You Never Told Me

You said you could climb the peaks of life to awaken pain
Even as flashes of madness called you their own
Understandably, I still loved your careless flaming heart
With a watchful face which recalls taking hold
Of your broken chains

You told me the sky hurled heroes upon your summons
Though I know, you still claimed visions shared
So I came and went until you were pleased to let me
Sing the tune of the tongues of angels
To your warrior heart

Beyond the start of centuries stroking cloudy shores
Better than a silent idea you let be sought
Lies the voice of courage clinging to those ideals
You sustained when you named fear
As no such thing

But you never told me that sometimes it rains on love
Or how often you hide when it comes a flood
So when the quiet came I thought you didn’t care
I decided to climb the peaks of life myself
To sing pain back to sleep

Reviews

[Joel M Frye]

Oh, Neva...the clarity of your singing here is superb! This may become my favorite of what I have read of yours. The consistency of vision from start to finish, the impeccable images...this write caught me completely in its grip. Thank you for sharing your gift of this poem.

[AWSklavos]

Hello. "To sing pain back to sleep", that really resonates with me and I think is such a beautiful line. As a whole, I quite like this poem, it has a nice melodious structure. Thank you for sharing it.

[Cassie Fraga]

oooohhh woooooow!! I love this piece to the max!!
can feel the emotion, great read!!

[VelvetRosetta]

Sadly beautiful It is one of my favorites!

[iamkim]

Neva, this is very heartfelt. Very good imagery, everything is just so perfect!

[Darien Don]

One word: Brilliance.

[guiltyascharged]

Awwwwww. I loved this. It's so sweet and true and bwaaa! I just love it! It confuses me, the usage and places of the words, but I loved it all the same! Amazing!

[Pebbles]

Neva u are surely a beautiful poetess ..love this

[Writers_Block]

I really like this

[S.L Ross]

AMAZING!

[erikaguest]

This is amazing. I love the last line "To sing pain back to sleep". so beautiful!