Friday, September 24, 2010

They Break, They Make, They Hold


I will be okay
I hope my voice does not tell you otherwise
These shaking hands of mine
will stay by my side.

I will not force
anything upon you, it's not me
These shaking hands of mine
will not drag you away.

I want to tell you
that those three words are all for you
These shaking hands of mine
will do near anything for you.

Will you take my hand?

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Hey! I'm with the band.


Here i am
Stepping out of this fear
Out of this darkness
Into the pounding sway of something...

A song.
I move along
My hands keeping the melody
Across the plain

The beat moves my feet in time
The bass keeps me swaying
I want to act crazy
I want to have fun

The snare like lightning
Cuts into the consistent pounding
The crashing
Making me keep time

Oh! Melodious words
Translate into the hearts of the people
This is why I'm here
I'll help you along.

A final show of what we can do
This is the final note
Gone after this
But forever a song

We are all different. We all contribute something. We are one in this song.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Life, Heart, Soul

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I don't want to hide in the closet
Away from the sun
I don't want to feel cold to the touch
And never be able to brush the warmth of your skin


I don't want to cower in fear
And look hungry for life
My own life
To begin

My lungs are breathing
I can't get enough air
My heart is beating
I can't get enough flow


Where are the people that I need?
Where are the ways that I can escape?
Where is up? Where is down?
I need a hand to reach me, pull me out

Broken I'll stand
Completed I'll fall
Put the wind in these collapsed lungs
And life in this empty heart

i stand before you giving you my soul, my all

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Fate Understood

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'Do you believe in fate?'
She asked
He sat there
Not understanding her words


2 months later
They were so in love
A boy and a girl
Taking on the world


'Will you be mine?'
He asked
She cried there
Joy running down her face


1 year later
They were just married
A man and a woman
Taking on the world


'Will you be there?'
She asked
He nodded
Never wanting to leave his bride


5 years later
They had three kids
The man and woman
Taking on the world


'Do you believe in fate?'
He asked
She understood
When the doctors told them the diagnosis


65 years later
They were in love
They were married
They had a loving family


He understood those words from years ago
Now that he lived them.
She cried and smiled and nodded
As they talked about life together.


4 weeks later
They were together again
A silent promise
Never to leave each other's side.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Sea Song

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There was a day
I was washed out to sea
And with the waves hitting my back
I heard the most beautiful melody

And with water in my ears
And a song in my soul
I sang the song back to the wind
So you could find out where I am

And the waves crashed over my song
And the the wind carried it away wrong
And the sand buried it in castles
Away from my reach
 
Yet you still heard me
And floated out to meet me
And we embraced on the bottom of the sea
With the fish as our witnesses

the sun still smiles on you and me and our song

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Run, Drive, Shout

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Here I am
What more do you want?
I don't expect that you know
I am not enjoying this

~

I watch another wedding
Of one of my friends
And I never have felt so lonely
And like I don't exist

~

The traffic rolls on by
As I sit on the curbside
And wonder how many people are stuck in routine
Just like me

~

I talk about my day
And you mutter back "Pardon?"
And I wonder how hard it is
To concentrate on a living breathing human and not a machine

~

Hey, I'm tired of being forgotten
And I'm tired of being alone
Can't you see I don't want to ignored
And stuck, forever, in this way?

I'm doing my best to free myself
And I'm getting better at making myself known
But I'm getting tired of living
Where things are staying the same

So I'm grabbing my keys and driving
And tying my laces up to run
I'm going to by a megaphone
So the world can hear me, son

Are you willing to come with me?

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

(nothing you do can) Stop Me From Loving You

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Oh!
Don't you know that it's
impossible for me
to stop loving you?

Nothing that you do,
intentionally or not,
can ever stop me
from loving you.

I don't care who you dated
So don't bring them up
Be in the moment now with me
Not in the past with your ex

I don't care who your family is
But I don't want drama
Sort it out so it doesn't spill
Over into our life

I don't care what you look like
But please take care of yourself
So you don't smell dead
Or look like you jumped into a dumpster

I don't care what your interests are
Music, photography, reading, math.
I will love whatever you do
Because it defines you

Be yourself with me
Because that is what I love most
I want to share that with you
About myself too

I don't care; I'll love you because I do