Sunday, June 9, 2013

I SHOULD SURRENDER

There’s a chest 
In the corner of my bedroom 
Filled with things I should avoid
What lies inside
Are just words you put on paper
And pictures I should destroy
Yes I should
Burn up the past that I have saved
This is what I need to do
But I can’t
Destroy collected memories
When they’re all I have of you

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I should exorcise you from my mind
You've possessed it for the longest time
Truth is that I've never tried
And I don’t know if I could
But I surrender…
I surrender that I should
~~*~~

There’s a box
In the bottom of my closet
With your name fading away
Oh I should
Go remove it from it’s haven
And dispose of it today
But it hurts
You can tell me that it shouldn't 
And I realize you're right
That I must
Just abolish what is noxious
Pain that’s cluttering my life

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Dried flowers, all the tickets
To the movies, to L.A
The opera, the museums
Programs from the Broadway plays
Piles of cards and tear stained letters
That are filled with all your lies
Every picture of a young girl
Thinking love would last her life
When the future seemed ideal and good
I would throw them all away if I could
I know I should
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
I should exorcise you from my mind
You've possessed it for the longest time
Truth is that I've never tried
And I don’t know if I could
But I surrender…
I surrender that I should
~~*~~



Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
Copyright © 2013

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