Through My Rhymes - Volume 2

by Jesse Chamberlain

Morning Thought

  New moon, new morn, just at the darkest point before the dawn,

  Another platform, another day, lack of oxygen with an early yawn,

  Destination work, when the train finally makes it way,

  Hope I'm not late if there happens to be another delay.

  Simple thought to make you feel special as the doors open for you,

  Like you were being ushered in and didn't have to use strength to open,

  Get me there safely and on time is all that I'm hoping,

  Wish it was more direct sometimes with less stopping.

  Looking for smiles to brighten the still emerging sun,

  Maybe a guard announcement with a joke could be fun,

  Feel like I need a funny moment that'd make me laugh up a lung,

  Sad to see no smiles, not even a smirk, not even one.

  Wishing I could change the world for worse or better,

  Hold the world close and love it forever,

  Wishing I change lives and make each day a fresh start,

  Because on some days it feels like the worlds apart.

  I See Dead People

  I see dead people rising from the ground,

  Rising from the ground, rising from the ground,

  I see dead people rising from the ground,

  Rising from the ground, rising from the ground.

  Lord forgive us for our sins as the departed start to rise,

  Forgive us for playing god and spreading all our lies,

  Watch over us as we descend into anarchy,

  The dead will now live for all of eternity.

  Dirt thrown away like it was a bed sheet,

  Hell is now full which is why the dead no longer sleep,

  Boarded up windows and barricaded doors,

  The sound of constant thuds against outside walls.

  Screams, tears, our nightmares come true,

  Abandoned signs saying believe in death as it comes for you,

  Walks spray painted and fires keep burning,

  The dead may of risen but the world is still turning.

  I see dead people rising from the ground,

  Rising from the ground, rising from the ground,

  I see dead people rising from the ground,

  Rising from the ground, rising from the ground.

  Orange Juice and Sunshine

  I can't wait for the day to finally get away,

  Take a holiday and go outside and play,

  Pick a nice place near everything where I can stay,

  Chill out on a balcony with the sunshine and some OJ.

  Pulp free of course and close to hear waves on shore,

  Not too far from a putt putt golf course,

  Or a good steak place with the best barbecue sauce,

  Get up to some mischief but still within the laws.

  I want to kick back and relax with my time,

  Not thinking about debt or what's down the line,

  Get a little shut eye and just enjoy what's mine,

  With a glass of orange juice and a little sunshine.

  I want to chill with the darkest tinted sunnies I can find,

  So I could look at the sun for hours and not go blind,

  I want the coldest glass with the coldest ice to drink with,

  Like them cracking in the OJ is telling me a secret.

  I want to hit putt putt golf with go-karting too,

  Everyone's invite to the party on the blue,

  That'd be the ocean with lots of fun things to do,

  But don't forget the sunshine or the OJ, a glass or two.

  I want to kick back and relax with my time,

  Not thinking about debt or what's down the line,

  Get a little shut eye and just enjoy what's mine,

  With a glass of orange juice and a little sunshine.

  I Only Want To

  I only want to make you smile,

  I only want to make you happy,

  I only want to love you with all my heart,

  Unified forever on the day that we marry.

  My favourite curve on a woman is her smile,

  To see it every day, I'll go that extra mile,

  To turn her frown around and see her rosy cheeks,

  I want to make her so happy she smiles while she sleeps.

  Flowers and chocolates, holding hands on a walk,

  I want her to know I love her even when we don't talk,

  Be serious when I need to and throw in a swerve,

  All to cheer her up and showing off my favourite curve.

  I only want to make you smile,

  I only want to make you happy,

  I only want what'll bring us closer together,

  So I can keep making you happy forever.

  My favourite curve on a woman is her smile,

  And I hope I get to see it coming down the aisle,

  One day, every way, dressed up in style,

  On our blessed day, let us both smile.

  But for now I wait and see smiles on strangers,

  Knowing sore cheeks are the only dangers,

  Waiting for life to turn and come at me with a swerve,

  Bringing me closer to a forever with my favourite curve.

  I only want to see you smile,

  I only want you to be happy,

  Reading this over and over to smile,

  Even if it's a little sappy.

  Small Car Superstar

  I've come this far travelling over the tar,

  Looking for my small car superstar,

  Out cruising the street, not in clubs or bars,

  Looking for my small car superstar.

  Keeping my eyes peeled and my hands on the wheel,

  Ears are listening for any tyre squeal,

  Headlights blinding me and I can't see through the tint,

  Could that of been you I couldn't see through my squint?

  Unbroken lines draw out the lanes,

  Speeding under lights while the petrol tank drains,

  Pedal to the floor adds gas to the flames,

  My empty passenger seat is missing a dame.

  Girls cruising the city in a city,

  Sexy divas in a viva,

  If only I could type it in my GPS,

  Then I'd know where to meet her.

