Life's A Drought
You sit outside next to me and stare at the clouds... waiting.
For what, right now i'm not quite sure.
Nightfall comes, as we lay on our backs and watch the stars.
60 days more only bring us bloodshot eyes and boredom.
But yet you still seem unsatisfied, saying "just a little longer."
Just a little longer...
A little longer becomes a lot longer.
The years pass by as your feelings die and you become more numb than ever.
Your mind is sick and tired of the time you've spent on the nothing you've recieved...
But your heart is still yearning to discover the desire that remains a mystery to me.
Decades fly by, and we're not as young as we were back then.
Satisfaction is nowhere near you, but I'm still there waiting for what you need.
You're still confused as to who this person is who was supposed to be there to guide you;
When alas you realize, it's been me.
Now, just inches from death, you're finally content with the long, unsatisfied life you've led.
You cup my face in your hands and I grasp your wrists with mine as you utter your last words.
"In my life I could have done more,
I could have seen more,
I could have lived more.
You wasted your life waiting for mine to begin.
Although it never really began, it's time for it to end.
Please just don't waste the rest of your precious life mourning over the one I threw away."
And with that... you slipped away.
Your lifeless body lay in my arms when I realized what it was that you had been waiting for all along.
One fell down my face onto yours, as a smile played upon your lips and I hugged you close one last time.
The clouds were gray and I felt the drops hit me softly in a rhythmic pattern.
The thunder rumbled as I hunched over you, crying.
I wondered how it took me this long to realize what you'd waited forever for.
All you ever wanted...
was rain.
For what, right now i'm not quite sure.
Nightfall comes, as we lay on our backs and watch the stars.
60 days more only bring us bloodshot eyes and boredom.
But yet you still seem unsatisfied, saying "just a little longer."
Just a little longer...
A little longer becomes a lot longer.
The years pass by as your feelings die and you become more numb than ever.
Your mind is sick and tired of the time you've spent on the nothing you've recieved...
But your heart is still yearning to discover the desire that remains a mystery to me.
Decades fly by, and we're not as young as we were back then.
Satisfaction is nowhere near you, but I'm still there waiting for what you need.
You're still confused as to who this person is who was supposed to be there to guide you;
When alas you realize, it's been me.
Now, just inches from death, you're finally content with the long, unsatisfied life you've led.
You cup my face in your hands and I grasp your wrists with mine as you utter your last words.
"In my life I could have done more,
I could have seen more,
I could have lived more.
You wasted your life waiting for mine to begin.
Although it never really began, it's time for it to end.
Please just don't waste the rest of your precious life mourning over the one I threw away."
And with that... you slipped away.
Your lifeless body lay in my arms when I realized what it was that you had been waiting for all along.
One fell down my face onto yours, as a smile played upon your lips and I hugged you close one last time.
The clouds were gray and I felt the drops hit me softly in a rhythmic pattern.
The thunder rumbled as I hunched over you, crying.
I wondered how it took me this long to realize what you'd waited forever for.
All you ever wanted...
was rain.