Time slipped through out fingers,
Like smoke, through a fishing net,
And our hearts to young for sorrow
Spill over with regret.
We were playing at it, pretending.
While around us, your world was ending.
I think of you and wonder,
What kind of friend can I be?
When your dreams are the subject of plunder,
And your heart has lost its key.
We were playing at it, pretending.
While around us, your world was ending.
I have no power to heal it,
This sorrow that tortures you still,
So I look into other parts of your life
For a trivial need to fill.
We were playing at it, pretending.
While around us, your world was ending.
It seems like there's eons between us,
And I know I should be by your side,
Yet, I can't help but feel, as I lie in the dust
That the very best part of me died.
We were playing at it, pretending.
While around us, your world was ending.
(change "out" to "our")
And our hearts to young for sorrow
(change "to" to "too")
Really great poem!
(Isn't it such an interesting thing that we so frequently can't explain some of our most compelling art?)