"I don't think that being a strong person is about ignoring your emotions and fighting your feelings. Putting on a brave face doesn't mean you're a brave person. That's why everybody in my life knows everything that I'm going through. I can't hide anything from them. People need to realise that being open isn't the same as being weak."

- Taylor Swift

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

All This and Heaven Too

We've walked a long way together
Hand in hand

I remember
As you remember
Every word and every touch

A piece of my heart for
Peace of mind.

The heart is hard to translate
But you must be the first
To look me in the eye
And forgive me for being human

Stand back and admire your work, painter
Admire our very own hue
A drop of blood in a bowl of milk

I will never again be as white as white can be
For what is done can not be undone
Things are set in motion...

I do not miss the longing
Lost in an epiphany
Of my new-found optimism 

I am quite my old self again
I can drink to my heart's content
The innocence of anticipation
 
A piece of my heart for
Peace of mind.

You will always have a friend in me
And although I will lose
I will find, and find, and find

All this and heaven too.

Inspired by All This and Heaven Too by Florence + The Machine

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Adelaide Dupont said...

Great "piece/peace" play, especially in its place in the poem.

Innocence seems to have a flavour here.

I like the third and fourth stanzas a lot.

"Epiphany" and "optimism" so close together!

July 26, 2012 at 8:43 AM

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