  I'm a good guy but not against misbehaviour,

  I just want a girl to be my spare seat saviour,

  We can go anywhere and that's where I'll take her,

  Drive my superstar all over Australia.

  I've come this far travelling over the tar,

  Looking for my small car superstar,

  If only my GPS could tell me where you are,

  So I'll keep looking for my superstar.

  Goose Bumps

  You give me goose bumps at the slightest touch,

  The goose bumps are to let you know I love you so much,

  You give me goose bumps at the slightest touch,

  The goose bumps are to let you know I love you so much.

  I can tell when you are watching over me while I sleep,

  Because you may not know it but you take all the sheet,

  You lean over and gently rub your nose against mine,

  Opening my eyes to see yours is more beautiful than a sunrise.

  Feel that little shiver with a quiver and my skin then delivers,

  Little bumps of love that lingers as you run over it with a finger,

  It makes you smile while my heart is all a flutter,

  Pull you close and hold you tight under the covers.

  How did I get so lucky in love that makes me feel so young?

  I don't know what I did but I'm glad it was done,

  Wonder if this can happen more than once,

  But this is that love that gives me goose bumps.

  You give me goose bumps at the slightest touch,

  The goose bumps are to let you know I love you so much,

  You give me goose bumps at the sli
ghtest touch,

  The goose bumps are to let you know I love you so much.

  Pretty Fingers

  The thought still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The fear still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The jealousy still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The hope still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers.

  Time ticks over and I wonder if it's passed,

  Have I run out of chances and loved my last?

  Checking all the women and noticing their pretty fingers,

  I try to not let or bother me but the feeling still lingers.

  Ring on ring or just one with a stone,

  Making me hope they are happy at home,

  That they have a man to hold them so they aren't alone,

  Never hits them or has to raise his tone.

  So many pretty women dressed with pretty fingers,

  Blondes, brunettes, black and ginger,

  Wondering which guy was the lucky winner,

  Loving them for who they are and not wishing they were thinner.

  Some are standing hand in hand and seem to be happy,

  Whether one ring for engaged or two for married,

  So many pretty fingers feel like there's so little time,

  Dreaming of the day I make one of those pretty fingers mine.

  The thought still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The fear still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The jealousy still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers,

  The hope still lingers looking at all these pretty fingers.

  Fortune

  Dropped my fortune out of my wallet saying 'You'll find love',

  Hopefully someone found the fortune and is showing it love,

  Enough to bring them luck in finding someone to kiss and hug,

  Because clearly it didn't work for me and I'm praying above.

  I know there's more than one possibility,

  I know there's someone and that I'm just being silly,

  I know that in time I will finally be found,

  For not what I was then but for the man I am now.

  My fortune never helped them find me,

  My fortune may of been picked up off the ground,

  My fortune never brought me closer to love,

  My fortune's love may of been found but I'm still wandering around.

  Too many fortune cookies eaten and fortunes disposed,

  The more I seem to read makes me believe lies are enclosed,

  Wrapped in a tasty sweet like you are cosy in a sheet,

  Maybe I need to stop looking in cookies and have some belief.

  Maybe the trick is to share the fortune with all,

  Scream it out till its echoing like yelling down a hall,

  Reach someone's heart that'd read the same,

  Maybe this is my fortune for someone to read and feel the same.

  Maybe

  Maybe I should've said it a little more,

  Maybe you should've said it less,

  Maybe if I would've, I wouldn't stress,

  Maybe my heart should've confessed.

  Maybe if I'd wished on every star,

  Maybe I'd be with you where you are,

  Maybe you wouldn't be so far,

  Maybe we'd be stuck like we were tar.

  Maybe my heart wasn't big even then,

  Maybe my heart couldn't comprehend,

  Maybe I never wanted anything to end,

  Maybe then we'd still be friends.

  Maybe you are happy and maybe you're not,

  Maybe in time I'm the man that you forgot,

  Maybe you still drift a thought of me occasionally,

  Maybe doesn't exist when there's no possibility.

  Maybe I still dream of you after all this time,

  Maybe if you just looked deeper between the lines,

  Maybe you are still the subliminal context of some of my rhymes,

  Maybe you'll never change because you are one of a kind.

  Sleeping Angel

  Soft sheets and pillows while lying next to you,

  Running my eyes slowly over every inch of you,

  Noticing the smallest detail, including your delicate fingernails,

  You caught my heart like wind caught in giant sails.

  White room with fluffy white linen,

  Closest thing to a cloud in heaven,

  Angel lying with me, looking so peaceful,

  Want to wake her, but that seems evil.

  Smile on my face without showing any teeth,

  My angel telling me I'm bad for her by being so sweet,

  Always reminding me to write because I'm so unique,

  I want to wake her up but I should let her sleep.

