Hope For Mercy

​Hope for mercy hope for me 
This hope delays, not meant to stay 
The lights fade out, but oh so slow 
You stop to watch them go 
You see the midnight glow
And still you hold your spirits high
 
You crave a gentle kiss, a sigh
You tell me there is time for this
You tell me all the ways to see
Delightful in a forest glen to sit with you another day


Precious moments fade away 
why do we string them out so far
Bring them close don’t let them linger, weary and unattended


Hold the moments close at hand
I’ll wait all day
Eat my broccoli first
Until I realize broccoli is the feast
I’ve held out so long I forgot the song
I forgot which way I ought to go
The dessert taste sweet and sick in my mouth
I would spit it out, but there’s crowds who watch
Instead, I wonder what went wrong when sugar taste like death upon my tongue
Your voice begins to darken all the songs I have sung
Your eyes don’t light me like they did
Your charm has faded as it would
I’ve waited so long the waiting has become the answer
And the questions I ask have all changed their tune
These whispers
This fading moon
The body delights on answer such as this
Wait long enough and you’ll soon be dead