Hope Keeps Me Waiting
Just a plain white page Filled with the words I could never say Just an empty hand With only silence to reprimand The back of your head is the last thing I see Every time you walk away from me With stubborn weight In every step you take Feet to the pavement, you run away again Want to keep you, but it’s me you transcend This is the storm before the calm Someday you’ll come back to my arms Hope keeps me waiting for you Even when I know you’re gone You’re just a bird who’s outgrown its cage And I can’t fulfill my empty rage For loving you and setting you free To fly toward the sun with your own wings Not even a picture to remember you by Hand you over to gravity, and pray that you can fly And though my heart has little value You will always carry it with you This is the storm before the calm Someday you’ll come back to my arms Hope keeps me waiting for you Even when I know you’re gone Years pass by without not...