  One day for me, my dreams will come true,

  The dream of living this while lying next to you,

  You amongst the sheets like an angel on a cloud,

  Live up to what I promised and do everything vowed.

  Rest amongst the sheets my sleeping angel,

  Wake when it's time to see my face,

  Know I'm here waiting for the day when you wake,

  And I'll be here waiting for as long as it takes.

  I'm Sorry I'm Not Your Daddy

  I'm sorry I'm not your daddy,

  I'm sorry you aren't mine,

  Tell your mummy I'm sorry,

  That I'll be sorry for all of time.

  I may never get to meet you,

  But think about you, I do,

  Wonder if in time I will get to,

  Know you exist if I can't hold you.

  Sure it's a little off thinking this way,

  But I've always wanted a daughter to watch play,

  Beautiful like her mother and like me in a way,

  A dream I hope to come true one day.

  But just in case, this one's to my old girlfriends,

  To say I'm sorry for everything that happened then,

  Sorry to what could've been that I now only dream,

  Sorry to the family we could've been that I now only dream.

  I'm sorry little girl, I'm not your daddy,

  I'm sorry you aren't mine,

  Tell your mummy I'm sorry,

  That I'll be sorry for all of time.

  I hope you grow up beautiful just like your mother,

  I know she would've found you a great father,

  Tell your mummy I'm sorry and live a great life,

  I'll find mine one day when I find my beautiful wife.

  My Angel

  I lie on a blanket under the clouds with no sun,

  Longing to feel your touch but the chance is none,

  Looking up at the heavens thinking what have I done,

  Phones always on but it's never ever rung.

  Close my eyes relying on natures every touch,

  The wind, the rain, the sun and such,

  Waiting for my angel to bring me a little hope,

  Everyday gets a little harder to cope.

  Take a walk through a field and run my hands on the petals,

  The smells of thousands make my heart settle,

  Surrounded by flowers I'd want to leave at your door,

  Inside your rooms and all over your furniture and floor.

  I'm looking for my angel between the sea and the sky,

  I'm spinning like the world with my hands held high,

  Spreading them out believing that one day I could fly,

  With my angel in my arms, I can see my life in her eye.

  If Only

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  You might not of turned and walked away,

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  Then you might of been here to hear it today.

  Tears still fall and the world keeps spinning,

  Pain doesn't last as time is forgiving,


  Everyday can be treated as a new beginning,

  But it's the things not said that aren't disappearing.

  I hope you are happy and one day get married,

  I keep trying to write a song where I say sorry,

  To you and the child that could've called me daddy,

  I'd hold them high and love you and them for eternity.

  But here I am writing nothing of what I would say,

  Because time has passed and you've gone your way,

  I'm writing mine, that others read as I pray,

  You find a day where you hear everything someone needs to say.

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  You might not of turned and walked away,

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  Then you might of been here to hear it today.

  The world keeps spinning and I try not to cry during the hardest times,

  Can't see the sun through my broken blinds,

  Let the ink from a pen be my tears on the page,

  Want to scream sometimes but I hold in my rage.

  I had a brain snap at a mate, who only tried to help,

  But I snapped and broke down breaking down myself,

  Is anybody out there? Can anybody hear me?

  If only I could go back and change my history.

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  You might not of turned and walked away,

  If only I said all the things I wanted to say yesterday,

  Then you might of been here to hear it today.

  Pull The Strings

  The slow careful strumming like the guitars tummies rumbling,

  The quick slick finger work building the tune to what's coming,

  With every eye becoming ears and the introduction of the drumming,

  It's not hard to believe that something special is coming.

  The slight smokiness in the air from the candles on the tables,

  Soup handed out in the corner being poured by the ladle,

  No one on the dance floor with everyone still at their tables,

  But you can feel the need to dance building like horses ready to run from the stable.

  Mood switches up with a little jazz from rhythm and blues,

  Out start to pour the people on the floor with dancing shoes,

  Beat and tempo picking up like someone's lit a fuse,

  Even singles are having a spin like they've got nothing to lose.

  The bass being strum with the pounding of the drum,

  Lead guitar swings in and the songs being sung,

  Let your hair down and party like it's the last one,

  Pull the strings guitar man until the suns up and the nights done.

  Smile

  I wonder what makes someone smile when I see one,

  A bit of good news, something to good to be true, or a little bit of fun,

  Smiles are contagious and we should all share one,

  Even if it's just the beauty of a rising sun.

  I see smiles pass me on platforms and smiles through the window,

  It's amazing how good a smile can feel being so simple,

  We move so quickly and if you don't stop once in a while,

  You'll miss the little things to make you smile.

