I've had love in my life more than once or twice,
Just wished that I had heard it all of my life,
I know Mum and Dad do but maybe it wasn't said enough,
So I guess I never said it enough when times got tough.
I wish my tongue worked the way I work my pen,
Maybe then I might still have a girlfriend,
I long to want to say those 3 little words again,
But reserved for only a special kind of woman.
Now to write it out and read it is sometimes not enough,
True love is the type, that at times, can be tough,
Even though it's in my mind spinning like a propeller,
I want to prove chivalry is not dead in this Australian fella.
Give you my jacket, open your door,
Rub your feet when they get sore,
Together is the best way love is explored,
Just waiting for the day I can have more.
But words on a page isn't enough and must be followed through,
I can't just write about who I loved later when I should've said I love you,
I can't continue to let love slip away because it won't find me day,
So when I find it, I'll read this and try not to let it slip away.
It's time to talk more and say it more often,
Before I'm alone with no love in a coffin,
When words aren't enough on a page,
Need to be expressed and not left on a page.
Amongst The Stars
We can see the furthest distances on the clearest night,
Then start wondering if there's more just out of sight,
We believe there's more here than the life we are given,
Wonder if amongst the stars is where we find heaven.
Looking up while wondering if you are looking down,
I hope you have found peace amongst your surrounds,
But are you looking up where you are and have a tear in your eye,
Wondering if you are ours, then maybe it's us that illuminate your sky.
I don't know where you are but I believe it's amongst the stars,
So when I look up I see you, no matter how near or far,
Even if you are here away from me with a tear in your eye,
No matter how near or far we are still under the same sky.
They say that the sky's the limit but we're fighting gravity,
I want to be believed that we can reach another galaxy,
So we can be remembered for being more than we are,
Wonder if we find heaven living amongst the stars.
When we live amongst the stars we have so far to fall though,
This is when we hit our lows and don't want to see tomorrow,
But remember we can't be a superhero being who we are,
We can still be greater though and become another star.
Shine the brightest you can no matter where you find yourself,
Look up or around and you will always find something to help,
Remember to be greater everyday and be a better you than you are,
Until we find our peace in heaven, when we live amongst the stars.
Goodbye
If I never get to write another poem before I die, let this be my goodbye,
If I never get to write another song before I die, let this be my goodbye,
If I never get to say it and you wonder why, let this be my goodbye,
If this is only until we meet again in the sky, let this be my goodbye.
One day I'll never get to say it and that'll be the day,
When it just happens and in a moment I just pass away,
Whether suddenly or laying up under care in a hospital bed,
Let this be the poem written with the two words I would've said.
Now I believe there's more when we leave so I'll see you again,
But just in case this poem is more of a precaution,
Better safe than sorry and I don't know if there will be a pen,
Maybe in my next journey I won't be writing another poem.
This is not meant to be sad but an acknowledgement to all I had,
My dreams, my family, my friends, my fans, my life, both good times and bad,
It's not over but I believe that I will see you again,
But just in case, this is my final goodbye poem.
I know who's been there and all the moments we've shared,
I'm only writing this in case neither of us are prepared,
I only ask you to pray for me and don't be scared,
Know that I'm more than grateful for all of those that cared.
It's taken far too long for me to share my heart and soul,
To change lives for the better has been my goal,
I know better than some that life can take a toll,
But I've felt the warm sides too and not always the cold.
I know there's more than one way to say I love you,
I know there are times when words can't say what I mean to,
So this is my hugs and kisses you'd find at the bottom of the page,
My goodbye until we meet again on heaven's grandest stage.
I know this doesn't say enough or scratch the surface,
Thinking of how you're reacting makes me a little nervous,
But everyone should have a goodbye and this is mine for you,
Just in case I don't get to say it, you know I at least meant to.
If I never get to write another poem before I die, let this be my goodbye,
If I never get to write another song before I die, let this be my goodbye,
If I never get to say it to you before I die, let this be my goodbye,
Until we meet again high in the sky, let this be my goodbye.
Vow
I want to write a vow that I'll mean for the rest of my life,
That I'd have to read and not recite in front of my soon to be wife,
Because it's too long to memorise and I needed all of it to say,
What I love about her and why I'll love her to the end of my days.
