Throw it away

Throw it away

(Tom Entrican – 05/26/22)

Once you have read it from cover to cover

And it collects dust every day

Like chipped nick-knacks that lay on a shelf

You simply must throw it away

It does not matter the memories they glean

Or how much you want them to stay

You have to remove it, and not make a scene

With sadness you throw it away

Like teeth so old that you cannot chew

Or things that you wish you could say

There really is nothing at all you can do

No choice you must throw it away

A friendship gone bad, or dreams long since lost

Or a pain that just wants to stay

No one takes the time to think of the cost

They just tend to throw it away

This is the mantra that many do share

Who have no real interest to stay

Tearing down worlds with no sense of care

In the end they all throw it away

Love does not last, and hopeless at best

Still many are willing to play

Despite all the risks of the pain and distress

Even after you throw it away

When all is gone, you can no longer cry

Like a desert that is begging for rain

You look at your heart all shriveled and dry

Because someone has thrown it away