Memories and Teardrops

Every song's a love song 

if you sing it from the heart

and every verse a tragedy 

We knew it from the start.

Now I sit in shadows 

waiting for you to find

that place in your in your heart 

where you hid a piece of mine.

Memories are like teardrops I hope they never go

one stains my dirty face the other hurts my soul.

Now you've left this world

left us far behind

searching for an answer 

I know we'll never find.

I've tried my best to lose it all,

everything I've ever felt

But the fire you lit inside my chest

can never be put out.

Memories are like teardrops they say they never go

one stains my dirty face, the other scars on my soul.

               ~  ~  ~

Promises are fairy tales

You never can believe

the words that come from someone's lips

when they say they'll never leave.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Beautiful words, so sorrowful. I can imagine these as lyrics for a song. Really pulls on the heartstrings this one James. Excellent work.

Chris

[Lacey Sue]

Great work please write similar poems

[jacob erin-cilberto]

she left years ago...the flames took her...we were to be friends forever...we still are, only i just feel her presence...and she envelops mine...
speaking in poetry, speaking in dreams, in memories.And this poem apropos...she played guitar and sang beautifully...filled my hours with both.
j.

[Weeping willow]

So lovely are your words and memories are hard to burn as they walk beside us always wanting to be heard in some place they are hidden within the depths of our mind crying out to us in dreams and thoughts carrying us into their voice once more. ;-]

[Just Kim]

I agree, with a memory they are hard to forget no matter how hard you try.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree James.
"Promises are fairy tales
You never can believe
the words that come from someone's lips
when they say they'll never leave."
I enjoyed the complete poem and the above lines. Old man knowledge, we shall learn. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Papaya]

This is a heart breaking love song, James.
I hope your friend has found the peace she needed.

[James]

I gotta stop and write about something else.

[Papaya]

When you're ready, until then just let it spill out.

[Lydia Shutter]

Heart wrenching words here....they would make a great song. Yes, unfortunately people do leave whether by choice or by death. The emotions in this are very real and powerful. The flow of the words and the rhyme is great. Well written....Lydi**

[James]

Thanks, it's meant to read like a song. It's for a very close friend who took her own life this past Sunday. It seems that's all I can write about.

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh I am so sorry for your loss. I know the feeling of losing a good friend to suicide. You keep going over in your mind the last time you spoke....could you have known? Could you have done something? The thing is, you can't think logically about an illogical act. You have my sympathies.