Reincarnated

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    • is so sorry she's been away so long! Trying desperately to catch up!

    Reincarnated


    "TRES VIDAS"

    I'VE READ THE STORIES OF YOUR LIFE
    ON THE PAGES IN YOUR EYES
    THEY TELL ME OF THE PAIN YOU BORE
    AND THE TEARS YOU NEVER CRIED
    (AND I READ ON)

    IN SEARCH OF ALL THE DREAMS
    THAT YOU TOLD NO-ONE ABOUT
    FIGHTING ALL YOUR DEMONS
    WITH THE ANGER YOU LET OUT
    (DID YOU EVER WIN?)

    EVERY DAY I TURN A PAGE
    AND THE WORDS COME TO ME CLEAR
    YOU WERE A MAN WHO LIVED ALONE
    THOUGH THERE WERE OTHERS NEAR
    (DO YOU REMEMBER ME?)

    THE DRUGS, THE BOOZE, THE MUSIC
    MISSING DAYS THAT HAVE GONE BY
    I'M GLAD YOU SLOWED DOWN LONG ENOUGH
    TO LET THE MADNESS DIE
    (I SAID A PRAYER)

    YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD YOUR FRIENDS
    WHO'VE HELPED ALONG THE WAY
    BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
    ABOUT THE ONES WHO DIDN'T STAY?
    (I WAS ONE OF THEM)

    I WAS TOLD TO LEAVE YOU FOR AWHILE
    THAT IT WAS TIME TO LET YOU GO
    THEY SAID THAT ONE DAY I'D RETURN
    BUT WHEN, I DIDN'T KNOW
    (AND I MISSED YOU)

    I TRUSTED IN THE GODS ABOVE
    THE WEAVER OF OUR DREAMS
    TO SEND ME TO YOU ONCE AGAIN
    TO MEND THE SHREDDED SEAMS
    (AND SO I WAITED)





    THEY GAVE TO ME A BRAND NEW LIFE
    AND THEY TOOK MY MEMORY
    OF ALL THAT YOU AND I ONCE WERE
    OF ALL WE COULDN'T BE
    (BUT YOU REMEMBERED)

    WHILE I WAS GONE I WENT THROUGH YEARS
    WITHOUT KNOWING WE EVER MET
    I'VE DONE SOME THINGS I SHOULDN'T HAVE
    ...BUT NOTHING I REGRET
    (SOUND FAMILIAR?)

    TIME WENT BY IN OUR SEPERATE LIVES
    THE GODS APPROACHED ME RECENTLY
    THEY SENT ME BACK INTO YOUR DAYS
    TO COMPLETE OUR DESTINY
    (OUR FATE BEGINS)

    OVER CIGARETTES AND COFFEE
    THE THREADS WERE SEWN AGAIN
    AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE SEAM
    YOU BECAME MORE THAN A FRIEND
    (YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS)

    LATE ONE NIGHT BEFORE THE DAWN
    YOUR HANDS CARESSED MY FACE
    AND YOU SPOKE TO ME WITHOUT A SOUND
    IN THE WARMTH OF YOUR EMBRACE
    (AND YOU KISSED ME)

    I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE FOREST
    AND LAY YOU BENEATH THE TREES
    BUT WE LISTENED TO THE WARNINGS
    THAT WHISPERED ON THE BREEZE
    (AND WE WERE WISE TO WAIT)

    YOU SEE, THEY WOULDN'T LET ME READ YOUR BOOK
    WHILE I WAS LIVING MY NEW LIFE
    AND THE AUTHOR, IN ALL HIS CHARMING WIT
    GAVE YOU CHILDREN AND A WIFE
    (AND THE ACHE BEGINS)

    HOW CAN THEY BE SO CRUEL?
    THEIR HEARTS CAN'T BE THIS HOLLOW
    TO PLACE THE SWEETNESS IN MY MOUTH
    THEN ASK ME NOT TO SWALLOW.
    (FOR HOW LONG?)

    FOR NOW, I'LL STOP THE QUESTIONS
    MAYBE SOON I'LL UNDERSTAND
    WHY YOUR STORIES FILL MY PAGES
    AND WHY THEY PLACED THEM IN MY HANDS
    (IT'S IN MY HANDS)

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    stellar commented on Reincarnated

    10-20-2009

    This is a lovely story worth reading for....Lost love, love found again it's just so sweet. Like the workings of the season, spring and summers of love fade but they come again and reincarnated...I am deeply touch by the story...Love it...^_^ v

    HarverTomsson commented on Reincarnated

    06-29-2009

    I cannot believe no one has commented on this radiant gem! It is a ballad of love found, lost, and rediscovered only to be asked to endure the circumstance of prior commitments. Like Helen Hunt's character in Castaway, you are left in the emotional rain, and because you brought me there with you just now, so am I. Is there any clearer way to convey, God shares our tears?

    Kandrew

    06/29/2009

    I think this one must leave people wondering what exactly it is I'm sharing. And then somebody comes along and sees the story for what it is. I suppose we'd all be wise to carry an umbrella at all times.

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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