Braving The Storm

Stop leaving me hanging with hope,
My hands reaching to grab on to a rope.
'Cause heaven knows how hard it is to hold
When the heart you love is going cold.

When will you realize that here I still remain,
Standing raw in the raging rain?
Or do you really just plan to say goodbye
Then leave me stranded in the storm's eye?

I can see that you're torn apart at the seams
Now that we're no longer a team.
But I'm not the only one to blame;
It takes two to play this game.

My dear, gaze at the divine dark;
Does it in any way remind you of our spark?
But now that it's been taken away by the tide,
It has left a hole in your chest so wide.

Once, my heavy heart sought solace
And it was found in your embrace.
But now that I'm losing strength and sleep,
I can see the bitterness into your heart seep.

Now you've changed, I hear you constantly complain
About the rain and all other things mundane.
Don't you find it strange how much you've changed?
And now you're even calling me deranged.

Yet still, despite your muddled mind
And how you've become so blind,
I can still see through the cracks some light
And I know things will become alright.

'Cause past aside the heavy weight of the hate,
All our tears will also evaporate
And all of these will just be a shade
Of a severe storm that I know will fade.

Author's Note

This was a poem written as an entry to my school's Poetry Writing segment in our English Fest, which I won with "A Silenced Flame." This is also one of the first poems I'd ever written, so I wasn't that adept at writing poetry yet when I made this back then. Feedback is appreciated!