Hope Slowly Dies

She's hurting,

the pain is in her eyes.

She wants to believe but

the truth is lost in lies.

Staying strong outside

while her inside cries.

With each passing day,

her hope slowly dies.

He's no better,

running mile after mile.

So tired of running but

won't walk for awhile.

The pain keeps flowing

like he's lost in the Nile.

Still he faces the world

with a sinister smile.

The tell themselves,

"Just keep swimming.

It looks like we're drowning

but we're actually winning.

Being strong keeps us bright.

Any weakness is so dimming.

You couldn't ever understand,

your walls are never thinning."

It's odd,

really, it makes no sense.

His want to shed light on her

city's greater than Harvey Dent's.

But the world's made him two-

faced at his heart's expense.

She wants to make his world

seem no longer so dense.

But its density leaves her lonely

like it's her consequence.

They won't help themselves

and can't help the other hence.

Yet they plead,

"Please, loosen your stance.

I could be the keys to the lock

if we'd only give it a chance.

But life has mislead us and

left us in some sort of trance.

We've been seeing the world

thru the wrong lens perchance.

Maybe we'll see beautiful colors

if we give it another glance."

But they don't.

And they won't.