Poem: "Make Believe"

"Make Believe"

In the same room
the silent walls
I lay on the bed
lost and broken

Oh, it's no use now
No matter how I try
to forget
still, the tears come
wet and perfect

I let you in
like a fool
I let you in
just because

I'd rather break
a mirror
and have seven years
bad luck

Because baby, how I thought
we had
we had
something special

Only to be let down
and left behind again
not sure of anything anymore
I'm not afraid of losing

I'm barely breathing
and you do it over again
when you promised
you'd never

Where could I run for cover
to escape from you, love?
you've become a part of me

Even after all this
I couldn't ever hate you
my darling

I just wish
oh how I wish
the story could have had a happy ending

Instead of being sweet make believe

Somewhere inside
I'm dying again
as the desperate ghosts
within are dancing

The last kiss is always
the most bittersweet.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Pieces"

"Pieces"

Tell me again
fill me with your lies
baby

Open the wounds
water under the bridge
make me the fool once more

The same old
tired thing again
I'm drowning

Deep and falling
uncovered and bare
I'm bleeding, darling

And you cut me open
again
I'm not scared
of the dark

Come gentle loneliness
with your perfect arms
you can't drag me down
my love

You can never
stop me
from shining
my Sun

The footsteps you leave behind
have killed me over and over
again

But still, I love you

I'd rather be left
barely breathing
my sweet morningside

Save me
oh my beautiful liar
how I need you

In the shadows of twilight
in the last loud beating
of my fragile heart

Can you hear her
call your name?

Can you?

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Linger"

"Linger"

You've been gone
awhile now
it feels so empty here
without you

Sitting here
trying to find
the words to say
still you're gone

I've been chasing shadows
until the day you came
and walked in my door
and brightened everything

With your beautiful rays
warming my cold, desperate heart
smile for me now
touch my soul

Hold me close to you
against the world
you are my shield
my protection

If I close my eyes long enough
I can see you again
if only for awhile

The world is wide open again
and our hearts are full of possibilities
and we are young again

The darkness fades
when I'm in your arms
nothing else matters
but this moment with you

I lean against the window
and watch the rain fall
its gentle pitter patter

The memory of you
I hold onto you
you've consumed me
taken a piece of my soul
and my heart is out there
with you

I can't let go
what I feel
is too strong
too much

Allow me fall again
one more time
into you
let our paths intertwine
and permit the perfect sweetness
that is your passion
cover me, wrapping me up

Linger awhile

I will wait for you
my love
until you
come back to me

Until then
I lay here
in this lonely bed

Wishing for you
please
let your beauty
invade me again
and linger awhile

Just linger awhile.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo