SLEEPING ROSE
SLEEPING ROSE
S.JENSEN © 1993
A ROSE THAT IS
BEATING A PULSE
I YEARN TO TURN
MY FACE
TO THE DAWN…
THE DEW IS ABOUT
THE NIGHT
SO FADING
MEMORIES TURN
YOUR FACE
TO THE MOONLIGHT
MEMORIES
ALL ALONE
IN THIS LIGHT
I REMEMBER
A TIME
I KNEW WHAT
HAPPINESS WAS
ANOTHER DAY
IS DAWNING
LOOKING TO
THE SUNRISE
I MUS NOT GIVE
IN
TO HOPELESSNESS
HOWEVER
AS DOES
EVERYTHING
THE MEMORY
SO IS FADING
WATCHING
THE BLOOD DROP
FROM THE
SCRATCH
FROM THE ACCIDENT
WHERE AS ALWAYS
I TEND TO
BUMP INTO THINGS
WONDERING
WHAT GOOD
AM I REALLY
I FEEL BUT
ITS SO NUMB
INSIDE
IS THERE STILL
A TOMORROW
OR ONLY A
VAIN ATTEMPT
TO RECALL
WHAT THE
MEMORY OF
REAL LOVE
WAS IN MY HEART
- - - -
SO LONG AGO
WENT THROUGH
SOME ROUGH
PATCHES IN LIFE
WHERE I NEVER
GOT TO HOLD
ONTO THOSE
I LOVED
DEEPLY
ROOTED IN
MISTAKES
SOME MINE
SOME NOT MINE
SOME MY
VIEW OF WHAT
LOVE IS
ALWAYS
WAS CROSSED
FROM FRIENDSHIP
I STRUGGLED
WITH THE
FACTS OF
BEING TOLD
I AM WRONG
TO LOVE A WOMAN
CAUSE ITS
JUST NOT THE
WAY ONE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE
BUT
I LEARNED
HOW WRONG
THEY TRULY ARE
AND LEFT
THEM ALL BEHIND
IN SEARCH
FOR OTHERS
THAT FELT THE
SAME AS I
EVEN THEN
I NEVER FOUND
VERY MANY
THAT I COULD
GET CLOSE TO
SO EVEN
AMONG THOSE
I THOUGHT
WERE LIKE ME
I DIDN’T FIT IN
NEVER FIT IN
ANYWHERE
I AM THE LONER
A LONE WOLF
OF SORTS
THE ARTIST
THAT SEES
BEAUTY
AND CREATES
FROM IT
YET AS AN ARTIST
WE CAN SO
BE TORTURED
BY OUR OWN
FEELINGS
AND GO
INTO DARK SPOTS
I LEARNED
TO LET THEM
RIDE INTO
WAVES OF ANOTHER
SPACE
LEAVING ME
IN A PEACEFUL
GRACE
KNOWING NOW
THAT ITS PERFECTLY
OK TO LIKE
LOVING A DUDE
OR A LADY
OR BOTH
AND STILL HAVE
GOD IN MY LIFE
HE SO DOES NOT
JUDGE
THE WAY PEOPLE
DO
EVEN FAMILY
CAN
HURT SOMEONE
MORE THAN DO
THEM GOOD
WHEN THEY
DON’T UNDERSTAND
AND CAN’T
ACCEPT
JUST WHO YOU
ARE
BUT I CAN
TRAVEL FORWARD
AND NEVER
EVER
LET IT
EVER GET ME
SO LOW
AS I WAS
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
SOME
MOMENTS
STILL
CREEP IN
BUT I PUSH
THEM ASIDE
FASTER THAN
I USED TO
CRY A LITTLE BIT
AND THEN
AFTER ALL THE
GRIEVING MOMENTS
AND EMOTIONS
TEND TO
MAKE ME SO
UNCOMFORTABLE
ANYHOW
I AM SO A SPOCK
ITS NOT A JOKE
WE FEEL
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
JUST WE DON’T
SHOW IT THE
SAME
ON THE OUTSIDE
I CAN BE SO
COLD AND ALOOF
SO CARE FREE
WITH IT
BUT TRUE INTIMACY
IN MY LIFE
HAS BEEN
RARE TO FIND
BUT WHEN I DO
I TEND TO HOLD
IT IN THE
SWEET LOVE
OF FRIENDSHIP
AND LET IT BE
KINDA EXCEPT
THE FACTS
THAT NOT MUCH
WILL CHANGE
SORT OF ONCE
A LONER
A NERDIE GEEK
YOU KINDA
STAY THAT WAY
AND I AM
NOW OK WITH IT
GOT PLENTY
OF NERDIE FRIENDS
JUST LIKE ME
WHO LOVE
AS I DO
EVEN IF I STILL
FEEL AND OUTSIDER
AMONG THEM TOO
I FLOW WITHIN IT
AND OUT IT
AND CONTENT
HAPPINESS IS
A FLEETING
MOMENT
IN BETWEEN
THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF WHAT LIFE
WILL SO
THROW AT YOU
AND
I OVER COME
SO MUCH
TO BE OK
WITH WHO I AM
NEVER GONNA
LET ANYONE
TELL ME
I AM WRONG
FOR MY
LOVE
NOW.
I CARRY ONWARD
TIL ONE DAY
HOPEFULLY
SOMEONE WILL
FIT IN MY LIFE
AS I FIT IN THERE LIFE
AND ALL WILL
BE SIMPLY OK....