But venture deeper about how she's been my teacher,
Because she's taught me more in life about how to treat her,
About how to love her, hold her, put no one above her,
Now one day I hope I get to meet her and marry her.
My head has never felt clearer but my future's still a blur,
I feel that when I'm ready for her to come into the picture,
That my future will become a little less obscure,
Everyday thankful, that for the blues, she is my cure.
One day I will rewrite my vow but until that time, just for now,
Wait until a woman comes along and hits me mentally like POW,
Dressed in the physical form that makes me say wow,
Play couple games but never commit any foul.
I want to write a vow that I'll mean for the rest of my life,
That I'll read with all my heart in front of my soon to be wife,
In front of friends, family and all of those looking from above,
Bless this vow, forever and now, signed and written with love.
Bonus Poems
I had finished and arranged the poems in Volume 3 but at the same time was continuing to write. I didn't want these poems to simply sit in my phone or on a piece of paper somewhere and have added them as a bonus gift to you for following my writing and a thank you for downloading my books. There aren't many but I do hope you enjoy them as much as the other ones in this volume.
I Want (Greedy)
I want to see my name up in lights and on signs in the stands,
I want to hear people say they love me from screaming fans,
I want to see my face everywhere on posters and soda cans,
Call me greedy but it's probably a life I'll never understand.
I want to know I'm attractive to the opposite sex,
I want to s
ee and extra zero or two on all of my cheques,
I want to perform watching an ocean of bouncing hands,
Call me greedy but it's probably a life I'll never understand.
I want more money so I can give it away to friends and family,
I want to have enough to take people on tour with me,
I want to visit places my skin doesn't burn but it tans,
Call me greedy but it's probably a life I'll never understand.
I want people to keep me grounded when my head's in the sky,
I want people to like me naturally and not have to try,
I want to write songs that just hit you like bam,
Call me greedy but it's probably a life I'll never understand.
I want to live comfortably with a happily ever after,
I want to be a good person, great husband and father,
I want to hold my wife's hand pushing our child in a pram,
Call me greedy but it's probably a life I'll never understand.
End of an Era
I catch a last glimpse in the mirror knowing it's the end of an era,
Knowing this will be the last time I'll be sitting here in my old magna,
This was the last car that I'd try and eventually buy with my father,
I drove it to 246,000 km and it felt like we should've been together longer.
Had more life problems than the car ever had mechanical ones,
All those memories soon to be crushed as I've decided it's done,
It's done its time and showing the old wounds of time and neglect,
Yet I'll always love that car and all of the times I won't forget.
All the singing to the steering wheel and being caught in traffic,
Front wheel drive teased by so many as just being pathetic,
But I never spun out on a roundabout like so many rear wheel,
But every so often I'd still put my foot down to hear the tyres squeal.
Outlasted 2 long term relationships and a 1 year fling,
Tears on the wheel and seat to every sad song I'd sing,
Mark has his teddy bear and I had my 99 magna,
Catching a last glimpse in the mirror knowing it's the end of an era.
When I Write
When I write it's like I breathe new life into my lungs,
It sometimes leaves me wondering where did that come from,
Twisting out the feeling like every rhyme in my head's a jumble,
Writing more to solidify my foundation, so I'll never crumble.
Never have I felt like I could write more than I do today,
Somewhere in me I've known that it's always been there anyway,
I just never trusted it enough to believe it could carry me away,
It's always got me going forward like when you press play.
When I write I have no recipe for what starts as a muddled concoction,
But the keep pushing and manipulating the lines is my only option,
There's no keyboard shortcut for me to use, no function,
Infinity possibilities across the page, from happy & sad, through to seduction.
The metaphors and similes come and go every now and then,
I imagine I picked up a pen or crayon before I started walking,
Writing makes me want to dance like Fatboy did Christopher Walken,
One day I'll do more then write when I record and you hear it spoken.
When I write I want to change a minute in your day, a moment in your life,
Put a smile on your face and show you the way to the light,
Make you feel as free as anything that takes flight,
Even the smallest creature can soar to the greatest heights.
When I write I feel like something else takes over,
An out of body experience with my own head on my shoulder,
Piling up all the pages with words and phrases to leave in a folder,
So that the day I have a daughter I can take the poems out and show her.
