When it's 7.30 am and your day has still not ended..

I rarely share things I write (as in poetry, shortstories or novels) with people, mainly cause they tend to be personal and written to get something off my chest, not to rouse praise or critisism. But also because I'm very shy about it. Yeah, praise makes me blush and feel oddly uncomfortable, and critisism makes me want to hit "delete" a lot. Let's not pretend I'm all brave when it comes to these things, just see how long it took to make me sing in front of a person who does not keep critisism back, even when my singing is actually something I feel relatively proud of.

Anyhow. Here's to being brave.


Memory Lane

Care to walk down this road with me?
I promise I will make you see
What horrors hide in shadows here
Come, hold my hand, best you stay near

I know, my love, it’s hard to watch
How innocence it fades with touch
Its purity all drained and gone
The further we keep walking on

Don’t fret, my dear, it’s how it goes
How life unfolds its highs and lows
Nothing ever stays the same
And all you have is you to blame

Come, darling, we are nearly there
I’ll show you what I truly fear
Right there, the corner, don’t you see?
That huddled up figure is childhood-me

Sorry, honey, I know it’s hard
A kid that age, always on her guard
But you should see it, just to understand
Why one doesn’t always have the will to stand

Just around this bend, my sweet
We’ll turn and walk a darker street
Do not run away, keep holding on tight
Too soon to just give up the fight

Now here comes the part that I wanted to show
Watch your step now, take it nice and slow
Better keep your distance, from that abyss ahead
Fall down there, and insanity will take over instead

Hold on tight, my pet, to your reality
Too close to the edge will cost vitality
This is what will wait for you, if you don’t watch your feet
Cold, black nothingness, and no way you can cheat

My guess is this, that in the deep
A mirror will await and show what you keep
Of secrets and lies, of slander and sin
It’s going to show exactly who you’ve been

Do not look down, if what you’ve seen
Makes you think the world is mean
It’s up to you to stay on your track
Walk away from the abyss, and don’t look back.