inside the golden gates
The past is foreign to me
Just as much as the present.
Though I long for marvels of the past
Present is where I am heading
For there is nowhere else for me to go.
You call at me from the past
Asking me to abandon all forward progress
And I would do it
I would do anything for you
But I cannot anymore.
I am trapped
And I cannot escape.
Give me freedom.
Give me love.
Give me hope.
You left me for so long
That I had forgotten what it was like
To love with such a capacity.
Though I wish I could let you
Out of my mind,
I long to hold you
Because I do not want to lose
Happy memories
of you
and I
in the past.
I need you
to save me
from myself.