Chains

I lie in bed wide awake thinking of you until day break.
You're fast asleep but when you wake you'll think of her and her smiling face.
She's un aware of the pain she causes him, every day.
It's enough to make a man go insane.
Hope binds you to this pain.
You hope one day he will be yours.
But you know deep down he never will be.
This hope is like chains.
This hope drags you down, it makes it so you can't escape.
She'll sit there and smile again at him, renewing his hope.
He'll smile at me, renewing my hope.
I know deep down we'll never be,
But hope is stronger than me.

Author's Note

Any comments or criticisms are welcome, enjoy!

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

"He'll smile at me, renewing my hope.
I know deep down we'll never be,
But hope is stronger than me."
I like the poem. Human nature make us hope for things we cannot have. Hope keep us going forward and wanting a happy ending. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Sierra Christine]

Thank you!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Hope is all you have at times...but there is a thin line between love and hate...one must choose sides and not be a second hand store...this again has a slam feel...you have a thing for making your second line extreme long...may be just your style or brain of thought...when you write it down...good to read your work...

[Sierra Christine]

I actually haven't noticed that I make the second line longer, I guess it's just something my brain does. Thank you!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

you're welcome...

[Edward Lancheister]

good to have hope, its something that you can rely on not just for a person but for ourself

set your hope high on your self so when other people let you down, you will never be broken or even fall

[Sierra Christine]

I totally agree, thank you!