Why Don't You Just Walk Away
by Bruce Eisen
Watching as your time passes,
every day, never knowing, but you do.
Holding on with hope, can it come true,
nothing you do or say can change that day.
Why do you go on? You have no say.
Does the pain drive you insane,
there is no saving, it’s on its way,
who would want to stay?
Why don’t you just walk away?
The only certainty that remains,
Is sickness, more strain, the same refrain--
Holding on until that terminal day
comes without notice in its own way.
Nothing prepares you for that time,
when fear is realized without relief.
Can you hold on to your belief?
every day, never knowing, but you do.
Holding on with hope, can it come true,
nothing you do or say can change that day.
Why do you go on? You have no say.
Does the pain drive you insane,
there is no saving, it’s on its way,
who would want to stay?
Why don’t you just walk away?
The only certainty that remains,
Is sickness, more strain, the same refrain--
Holding on until that terminal day
comes without notice in its own way.
Nothing prepares you for that time,
when fear is realized without relief.
Can you hold on to your belief?
Bruce Eisen began his poetry career in the 7th grade when he won the school-wide poetry contest with his poem, "Window." Since high school, Bruce has been writing poems for his romantic interest using primarily Iambic pentameter. His influences include the stream of consciousness writing of James Joyce, the extemporaneous oratory found in the Greek classics, and his study of philosophy. Eisen is in the process of publishing his second book, The Book of Lost Poems.