Deep Ravine

Tracks left behind by an unknown beast,
I follow them like a hunter on the trail.
These tracks lead somewhere new I tell myself,
touching the earth and smelling the leaves.

Much of it’s trail is easy to spot,
this creature doesn’t worry about being followed.
Perhaps another beast is it’s pray,
being followed just as I follow you today.

The search quickens and the trail get’s hot,
the beast that I’m tracking is just up ahead.
Running with anticipation and lust,
The chase makes me crazy and puts strange things in my head.

You were all I wanted,
now I’m not sure what to do,
everything I’d ever hoped would happen,
it was always supposed to happen with you.

A monkey swings from a tree,
I’m surprised and run off the trail.
Falling into a deep ravine and losing myself completely,
My mind rebuilds it’s self while I redesign me.

Who am I today?
This isn’t right being so different everyday.
I gentle tear rolls down my cheek and I talk to myself like I’m crazy,
I reply to myself out loud “maybe”.

Forever passes while I regain my strength,
the days are long though I remember none of them.
Strange thoughts always passing through my mind,
Separating myself from me and direct the thoughts at him.

If it’s not you I’m supposed to be with,
not you I’m to spend my days and nights holding tight,
growing old with until nothing remains but sandpaper and wax,
If not you,
then who?