Graveyard Coffeehouse

Love Lies

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Love lies
In a distant country
Crying out
To the core
Of your soul
Save me
Take my hand
My body
Spirit
Mind
Invoking you
Teasing
Screaming
Memories survive
There
Of loves
Lost
Never to return
Conjuring them
In poetry
Pleading with
Some demon
To make them immortal
With
Rhythm
Rhyme
Words
That catapult
Her
To the heavens
And fall
Like shooting stars
Burning out
Amidst
The conflagration
Exploding
In your ears
With an
Echo
I love you
And
Goodbye
You walk
Courageously
With confidence
Through the wretched
Minefield
Of a bland
Existence
Seeing her
In others eyes
Blowing kisses
From the distance
A nightmare
Beckoning
You embark
On another perilous
Journey
Love
That
Beautiful lie
Swimming
Across the wretched sea
Waters that have drowned
Many sailors
Men who sought
Wealth
Fame
Love
A paradise
But you will
Not be hindered
Delayed
In the treacherous
Storm
Once again
Fighting
Brutal winds
That blow
Raging
Threatening
To thwart
Your quest
Yet you fight on
For in your heart
You already
Found her
An ethereal spirit
A ghost
Of the past
An illusion mocking
The erotic shadows
Of your memory
She disappears
If you come
Too close
Try to kiss her
Leaves a trail
Of tears
Shattering
Your soul
You know
You can never
Let her go
She will remain
A sweet tragedy
Love dies
But lives on
In your
Heart
Rising in the Night
Whispering
Love me
Kiss me
Rancid recollections
Survive
Even after Death
Denying
The cruel slings
And arrows
Of Fate
Love stays
Behind
A beloved illusion
Wicked feast
For the brain
In dreams
Love
Lies.