Read them to her and her mother like I predicted it all along,
Break it down, put some music it to it and make it their song,
When I write it feels like it's between these lines I truly belong,
The page never judging me for what came first or is now gone.
When I write it's truly to grace the page like I want to grace the stage,
I want to be nothing but a positive force and use creative rage,
Take the hate and see where it can take me at a certain phase,
Till I'm set free from my pain and chains, all in a phrase.
When I write it's until I write something someone else wanted to,
Vows at a wedding, love on Valentine's Day or saying goodbye to you,
Even if I have to write my own obituary in my own way of music or poetry,
When I write you are always part of me which is why I give all of me.
When I write it's to move forward like you would press play,
Even if it's about my past its about to move past the events of that day,
When I write you know that I'll never lay down my pen again,
Because the last time I did I almost met my end in early 2000.
Love Me In A Time Like This
We all learn in time our own life's lessons,
I just ask that you accept me for my imperfections,
Take me by the hand and I'm prepared for your questions,
For your ears only, consider these my confessions.
Now knowing me through and through with my beliefs,
Isn't going to be easy and may not come across as sweet,
In fact, I could imagine that the reality is a little steep,
Especially how I tend to hold on, without processing grief.
Dig a little deeper and you may come to care for me more,
I want your feelings to come easy and not be a chore,
Want me to be someone you want to hug and kiss,
But I ask myself 'Can you love me in a time like this?'
A world where money isn't given to the proper needy hand,
Where our genetic makeup is found in a single DNA strand,
If you ask anyone, this world wasn't part of god's plan,
Where even the truth becomes hard to understand.
How can I ask you to love me in a time like this?
Where people don't get to see their family at Christmas,
Where love in a thin word when a man could cheat on his missus,
Where we just expect it to work without fixing the glitches.
How can I ask you to love me in a time like this?
When we should embrace love instead of giving it a miss,
In a world where we glorify violence and extravagance,
Do you think you can love me in a time like this?
Sometimes We Just Need Someone
There comes a point when we reach for help in times of need,
But sometimes we are lost and the truth is hard to believe,
Our closest family and friends sometimes can't see,
But sometimes we just need someone to set our souls free.
We sometimes lose sight of what makes us good in life,
Because the darkness can cast a shroud over the right,
Some work harder than others and just burden the weight,
But sometimes we just need someone to tell us to wait.
Times will change and change comes with time,
Hoping a hand will come along and wrap around like a vine,
Takes your hand and tell you it's OK better than anyone before,
Sometimes we just need someone to love us and adore.
Sometimes we just need someone who can see on through,
Sometimes we just need someone to make feelings feel true,
To show us the other side and be greater than you know how to,
Sometimes we just need someone that's the missing piece or two.
Tissue
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Every page I write on is almost like my tissue,
All of the pain and love, as well as the I miss you,
Every page I write on is almost like my tissue,
All of my thoughts, worries, ideas and issues.
It's almost like the page collects my tears as letters,
Falling in between the lines landing as soft as feathers,
As my heart and life again visits the shredders,
Becoming seasoned to it as I go through the weathers.
Here I can do anything though and create a story or two,
A love story, a tragedy, that might bring a tear to you,
Maybe a few or you admire it knowing what I'm trying to do,
When I pour out my heart like your tears on a tissue.
Every page I write on is almost like it was my tissue,
Pouring out my words like you would tears in a tissue,
Searching for answers on how to deal with my issue,
A puzzle missing pieces after years of saying I miss you.
Sometimes you just can't get it all on one tissue,
Occasionally you should carry more than a few,
So I write on it until I can hear it say bless you,
Every page I write on is almost like it was my tissue.
When We Grow Wings
The fog creeps in, carried on the soft breath of the wind,
Full moon out but visibility is still looking dim,
Walking amongst it like clouds, the air seems to sing,
That even on the ground, we can still grow wings.
Close your eyes and hold your arms out wide to the side,
Run across the fog almost like you can feel yourself glide,
We don't need to wear a cap to be like superman,
When we grow wings and fly across the land.
We can soar to the greatest heights with our feet on the ground,
Find ourselves in the clouds and never want to come back down,
Feel like we can change our world when we change inside,
When we grow wings and fly, there's no need to hide.
When we find the time to fly we can grow wings in our hearts,
Light up our Iives like the night sky from firework sparks,
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