Tie A Ribbon For Me
This is not what I wanted,
yet I see no other alternative.
The goals that I set for my life
feel nothing but derivative.
Every long walk I take
I pass by an endless forest-
trees hundreds of years old-
on a path that is the obscurest.
I did not want to let go
in a place that I know;
I wanted to let go
far from those I know.
On branches and trees, ribbons flutter.
Hunters use these to mark their trails,
as a safeguard used to return home.
I would use one to set sail…
Tie a ribbon for me, I whisper,
but the wind ignores my plea.
Purple, blue, any color really
that could be, by anyone, easily seen.
For those of us who are already lost,
it is a way for us to be found.
Some drink. Some take. While others
dangle and the rest hear one sound.
I did not want to let go
in a place that I know;
I wanted to let go
far from those I know.
No one should discover what I’ve done
until I am hidden away, zipper tight.
No one should understand what I’ve done-
I was dealing with my own plight.
I tied a ribbon for me.
Maybe someone will come.
I tied a ribbon for me-
soon I will succumb.
Come and find me.
By DL Mullan
From: United States
Website: http://www.undawnted.com