Close By Heaven's Gates

Home is where your heart is,
and babe, mine's in the streets.
There's a ton of things I never thought I would see,
many people I never thought I would meet.
I know I shoved you away constantly,
you're expectations, I never lived upto.
I just have a lot of places I have to be,
and a lot of dreams that I want to hold onto.

I know my place, no doubts about that.
Been around longer then you think, spent longer at bat.
Seen more then you know, know more then you see.
Twisted last hopes into this beautiful reality.
The scarlet we breathe may prove too strong for me,
when the day that fiction is all that we need.
Where emotions are just shades that change with the page,
trapped inside of a book; a man-made paper cage.

A monster among men, all that you see
is nothing but love, a teens greatest anxiety.
The words I could never speak now are coming out,
and someday I may tell you what this was all about.
I'll write you a letter, and send it out to sea,
hoping someday it might get to you, and not come back to me.
This life led in circles, we all know i'm to blame.
I'm sorry i've been stuck in thought premeditating life's little games.

Three notebooks by my dresser t(w) numb this stomacheache,
one chance to make this work, because there's no one left to blame.
It's everything on the shoulders of those who broke through before,
to fight then is to challenge here and now, beat all that's instore.
We've kept on pushing, kept on working for everything we lacked.
Had the strength to keep it coming, the optimism to keep high hopes stacked.
Even after god had left us, his light; shone away,
we've kept this lantern keeping us close to heaven's gates.

Always looking toward the future while keeping the past locked tight,
maybe we'll leave our hearts in pieces, maybe leave them in tonight.
We've filled them full of sentiments, and good thoughts ill concieved.
Broke them down, and sealed them up, now the only thing to do is leave,
and pray that these cancers don't follow me,
but that is a relief i'm not so sure is to be.

Reviews

[laceyjane23]

I really like this piece, it's very creative and piut together very well. Good luck in my contest.
Laceyjane

[fgsgdsf]

Brandon,
Just one word to describe this -
Beautiful

You have such a creative mind, and a strong heart.
I love you to death hun.
You're an amazing writer.
I'm amazed by your talent.

[Kelly Lynch]

this is a really wonderful piece of writing. I noticed a few spelling/grammar errors, but because it's about being close to heaven, which implies that imperfections are involved, I enjoyed seeing them.

[Kristine]

This truly left me speechless.
Its wonderful.
I hope to have this passion in my writing.

[Alex]

It has a brilliant, clean flow to it. Very well written.