One-Way Street

Walking a one-way street alone

Chasing you down without any hope

Of catching up to you

You just won’t slow down

I call out your name

But your head is in the clouds

The others around you chant your name

You gladly turn and smile their way

I try to run faster, but you keep making turns

Back tracking I’m tired, I just won’t learn

It’s a selfish thing, this road I walk

Hoping to get something that you need not

For your world is filled with people and things

I had a need for you to fill

But you don’t need anything from me

Why has it taken so long for me to see?

That even though you take some time

You’re just being nice, just being kind

The question you ask will continue to whirl

In my head, making me think

But you won’t give me a second thought

So I will try to slip away

Not that you will notice then or any day

But I’ve given God my heart

And He will keep it from breaking this time

It’s not worth it to work so hard 

It’s got to be easier than this

So for now, I will disappear…

6/24/15 -- ALJ