Sustaining power

Love lies, has lied and will always lie

because it takes pity, you see

on all of the people who believe

it has no sustaining powers.

But it’s just a lie that deafens our ears

for we must find our own hearing aids

and we must in the fullness of time

harken unto the truth.

My time isn’t yours and sad this life

that moves and grooves to the silence

broken only by the clatter and din

of the times that will not survive.

And I’ve heard the words of the weak

propagate off-centre views

and feel, have felt and will always feel

love’s ever pain and anguish.

If only, if only, love would speak

in the words of the multitudes

but it sits on the side-lines waiting

for the bubble to burst.

It will burst in the most amazing way

and all of the deaf will hear

and I pity the people who believe

it has no sustaining power!