the poetry knook, the poetry of stephen m. james

Rock Ballad

Tell me that happened
To your world
Who invaded your borders?
You’re too scared to show your heart.
Too scared to get tore up and teared up
Too scared to care
And trust anyone with your feelings
Except the stranger on stage
Who isn’t strange to you at all.
He knows your pain
That’s why you sing,
Jump, and twist your neck
Till the rock ballad enters your soul.
The song makes you fill whole–
Complete. After all the
Hate that has stole your heart and ran.
You say, "Never again,"
I choose to say,
"It’s a new day."

Someone one wants you to cringe
When I hug you. He is the one
You sing about and laugh.
He’s real all right.
He laughs at the rift and the
Excited froth of black clothed boys.
The passion overwhelms.
The resolution in your rough voice
And wet eyes. You consume my thoughts.
I am in love with you and your devotion.

You are forgiven. Can’t change nothing past.
But start over
You can.
It’s hard.
You have the power.
I sense it.
You can.
I sense your passion my friend,
But where’s the hope in darkness
Other than to be never bothered.
You will lose the possibilities
And get smothered.

Follow me or who I follow.
There is Hope.
A better life waiting to be grasped.


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