“Well there’s a piece of Maria in every song that I sing.
And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings.”
– Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby - Counting Crows
Many lyrics over many years have resonated deeply within me, from Counting Crows’ songs especially. Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby has a few I quote quite a bit, but the one I just quoted above, has a very specific meaning to me....
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Friday, September 6, 2013
(poem) - I Belong in Her Arms
Is a dream a dream
(A crazy little dream)
If its based in reality?
What about pain?
(Is it pain?)
If its based within the mind?
Its hard not to scream
(Scream so loud)
When a dream involves pain?
Why does it hurt
(Its hurts so very much)
To have your heart broken?
I once had an ideal
(Such a great ideal)
Of what the perfect woman should be.
But the woman that was perfect
(Perfection on another level)
Broke the mold of everything that was
She changed my life
(Which needed changing)
For the better in every single way
And became my wife
(The perfect wife)
Making me the happiest man alive.
But I still remember the past
(Oh so very long ago.)
When heart break felt like it would kill me.
I remember those times
(Times best forgotten)
Crying over some foolish idiot not giving their all
I always gave my all
(Pouring my very soul)
To make sure that my love found its home
But it never did
(It grew stronger, harder)
And somehow found its way into Lisa’s embrace
This embrace
(This beautiful embrace)
Is something amazing that words cannot describe
Poetry
(No matter how you write it)
Cannot match the beauty of my wife’s soul
She survived
(Things I cannot imagine)
To be with me here, laying her head against my chest
How did either of us make it here
(This wonderful place we’ve found)
After going through so damned much without each other?
The answer is so simple
(Yet so very silly)
We survived what we had to, to be together.
Because this is where we both belong
And belonging is pretty awesome
When you belong in someone’s arms.
--Dan
--Want more Poetry? Check out my Poetry Collection Page!
(A crazy little dream)
If its based in reality?
What about pain?
(Is it pain?)
If its based within the mind?
Its hard not to scream
(Scream so loud)
When a dream involves pain?
Why does it hurt
(Its hurts so very much)
To have your heart broken?
I once had an ideal
(Such a great ideal)
Of what the perfect woman should be.
But the woman that was perfect
(Perfection on another level)
Broke the mold of everything that was
She changed my life
(Which needed changing)
For the better in every single way
And became my wife
(The perfect wife)
Making me the happiest man alive.
But I still remember the past
(Oh so very long ago.)
When heart break felt like it would kill me.
I remember those times
(Times best forgotten)
Crying over some foolish idiot not giving their all
I always gave my all
(Pouring my very soul)
To make sure that my love found its home
But it never did
(It grew stronger, harder)
And somehow found its way into Lisa’s embrace
This embrace
(This beautiful embrace)
Is something amazing that words cannot describe
Poetry
(No matter how you write it)
Cannot match the beauty of my wife’s soul
She survived
(Things I cannot imagine)
To be with me here, laying her head against my chest
How did either of us make it here
(This wonderful place we’ve found)
After going through so damned much without each other?
The answer is so simple
(Yet so very silly)
We survived what we had to, to be together.
Because this is where we both belong
And belonging is pretty awesome
When you belong in someone’s arms.
--Dan
--Want more Poetry? Check out my Poetry Collection Page!
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