Guitar

I used to be your instrument

Your loud and screeming guitar

Your wild riffs poured out of me

I defined just who you are

I used to be a cozy cave

That brought you shelter from the storm

I was that single bright street light

That kept you safe from harm

I used to live my life for you

Though never asked you to live for me

I never made you speak the truth

All I wanted was for you to live free

But now as I gaze upon my life

And wonder who I might have been

I see this empty shell of me

I gave it all so you could win

Here I am with only words to speak

Or to leave upon the page

Without you in my life these days

I am left with only wisdom and age

It is funny how I felt alive

As I watched you grow so strong

And all the while I was giving more

'till I was left with but a lonely song

I was a fool not to ask for credibility

Or equality and truth

Unwise to let the love I felt

Waste away my youth

Now I sit alone in the sun

Watching the clouds drift by

I see the Summers come and go

And all I can do is sigh

Sherry Gail Heim

June 8, 2013

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