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
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