  The most simple of tools to change the perception of a day,

  I try to smile more and slow down so I can smile in every way,

  Take a moment or two and take a look around for a smile,

  Even if you need to speak to a friend, pick up the phone and dial.

  The wind through your hair on a walk,

  Drawing on the board and colouring in with chalk,

  Listening to the stories of people and the way they talk,

  A smile is waiting for you and only needs to be caught.

  Never mind about now and just take a moment or two,

  To look around and see the things we do,

  We move so quickly and if you don't stop once in a while,

  You'll miss the little things to make you smile.

  Rain Dance

  Individual rain drops fall on a surface,

  One after another with seconds in between,

  Rain drops falling in slow motion,

  Like it was all in a dream.

  Striking umbrellas like sticks on a drum,

  Quickly and slowly listening to the changing thumps,

  Nature's tempo is something to dance to,

  So take my hand and let's have a spin, won't you?

  Take my hand and dance with me,

  Dance to the sounds of the rain,

  Hold you close and take a chance,

  To dip you, spin you, in a rain dance.

  Imagine the drops were colours,

  Dancing in amongst a rainbow,

  Imagine the drops were a prop,

  Dancing slow and we're part of the show.

  Hold me close when I pull you near,

  Only nature's sound is all we hear,

  I watch the rain fall in the depths of your eyes,

  Our dance ending as the clouds part in the skies.

  Take my hand and take the chance,

  To let me twirl you in a rain dance,

  Just you and me, wet shirts and pants,

  Hold you close and enjoy a rain dance.

  How Would You?

  When words aren't enough to say,

  Will you know what to do on the day?

  When she wants to turn and walk away,

  How would you make love stay?

  What would you do in one moment?

  When one decision is waiting and your love is your opponent,

  Squeeze and hold it? It's waiting for you to own it,

  Or do you already know and have always known it?

  Tricky little steps back to the start,

  When you were wooing her heart,

  When you were courting her hand,

  Trying to make her fall in love with a man.

  A man you were then but not today,

  Somewhere along the way you strayed,

  She's waiting for you to do something or say,

  Ask yourself how you would get love to stay.

  Strumming His Guitar

  I can just see him strumming his guitar,

  Sitting in a chair having a rum at the bar,

  Singing along amongst all the stars,

  I can just see him strumming his guitar.

  Even without his guitar and pick,

  He's singing along with every little bit,

  Every song and every glass,

  I can see him making heaven laugh.

  I pray he's not having a cigarette,

  I'm sure his mother would tell him it makes her upset,

  Looking down from where our love ones reside,

  I try and do my best for all and have no reason to hide.

  Sharing a toast with the other fathers that have passed,

  All too young, too soon but through us their legacy lasts,

  Toasting their children but hoping to see them not too soon,

  I share a toast with them looking up at the stars and the moon.

  I can just see him strumming his guitar,

  Sitting in a chair having a rum at the bar,

  Singing along amongst all the stars,

  I can just see him strumming his guitar.

  Stage

  Dust over the fabrics with cobwebs in the corners,

  Feels like the place should be filled with mourners,

  Withered petals on the carpets are mixed in with pop corn,

  Curtains are stained, with parts of them torn.

  The floorboards creak and crack with the slightest pressure,

  Imagine the memories of people's feet they'd treasure,

  Performers and singers that would've graced this stage,

  Now it seems like it's been more than an age.

  Standing in the centre
while looking out upon the seats,

  Imagine them clapping, rising as the celebration hits its peak,

  Take your bow with the spotlight casting your shadow,

  A symbol to those behind you of something to follow.

  Wait for the curtain but it won't fall on this opportunity,

  The way it's looking now seems like it hasn't for an eternity,

  Would you still stand behind it while soaking it in?

  Waiting for the next time you grace the stage and it can begin.

  You leave the stage wondering how many dreams came true,

  How many got to do there what you wanted to,

  The lights up and down, while the excitement grows,

  For this moment, it's only the stage that knows.

  Mum

  What's within me was given to me by you,

  I feel it through and through, seeing it too,

  I try remaining true and show what you've given me in my heart,

  The greatest light I could have to lead me through the dark.

  You carried me and I made it to the light,

  I'm sure you were already wondering what I'd be like,

  I have dad's height, colour combination of your hairs,

  But my mentality is definitely something of which you couldn't prepare.

  I had my lows on lows and you tried to be there,

  But when I almost took my life, it wouldn't of been fair,

  I guess I got from dad that inability to share,

  Probably why I'm single now and not part of a pair.

  You've done it right and I couldn't ask for more,

  You were always the core and held it together,

  The tragedies that came and you gave up never,

  I couldn't ask for a better mum and I hope you are forever.

  In My Head (Lady in Red)

  The world looks fuzzy and I couldn't hear what you said,

  Eyes darting left and right at the slightest hint of red,

  Red shoes, red dresses, red phone cover, just red, red, red,

  She's mixed up my thoughts and got into my head, the lady in red.

