The path was clear The way well lit No surprises no unexpected twists The choices were clean Simply black and white I dutifully followed Stepped well within the lines Then came turns bends and bumps The choices got harder The way seemed lost I found myself muddling through I could not see the light I did not know what was right Every choice affects the next If only I knew what the future would hold But that would be too e...
I know how dark the night can get I know how tight my skin can fit I know how deep the cut can go I know how much the hate can grow I know how heavy my chest can seem I know how loudly I can scream I know how thick my blood can drip I know how quick the coin can flip I know it waits 'til I'm alone I know it waits to cast a stone I know it wants to come back in I know it may one day win I know it hides 'til the dark of nig...
Smile and breathe easy Giggle and laugh softly Hug and pat gently Speak and agree politely Fake and pretend believably Act and behave perfectly Sob and cry privately Hurt and break secretly Crack and crumble silently Fall and fail inwardly Deny and joke lightly Lie and convince consistently Distance and detach safely Guard and protect fiercely Sleep and die nightly Live and be lonely
Behold! The truth revealed to him at last,The weary samurai has found the way. His fortune is fulfilled, the die is cast;With honor he shall follow and obey. His eyes can see the flowers now in bloom,They bend before the breezes breathing by.White petals drop and drift about his gloom;Upon his fervent brow his doom draws nigh. No matter if the shadow comes too soonNo worry does he feel, nor fear as yet;The way before him...
At work, this morning and the phone rings. I know who it is before I pick it up. It's Sunday, so there is only one other department open today. The Front Office. I pick up the phone, and before I can even say anything, the panic pours out of the receiver......"Oh my God! Mrs. Smith is staying in unit 146c and needs some extra blankets right away." I say good morning and explain that I didn't have any blankets yesterday an...
Even in my darkest nights, you pull me close and hold me tight. You whisper in my ear, "Everything will be okay. Tomorrow is another day. Sometimes we all feel this way." You wipe the tears from my cheeks and softly kiss my head. Taking me in those safe strong arms, you carry me to bed. And even when I struggle and put up a fight, you hold me closer still and soothe away my fright. I don't know how to show you. I can't fi...
The pain helps, sometimes. It tells me the truth, the fragile claim that I'm still human. The thought that I, this bag of meat and bones, am still important, that I'm someone. Rage and the burning fire of hate, keep my fading flame live. The love and the passion, that seem to be a distant dream, keep my hope in a tormenting wishful thinking. My soul, if there ever was one, screams in silence for help, as sorrow has washed...
Having been asked at times if I know where I am going to and if I have liked what life has had to show and offer to me? There have been no open doors when I looked behind and instead stood tall for when they called me out. Quite a few dreams have slipped away and never had any answers to those questions that were posed to me, and if I did answer then in some cases it seemed like something sad was said, and taken by them t...
The wine bottle dries, the drops leave its recipient one by one. The content that once stained all matter, now slowly and silently fade away. The once sweet and delightful taste, has turned into a sour, bitter and worthless, leftover in which the desperate soul feeds upon. But such as everything in life, the time has taken away the joy of being, the experience has replaced the happy discovery, and the knowledge swapped be...
Standing here on my own and having stood the test of time and finally took steps that were defined, and knowing that free will and the truth in life are the greatest gifts we all were given yet at times they don’t seem to fit. So I am going down, deep down that only road that I seem to know and follow through this Vale of Tears called life, and wanting to go and be in those Highlands and hear the sounds that can take all...
There's time enough for loveIf we but savor what we have. One life to live,So much to give,Why fear what might be lost. The past is safe inside us,Still echoing its joys.The future bears a few more tears,Wrapped up in rapturous song. So love me now my dearest,Don't worry It must end.But not before we spend this lifeAscending true love's heights. We loved before,We'll love again,This life brings passion's fruits. We pluck...
Time is of the essence It never stops Would you know time if It weren't for a clock Time is only a way to measure Time is considered to be the most valued Wrong Highest value is what you do with your time Don't count the moments Make the moments count Time is short lived Time is overrated Time only exist til yours ends The sand pours on but only to those who use it Most of the time we truly abuse it Change your percepti...
It seems at times as though we have been like living on a prayer, and we need to hold on to all that we have and all we had and that’s important. We have each other and that’s enough to get by most times and going to make it with you, or go down swinging for the fences and die trying to do all with you.And all we need is a change in another place where all isn’t so cold, and walking the streets and recording all that I se...
I had heard it said once that the Devil lives in the details, and I know just exactly what was meant when I heard it said by them. Though, most of the time I try and stay focused and try to look ahead at what might come, even if I feel at times as if I am walking through a wasteland as I make my way down the line, and being like some kind of a wandering ghost or like a ghost living in the machinery. But I will somehow sur...
It seems as though I cast the die a few years ago on a game of pitch and toss, and now find myself being called and directed where to go on an old road known as Highway 61. Feeling like I had set sail as I headed down it and heard and felt that false clock trying to distract me, and having heard voices calling and knowing that spirits are using me as I thought of how many times I fell. And have since then been looking for...
