I'm seeing double 'cause I'm hoping
This proof will show the truth
I'm hopelessly enraptured
With the amazingness of you
But I've drowned that hope in bottles
Trying to recall that spell
Which pulled you down from heaven
And saved me from myself
My own, self-served torment
Of Amber, liquid, flood,
Now running through these veins
With more alcohol, than blood.
I know I haven't earned you
As you head off to rest
Cause you're tired, angry, and just
A little, hopelessly bereft
That the man you've loved is fading
Like well weathered stone
But somehow coming home to him
No longer feels like home
I promise you, he's trying
Though these appear as empty lies
He wants to be that man for you
But he's struggling to survive.
Like limestone, he is waiting
Buried at your roots,
He longs to be the foundation
"We" use to build our truth
A truth, that overshadows
The tragedy of our years,
And let's you finally settle,
In the now. With him here.
s.p. burke is a recently retired intelligence analyst in the US Army. Follow him here. Listen to our Savage Wonder podcast episode with him here.
What’s happening at VetRep…
Catch our interview this week with Jeff Bosley on the Savage Wonder Podcast here.
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Thanks for this. It grabbed me. Very brave writing.