Keeping Time

Time will tell

you the secret,

to living and dying in between.

And your heart will feel

the presence ,

of your soul and your entire being.

And your mouth will go dry

at the ocean,

the multitude of emotions and streams.

And your eyes will water

and shut sometimes,

blinking at the lights and sheen.

But in that time,

you remember

the whispers and the lies ,

and grasp at the stolen truth in me.

And that little secret

will keep you,

alive but someplace

in between .

Keep your head up

and your heart chained

for eternity.

Keep your head up

and brave the tides,

The ones that you don’t see.

Keep your head up

as you take the blows,

the ones that were meant for me.

Keep your head up

and fall ,

into an eternal sleep.

In the palace of my dreams.