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poetry by lou sid linesman - on life, love & politics
Saturday, May 27, 2006
You Always Knew
You knew my fear...
From many a year...
You left me free to choose the way
Which led me further and further astray,
You told me to...“Go and get some experience”...
Watched me labour,
Ached as I dismantled pyramids of common sense...
You let me build a mountain in the air
And climb its high-to-heaven-taxing peak
To find the absolute of nothing there...
You felt my pain when Love’s lost trail
Iced cruelly over in the cold...
You always knew that first I had to fail
And gave libation
With those streaming tears...of Africa...
Discovered why...
The Eye of Ethiopia
Would never dry...
And why...
Its Nile would run forever blue...
You had me so secure...but weak
In darkness in your deepest in your tightest hold
But unprovoked...you granted me the greatest...Human favour
Of them all...the fear...of unenforced...emancipation...
You always knew
What fear of Love would make me do
You always knew
I had to find the field where flowers of peace still grew
You always knew
That Love alone could bring me back to you
You always knew
That real steps are simple...sensed...and short...and few...
You always knew
You had to stand where Love was ever...ever...ever true...
You always knew...
I had to come to you...
You always knew
© Lou Sid Linesman, 2006. All Rights Reserved.
