Melody of the Siren

Against the wall
Face upwards
A sigh of sadness escapes
As the melody of the siren
Greets yet again

The story starts about a war
War on both sides
And an ache so familiar
That wants to give up

Stuck in a desert
One with a rainbow arch
And ever so welcoming
The other not so hospitable
And ever so abandoned

The war with the abandoned
Is not winning and
As the days pass
The war with the rainbow arch
Doesn't seem any better

No matter which desert or war
I am on the losing side
My will slowly liberating itself
From living and onto death
What welcoming hands
And all the ease that just seems so bliss

"Forget the war that the mind wages
On the two deserts — one of rainbows
And other so dry"
Said a voice
It commands me into its welcoming arms
And yet a small voice
At the very back
So feeble and soft
Almost unheard
Asks me to wait and try again

And so passes another day
Into a week
Into a month
Soon months have crossed
And the voice still calls
Like a siren
I want to jump into it's welcoming arms
And sleep
For a very long time
But I don't

I start again
And again
Before asking myself
How long till I give
Into the melody of the sweet siren
My only fear being
That one day
It would be far too gone
The war long forgotten
And me in the arms of the sweet siren
Sleeping finally in peace

I had given up...
Into the melody of the siren
©eusmaph