{"id":56328,"date":"2019-06-23T04:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=56328"},"modified":"2019-06-23T04:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T08:16:19","slug":"love-song-hour-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/love-song-hour-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Song-Hour 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would sing at the top of my voice<\/p>\n

If I could trust said voice<\/p>\n

Across vast wildernesses and mountain ranges<\/p>\n

I would echo through the canyons<\/p>\n

Screaming my love<\/p>\n

My hate, my contempt, my desire<\/p>\n

Yes I love you<\/p>\n

But you eat at my soul<\/p>\n

You truly do<\/p>\n

You always have<\/p>\n

You are my purpose<\/p>\n

You give me my identity and my consolation<\/p>\n

You give me my bursts of eloquence<\/p>\n

My moments of great achievement<\/p>\n

But the pain<\/p>\n

The pain, the indecision<\/p>\n

Being unable to reach that pinnacle<\/p>\n

Let alone have steady readers<\/p>\n

I give and give<\/p>\n

You take and take<\/p>\n

I am raw<\/p>\n

Wasted<\/p>\n

Always searching for one more word<\/p>\n

One more sentence<\/p>\n

I grasp for sanity<\/p>\n

and you rip it away<\/p>\n

Be a writer I told myself<\/p>\n

Now I wish I hadn’t listened<\/p>\n

Success eludes me<\/p>\n

Hope eludes me<\/p>\n

But I hang on<\/p>\n

You are my great love<\/p>\n

I sing out to you<\/p>\n

Reach to you for guidance<\/p>\n

Wasted echoes<\/p>\n

Wasted words<\/p>\n

Wasted melodies<\/p>\n

Wasted hours<\/p>\n

You are a bitter lover<\/p>\n

That seldom gives back<\/p>\n

I will sing my love for you<\/p>\n

I will never leave you<\/p>\n

But sometimes I wish I could<\/p>\n

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