFE AS AN OPEN BOOK

I WEAR DIFFERENT MASKS

TO PRETEND I AM TOUGH

THEN I CONTEMPLATE WHY IT IS

MY LIFE SEEMS SO ROUGH

I SACRIFICE MY SOUL

FOR THE SAKE OF ROMANCE

I NEVER STOPPED TO THINK

WHAT I'D PAY FOR THE DANCE

THESE ROSE COLORED GLASSES

ONLY SERVE TO HIDE FLAWS

THEY DON'T FEEL WHAT I FEEL

THEY DON'T HELP WITH THE CAUSE

I LEAD WITH MY MIND

BUT I FOLLOW WITH MY HEART

I LOSE PIECES OF BOTH

EVERY TIME THEY PART

HOW DO I SEPARATE

THE REAL ME FROM THE LIE

IT WILL BE DIFFICULT

BUT I KNOW I MUST TRY

I HAVE PAID MY DUES

ON THIS LONG TRAVELED ROAD

ONLY GOD WAS THERE

TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD

SO I AM SAYING GOODBYE

TO ALL OF MY "FRIENDS"

IT IS TIME TO MAKE PEACE

TIME FOR AMENDS

I WILL GO BACK TO HIM

MY SOUL IS HIS TO OWN

HE HAS HEARD EVERY DIRTY WORD

EVERY GASP EVERY MOAN

FOR IT ISN'T YOUR JUDGMENT

THAT I MUST ULTIMATELY PASS

IT IS HIM AND ME ONLY

STARING BACK FROM THE GLASS

IN MY QUEST FOR LOVE

IN MY SEARCH FOR A REAL MAN

I LOST MY TRUE SELF

I FORGOT WHO I AM

SO INSTEAD OF LOOKING AROUND ME

I WILL NOW LOOK ABOVE

FOR ONLY HE WON'T FORSAKE ME

ONLY HE SHOWS ME TRUE LOVE.

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