  Cocktail drinks mixed with absinthe and god knows what,

  But so tasty, it's becoming impossible to stop,

  Trying to gather myself but close my eyes from the lights glare,

  That's when I caught the scent of your perfume or hair.

  The worlds still a blur but I know you're somewhere,

  Walking? Dancing? At the bar, sitting in a chair?

  I lost the scent but close my eyes again and it's in the air,

  Pause and hold on to allow all of my senses to repair.

  Eyes open and just the back I see of a woman in a red dress,

  Meters across a sea of people looking like a huge mess,

  Try for a little composure to try and move a little closer,

  But lose sight when I cross a waitress and knock her over.

  Trying to help her recover while also picking up the spilt drinks,

  My eyes catch red with every little blink or at least that's what I think,

  Looking around, trying to ignore the alcoholic drink stink,

  I'm lost till I close my eyes again and the familiar intoxication is there.

  I have to sit down on the lounge under the chairs,

  Close my eyes and imagine her sitting there,

  She leans over and rests her head on my shoulder,

  Then I wake up, the bars closing, party's over.

  The world looks fuzzy and I couldn't hear what you said,

  Eyes darting left and right at the slightest hint of red,

  Red shoes, red dresses, red phone cover, just red, red, red,

  She's mixed up my thoughts and got into my head, the lady in red.

  Running In the Rain

  The record skips in the jukebox over in the corner,

  The waitress wanders around taking another order,

  A father sits sharing a milkshake with his son and daughter,

  I stare deeply into my drink thinking time is getting shorter.

  Feel like I'm on a lonely road in the middle of nowhere,

  But I know that you are out there somewhere,

  Staring at my drink I feel like you are doing the same,

  I'm going to wherever you are, even if I have to run in the rain.

  Running in the rain on my way back to you,

  I know that I love you and you love me too,

  Raining in the rain for as long as I have to,

  Knowing every drop brings me closer to you.

  I feel like I'm free as I breeze through the air,

  Water running down my face and my hair,

  Keep on going believing I'm almost there,

  Even in the rain, I'll come to you anywhere.

  The great movie scenes and love songs accompany me,

  Playing in my head as the street lines pass beneath me,

  In front of me is darkness and that's all I see,

  But I keep running knowing somewhere is my lady.

  Running in the rain thinking of everything about you,

  Wishing I could give you everything and make your dreams come true,

  Running in the rain on my way back to you,

  I'll run forever in the rain until I find you.

  Dear Letter

  The things she couldn't say, she said she'd say one day,

  Couldn't say it looking in my eyes, and she didn't want to try,

  Said she'd love me forever, all the memories she'd treasure,

  She wrote it all down and put it in a Dear Jesse letter.

  I loved the touch when she put it all on paper,

  Writing it made all the feelings feel so much greater,

  It filled me with hope that there might be a later,

  She signed it with love and a ps. to think of her.

  Writing do you ever think about me?

  Do I ever cross your mind?

  Do you regret that you know me?

  Maybe in another time.

  Maybe on another day,

  If I called out your name,

  Would you come running to me?

  Tell you I love you and hope you feel the same.

  The things I couldn't say, I said I'd say one day,

  Couldn't say it looking in your eyes, and I didn't want to try,

  Said I'll love you forever, all the memories I'll treasure,

  She wrote it all down and put it in a Dear You letter.

  I wrote I'd move heaven and earth just to see you again,

  You may forget me, but to me you're always a friend,

  Maybe in another life, more time together we'd spend,

  I'll love you forever and that's the truth beyond the end.

  Signed with love and a ps. too,

  Do you ever think about it being me and you?

  Did you ever imagine me falling to a knee?

  With you I wanted to and it's still a possibility.

  Maybe on another day at a different time,

  When I could take your hand in mine,

  I wouldn't need to ever have to rhyme,

  Because I promise I'll love you for all of my time.

  Vulnerable

  I found out the hard way that a heart is breakable,

  Now I wonder if that love is ever recoverable,

  Loving with all my heart, I know I am capable,

  But I've broken it so many times, I'm afraid to be vulnerable.

  Loves left me and I've taken it for granted,

  If only I'd taken a little more time to understand it,

  I've talked with it, walked hand in hand with it,

  Only to come off and feel like I've face planted.

  I know no amount of words can express the true heart,

  But I'm hoping that it's a good place to start,

  Love's changed me for worse or for better,

  But how can I love again if I'm afraid to let her?

  They tell me it's worth the pain
and all the trouble,

  Even if you fall during every single struggle,

  Feeling like your worlds turned to nothing but rubble,

  Even the worst heart is capable as long as you are vulnerable.

