Written By: name - Kevin Copenhaver
email - dirtyhippy@barefooted.com
Yahoo - ring_around_the_rosie1212
AIM - DrakuleVallenhrt

Invincible


My skin is stone
nay, tis iron
yet my heart is of a much softer medium

a heart of clay
partially dry clay
incapable of being molded into forgetfulness

I could never forget you

yet you say nothing can hurt me
that i am the strong one
but you wont see my tears
that shall come when you are gone

I hold them back
so you can cry
I hold them back for your sake
but I pray ye make no mistake
for I hurt just as much as you

can you see breezes carried by winds?
I think not
yet you need such winds to survive
just as I need you

So do not think
even for a second
that I am the strong one

because you see
I am weak
My brittle heart crumbles
as you say your last
goodbye

goodbye
like knives
through my back
and into my heart
then twisted
making beautiful art
with what remains of
my heart
my emotions
my soul
my everything

for everything I knew
everything that knew me
is gone
gone in an instant

and i know not when
if ever
I will see you again
but when
if
that day comes

I pray you remain unchanged
a model of perfection
just as you have been
since the day you saw me
the day I became your son
a day when we were both
happy

happiness, like all things
does end
thank God ours ends
on a good note
I love you mom
you are more than
a guardian
a parent
a caretaker
you are
a keeper of secrets
a teacher of knowledge
a bottomless well of advice
and above all
a true friend

I will miss you
you will always be
in my heart
my prayers
my thoughts
and my life

I pray I love my children
as you loved me...




...or at least half
for then I will know
that I was a wonderful parent
and an even greater friend
just as you have been to me
this is my goodbye...
I love you