Guardian

 

You used to be my guardian,

Keeping me from harm,

Protecting me through wretched fires,

I was safely in your arms.

You used to walk beside me,

My virgin hand in yours,

You guided me through the darkest forests,

I’m forgotten, fading to the core.

Your heart beating against mine,

The best I’ve ever known,

Please just tell me why again,

Your heart turned to stone.

 

Your whisper calls into the night

Longing for me to stay

But the dusky, warning shadows

Slowly whisk me away.

 

“I love you, beautiful,” you said to me,

Every day that passed,

I remember your eager face,

Every kiss you dared to cast.

 

Tenderly you mentioned,

“I will never leave,”

But countless times I've watched you go,

And every time I grieve,

For you and your arms to hold me.

Before you're gone once more,

Before my heart has been betrayed,

Leaving me lost and torn.

 

Your fading voice departs,

I stand alone at your door.

I'm crying out-- “where have you gone?”

You don't hear me anymore.

Reviews

[HopelesslyDevoted]

i can relate to this... everyone needs a guardian to depend on

[Raymond]

Hmm I like as is, dont know I would add a thing...You dont hear me anymore is a perfect ending. I tell my daughters, 'when a young man say, 'i'll never leave you' I want you to say..great lets go tomorrow and have my name tatto'd on you'...just a nice commitment check :)

[Amen_Poppies]

Loved this Aleyah... I loved the rhyming stanzas. It was beautifully written and inspiring to read. - Madelyn

[ब्र&#..]

awh, i really liked this poem! this was really insightful!
Great Job! :)