  I found out the hard way that a heart is breakable,

  Now I wonder if that love is ever recoverable,

  Loving with all my heart, I know I am capable,

  But I've broken it so many times, I'm afraid to be vulnerable.

  Matters of the Heart

  I don't pretend to be an expert in matters of the heart,

  You either do or you don't have that little spark,

  That'll either burn forever or eventually go dark,

  I don't pretend to be an expert in matters of the heart.

  I write with it and interpret through my pen,

  Using my past feelings and future thoughts as inspiration,

  To bring out the love in me that I know I want to share,

  While also trying to show I worry if it's not there.

  Feeling that single guy feeling of when's it going to happen,

  Dwelling on it more than I should becomes energy sapping,

  Holding my pillow when I should be holding you close,

  Then wake up early to serve you breakfast with bacon, eggs and toast.

  To find the time to talk about us and not feel any judgement,

  Take it as constructive criticism and further encouragement,

  Bringing two hearts together and never push away,

  From today and even beyond our dying days.

  I don't pretend to be an expert in matters of the heart,

  The world is full of many kinds and we all just need a start,

  A common interest or simply playing a part,

  To spark love and start becoming knowledgeable in the ways of the heart.

  I don't pretend to be an expert in matters of the heart,

  You either do or you don't have that little spark,

  That'll either burn forever or eventually go dark,

  I don't pretend to be an expert in matters of the heart.

  Making Me a Dream

  You replay it over in your mind,

  So much, so long, now another time,

  Every memory you ever had,

  Now just makes you mad.

  Going places with people we're already been,

  Going places with other guys that we've already seen,

  Trying to forget the past and all that we'd been,

  Like you are rewriting your history, making me a dream.

  Time eases the pain and memories blur,

  Redoing everything over seems like it's the cure,

  To changing the past and making it easier to forget,

  Soon I'll be nothing more than time you regret.

  People telling you not to dwell on what could've been,

  Going places with new guys that we've already seen,

  Erasing all that we were and could've been,

  Hoping one day that everything I was, was only a dream.

  Friends in Your Ear

  Your friends are telling you that you are better off without me,

  Your friends are telling you that I'm just a waste of time,

  Your friends are telling you that you are better off without me,

  Your friends are telling you that I'm not worth a thought of your mind.

  Let the dust settle and lend me your ear,

  You and I know the only truth that happened here,

  It'll be interpreted one way and always another,

  But the fact of the matter is we still loved each other.

  Now I'm not spinning the story or creating a situation,

  No matter what I say will bring on no further contemplation,

  Minds are made up and people get mad,

  But spare a thought for the heart when times get sad.

  It may not of been perfect and can't say we tried,

  All the truths came to the surface through times I lied,

  All the times I denied and changed everything to right,

  Still can't change what happen that night.

  You have the right to feel the way you do,

  I still want all of the best things for you,

  But I pay no mind to those outspoken few,

  That got in your ear and spun what you know wasn't true.

  Your friends are telling you that you are better off without me,

  Your friends are telling you that I'm just a waste of time,

  Your friends can say what they want to and I get no sympathy,

  There are two sides and they'll never know the whole story.

  The End of the World (Love Me)

  I'm on my knees begging please while the sky falls down around me,

  The stars go supernova, planets collide, with the rising seas,

  The lights go out as the sun starts to slowly freeze,

  But all I'm asking is for you to say you love me.

  I'm on the edge of the world as land masses split like my heart,

  Erupting volcanoes blacken the skies and turn it cold and dark,

  Dodging the rain drops and the falling star sparks,

  It's all over but I'm just asking you to love my heart.

  Hurricanes and tornadoes, prayers and sorrows,

  The universe is letting us know there is no tomorrow,

  In totally anarchy with no body to follow,

  Debts are due with no more time to borrow.

  But I'm on my knees begging please while the sky falls down around me,

  Asking you to hold me, look me in the eye and tell me you love me,

  The lights go out as the sun slowly starts to freeze,

  I'm just looking you in the eye asking please say you love me.

  X's and O's

  My mind's not converting feelings to words,

  Searching for the right adjectives, nouns and verbs,

  Staring at the keyboard, screen, pen and pad,

  I knew it before and just thought it was something I had.

  I scan blank lines, running my hands through my hair,

  Why couldn't you just appear and be there,

  I see nothing sitting and spinning in the chair,

  Wish I knew how to say what my feelings had to share.

  Glasses of water with songs playing in my headphones,

  One side is saying to give up and leave it alone,

  Another side is telling me what I've known,

  Heart feeling like a glass house hit with a stone.

  Nothing's coming to me and I just look at the bottom,

  The simplest is to start in the now and retrace what I'd forgotten,

  Then it occurred to me where the love can go,

  Starting at the bottom with X's and O's.

