Dylan- Esque Poem by PAUL COLVIN

You're living in the past, that's where you've always been
Looking for someone you've never seen
Why say you need my love when you can't give any back
Did someone clip your wings whilst you were dreaming?
Love was always something that others seemed to have
You watched them have their fun and all you did was laugh
Eyes speak a thousand words but you never understood
Being young had never felt so good.
For years you looked the part and used the favourite phrase
But love was all around you as we smiled face to face
Once more you faked your laugh, it's driving you insane
Dressing up outside to hide your pain.
That voice within your mind told you love would come
But the words you heard were never meant for fun
You shuffled a brand new deck but dealt an old hand to yourself
You're a lady of the night sitting on a shelf
Go out enjoy yourself and open up your heart
But a heart of stone's what you had from the start
Try listening to yourself and what you have to say
It's a cruel world that we've been put on to play
You bought a one-way ticket to yesterday but that's where you belong
You think you are the one but know you're someone else
Your finger's on the trigger but you've no pulse
You can't kid the one whose heart you broke in two
The girl that I once loved was never you.

Paul Colvin.