I Run Away

Tis a bit bout me

I run away

now and then

like a child

I've always been

I ran away when I was ten

when I heard her wish

I'd never been

 

I run away...I run away

I run away

 

I leave behind all the woe

never think just where I'll go

Even as a man I've found

I will leave without a sound

if I feel misunderstood

made to feel I'm no good

 

I run away...I run away

I run away

 

It is no-one's fault but mine

I run away, sometimes to find

I walk the sands

near the sea

and search the waves

for why I'm me

 I run away

when I'm afraid

I'll find the answer

of what I'm made

 

I run away...I run away

I run away

 

There comes a time

each ship must shore

the anchor dropped

to sail no more

What will I do...or say...or be

when there's no way

to run from me

 

I will run away...run away

I will run away

Reviews

[Andrea A. Wentz]

I know how you feel Rain. We all want to run away now and then. I think that's where pride and stubborness can be a good thing. That's what they want, just want you to go away, submit to their pressures and attempts to break you. That's when you dont let them win, but stand up and say do your worse. I am not affraid.

I'm so glad to see you are back, and hopefully to stay. You are always missed my friend. :)

All my love dear friend

[Phil Sanders]

Superbly written .. beautifully emotive ...

[Angel Bird]

Isn't it that we find closer to ourselves just then when we try to run away from it.. I'm convinced that sometimes our souls need more room to breathe, they need solitude to make feelings and thoughts settle down in the right places.
It is in fact not a running away, but a finding oneself again.
So whenever you need a little time out just take a break from all routine, let a fresh breeze blow around your nose and into your being. We all need a moment to breathe from time to time.
There will come a time when there will only be the I left, but til then lets face fate, and get the best out of this life.
A magnificent - with honesty striking piece. You marvelously caught those feelings into words.
A favorite!

[M. Amphet Salt]

I found this sad... as I can relate. I run away everyday; losing myself the to wonders of my on mind, as I feel that this world sometimes isn't for me. Then my children pull me back too reality, but I only find I bring a little of the monster back everytime...

Good work Rain. Keep fighting the battle.

[J. Hampton]

How boldly freeing this piece is.....

It is a component in all of us.... I was a runner...a classic runaway teen

Man has been running away from confrontation and conflict from the beginning...
If we look at Adam & Eve ....they did what they did...and God sought Adam out and asked" where are you Adam"...( not that God didn't know where he was...He IS God...he posed it to make Adam stew in conviction and introspection.) Men do not like conflict ....that is why there are soooooo....many divorces...and fatherless children. Don't get me wrong women do it as well...but it is inherant in men.

Don't let anyone break down your stance Ray...not here nor anywhere.
Have no idea who'd take up arms with you....you give this joint integrity ....and raise the bar of honest writing from life.

But keep on doin what you do ...and let them....leave.

Blessssssssssssss

[bluessadmood]

this gives lots to think.I dont like to run from things,they say you can be a king even in Bombay,when i was young,i used to think a lot of heavily populated china ,i wondered how they could live ,on so little resources ,i was glad ,iraq is much less populated and has all the riches in the world ,now look the way china is and look how we iraqis are,,i really tuaght myself,never to be a runner

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I wish i could run away too. I think it's just the nomad in us all. I do like this poem though. Its good.

[Kelly D. Burris]

I love the true, honest and revealing way you wrote this. Uncovering as you reveal a little bit more of you, and why you do what you do, how you see yourself. Begs the reader to do some self exploration.
Flows nicely. Glad to see you again. :)
Thanks for sharing.
Kelly

[Gary H]

This is very clever, deliberately written as a child's view, moving through life, reminding the reader that we are all in fact children. We just have experiences and our bodies grow tending to make us look older and wiser but basically we still retain the instincts we originally had.

I feel the resignation here - being unable to pull away from times past to really overcome the fear of running away.

[Ken Simm.]

I ran and I am still running so I can empathise so much with this. I've yet to discover what I'm running from exactly my own hubris perhaps. Thanks for posting this Rain. I admire it.

[Vanessa]

Running away, eh....

Well I think I can say without hint of doubt that we all find
a steady get-away is tempting at times. And the way you restated that;
"I will run away....", I really liked that. And the words were sort of
flowy.... even though it wasn't a rather runny peice. So.... I really like it.

-Vanessa Alyse