  Signed with so much love that the page is covered in X's and O's,

  Love can start from the bottom and that's with X's and O's,

  X's and O's can go anywhere from your head to your toes,

  No better way to show your love than with X's and O's.

  Too Many Fathers

  Lay my father down to rest,

  Lay their father down to rest,

  Let all father's that have past lay to rest,

  Too many fathers laid to rest.

  The soil may of settled and a plaque has been laid,

  Ashes may of settled and now in an urn on display,

  So many tears shed on and past their days,

  Still asking ourselves why our fathers couldn't stay.

  Heaven has taken them and they are now in God's keep,

  Wonder if they watch over their families while we sleep,

  Wonder if they hear our prayers when it's their name we speak,

  Wonder if they are there to comfort us in all of our grief.

  A daughter loses her father, as does a son,

  A wife loses her partner and her husband,

  A parent loses their child unless their time had previously com
e,

  Heaven taking home fathers, please leave us one.

  Lay my father down to rest,

  Let the cancer be gone and him at his best,

  Lay their father down to rest,

  Let their cancer be gone and them back to their best.

  Let the soil settle, as well as the ash,

  Let us cry but also think of good times past,

  Let all father's that have past lay to rest,

  Too many fathers have been laid to rest.

  Carry Me Home

  Would you help carry me home and stay?

  I can't be alone tonight or the next day.

  Would you help carry me home and not leave me alone?

  I just don't want to be left at home all alone.

  It's something that makes me sick and I can't take,

  Listening or reading about how a girl got raped,

  Even in a move or TV show, I feel so uncomfortable,

  How can people do something so unforgivable?

  Especially those taking the innocence of a child,

  Sick individuals that still manage to laugh and smile,

  Showing no remorse even when a case is filed,

  It just gets my blood boiling and my temper riled.

  Girls out for a good night getting their drink spiked,

  Carried home by a stranger that they might like,

  Passing out, waking up felling that something's not right,

  Afraid now and some for the rest of their life.

  So many good girls for guys that only want to love,

  Tainted forever from a little date rape drug,

  Some try to get help and learn how to hug,

  While some take their lives to get away and join those above.

  Be careful who you ask to take you home?

  Call up a friend or two if you're afraid to be alone,

  Watch out for each other and take care out there,

  Know exactly who it is in your bed that you share.

  Suffer In Silence

  I know what it's like in darkest patch,

  That feeling that grows no matter how much you scratch,

  When you don't want to leave your room and lock the latch,

  Feel like giving up even though you aren't half way into life's match.

  I know what it's like to suffer in silence,

  I know what it's like to feel alone,

  I know what it's like to suffer in silence,

  Even with the best friends, family and happy home.

  I know what it's like when you just want it to end,

  It's in so many of the poems that I've penned,

  When you want to talk but don't want to bother a friend,

  So you go around and around and it becomes the trend.

  I know what it's like but not all likes are the same,

  Not all wills embedded within are as strong as mine,

  Some suffer far more than me and feel the physically pain,

  Mental strain, try to change but everything stays the same.

  But you don't have to suffer in silence,

  You don't have to suffer the violence,

  You don't have to suffer the stress and strain,

  You don't need pills, silence or needles to the vein.

  You can turn it all around when the time comes,

  You can shift the weight even if it's a tonne,

  Hang on and make it to another sun,

  It may take more than one but it will come.

  I know what it's like to suffer in silence,

  I know what it's like to feel alone,

  I know what it's like to suffer in silence,

  Even with the best friends, family and happy home.

  Scars on My Face

  War wounds from acne take their place,

  God please take these scars off of my face,

  Feel sometimes they hold me back from being great,

  Staring at my reflection at the scars on my face.

  A constant reminder in my reflection hurts my confidence,

  But would they not being there change a thing? Perhaps in some sense,

  Because I thought laser eye surgery would make me happy,

  I don't regret it but I guess I'm trying to put together the puzzle of Jesse.

  Thrown out school photos of the worst times,

  Face with craters like land mines were detonated,

  So I tried more to be liked then to be hated,

  Girls liked guys then at high school but I was never rated.

  The photos are gone but I still have them in mind,

  But when I reflect, that was a much simpler time,

  I just continue to write with my heart and be kind,

  Waiting for my time when I get to shine.

  War wounds from acne take their place,

  God please take these scars off of my face,

  Feel sometimes they hold me back from being great,

  Staring at my reflection at the scars on my face.

  It's Personal

  This is not to be taken personal and is just me personally,

  In another life at another time this could've been a possibility,

  I'm just expressing my heart and not letting it weigh on me,

  This is not to be taken personal and is just me personally.

  In another life I married Elizabeth,

  In another life I married Meghann,

  In another life I married Ashlea,

  But in this life, this is who I am.

