this is the last love poem that i will ever write
until i can be full of peace and never fight
when my temper, spite and anger will cease to exist
when i can find love in a hug and peace in a kiss
when the beast i resist is shackled and locked away
lookin' forward to the time when i forgot the day
that my heart was broken and i'm ready to love again
transcend my boundaries and rise above the sin
because i fear i've only begun to swim in this cesspool
of love forlorned where i drown; a stressed fool
a shadow of my former self, shocked at the reflection
holding my breath to the death, searching for direction
when i'm drawn out of this gloom night
guided back home by the lucid moonlight
i just wanna be whole, now i'm only shattered glass
a life of love and pain, when will the latter pass?
when the stars shine again in their full brightness
when God decides once again to make in Its likeness
when the skies clear and the bright sun's showin'
but until that day i've written my last love poem
© 2003 Joshua Stewart