  Single but working, still living at home,

  Trying to build to the time I have a home of my own,

  Build a life with someone and never be alone,

  Skipping across life's pond rather than sinking like a stone.

  Rome wasn't built in a day and neither am I,

  Still looking to be the best I can be and forever try,

  To add to me and keep building a better man,

  Who wants to talk, listen and just simply understand.

  This is who I am in this life,

  I may already have a family in others,

  Cuddling up close to someone under the covers,

  Best friends forever and not simply just lovers.

  Trying to be a little more personal so you can read me like a book,

  Trying to express myself so you have a part of me in this book,

  Looking back over my life looking at what heartbreak and death took,

  Some will forgive me for sounding like a bit of a sook.

  In another life I may be married,

  In another life I may be living a plan,

  In another life I may be happy,

  But in this life, this is who I am.

  This is not to be taken personal and is just me personally,

  In another life at another time this could've been a possibility,

  I'm just expressing my heart and not letting it weigh on me,

  This is not to be taken personal and is just me personally.

  In the Event of My Demise

  In the event of my demise, will you have tears in your eyes?

  Will you think of me with every sunrise?

  Will you forever embrace our former ties?

  All in the early event of my demise.

  In the event of my demise let it be known I love everybody,

  Regardless of how long it's been or on your list you de-friended me,

  Let me take this opportunity to issue an apology and help open your eyes,

  That I still missed you just in case of the event of my demise.

  In the event of my demise I want to leave as much as I can,

  Even if I don't have a family then there's still a chance to understand,

  That even with a heart as big as mine, a man can still stand alone,

  And I call myself a man because I feel and am not made of stone.

  In the event of my demise, let it be known that god called me home,

  I tried to avoid the call for as long as I coul
d and occasionally roamed,

  So I could write a little more and leave behind my gift,

  Even if you read some of my work and think my mind slipped.

  In any event I want you to shine a light for me,

  Whether lighter, phone screen, sparkler or something shiny,

  Take the opportunity and let tears come to your eyes,

  All in the event of my demise.

  I'll write everyday when I pass away,

  I'll write leaving poems to show the way,

  In the event of my demise on that sad day,

  I'll be ready, so don't worry and live on your way.

  Bubbles

  It all seems in slow motion, staring at a bubble filled ocean,

  Sharp ringing of glasses clinging, the blur all started clearing,

  People up dancing while others are singing, dessert is serving while others are eating,

  Bubbles keep flowing while everybody's celebrating.

  Raise your bubbles and clap, celebrating all of that,

  What's that you may ask, Well we're toasting life,

  We're toasting like it's the last drink of the night,

  In one giant celebration of bubbles toasting life.

  Whether rich or poor, inland or by the shore,

  Driving a car, catching a bus or standing on a platform,

  Close your eyes and take a deep breath, feel your light within,

  Then look to the sky and thank everything that you're living.

  Take a moment and think of something to make you smile,

  An animal you saw in the wild, maybe just your clothes and style,

  Slow down once in a while and just smile,

  Maybe just think of a warm bath with bubbles that stretches for miles.

  Bubbles don't have to be in a glass or a bath for you to celebrate,

  Bubbles could just be the full feeling from a steak,

  The relief washing over you well you hit the final straight,

  Bubbles could be anything as long as the feeling is great.

  Feeling bubbles in a kiss or a big cuddle,

  Girls loving the tickle on their chin from their man's stubble,

  We all have those times in life where it can be a struggle,

  Just know that in the future, in the end, you'll get bubbles.

  Raise your bubbles and clap, celebrating all of that,

  What's that you may ask, Well we're toasting life,

  We're toasting like it's the last drink of the night,

  In one giant celebration of bubbles toasting life.

  My Rhyme Came True

  I will never know what started it,

  The spark that crafted it in my mind,

  Maybe it was the person I was at the time,

  Or it was the Valentine's Day assignment that got me to rhyme.

  Rhyme saved my life and brought me back from the brink,

  Regardless of what some think I can have fun without smoking or drinks,

  Even if I am down and scrape the bottom of my soul,

  Dropping my first eBook achieved one of my life goals.

  I will never know where or how it started,

  Maybe a tragedy that I forgot marked it,

  I only write to express and sharpen my ability,

  Because without it, I may of become another teen fatality.

  I feel free and open to the subject of death because it's touched me,

  But I was writing ever so slightly before then,

  Inspired at the time by the writing of my then girlfriend,

  Never again I promise will I lay down my pen.

  I will never know the moment I picked up the pen and it hit the paper,

  It really could've been earlier with a crayon or perhaps later,

  It's been an indicator to me of change in my mind over time,

  I will never know but thank God for the ability to rhyme.

  THE END

  Thank you for reading 'Through My Rhymes Volume 2'

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