ME
I am me, I am free
I am as happy as I could be
I am bold, I am brass
I am a wonder and I’ve got class
I am bright, I am dark
I am fire and I’ve got my own spark
I am wind, I am rain
I am a storm that will blow you away
I am the moon, I am the sun
I am the one who will change at dawn
I am the frost, I am the snow
I am the white wash over the stone
I am the one, who will carry you through
I am myself just for you
Hope
Through every little breath
Comes every little storm
Through every little dusk
Comes every little dawn
Through every little heart
Comes a living beat
Through every little feeling
That brings you to your knees
Through every little flicker
Comes every little flame
Through every little raindrop
Comes a river again
Through every little tear
Comes a little smile
Through every little laugh
That wins by a mile
Through every little star
Comes a little dream
Through every little scar
Comes every little scream
Through every little passage
Comes a little journey
Through every little lesson
Laid out before me
Through every little song
Comes a different story
Every bit of strength
Carries it for me
HELP
Twisted slowly
Tossing hold me
Feeling mould me
Nothing controls me
Life that shows me
Dreams that warn me
Reality that throws me
Illusions that console me
Friends to trust?
Enemies haunt me
Strangers in my way
People confuse me
Words to explain
Talk to kill the pain
Like a seed of grain
You begin again!
HAWKEYES
As old Hawkeye died
He flew into the sky
To wave goodbye
In the vast landscape of rivers and rolling hills
His words echoed through the ages of time
Until they began to rhyme
For he was truly at one with nature
Because it was what kept him alive
He learned to fish and hunt
And in return gained the true wisdom of the land
He worked with it not against it
He kept it true for future generations
Until the white man came and destroyed the land
With so called progress
As hawk eyes looked down
He saw his land one of beauty
Being torn apart and all that would follow
Was destruction greed and egotism
A very different world from the one he knew
With little regard for animal and human alike
His wisdom lost but his truth remained
HAUNTING
She’s black, she’s bleak she’s beautiful inside
Inside her dark and haunting eyes
Rivers of lava mixed with gold
Burning hot it cracks the mould
Through the split part of her seeped out
Spent a lifetime searching for the girl in the clouds
The black angel rises within her soul
Takes her to a river so cold
She can’t breathe she can’t give in
She’s scared to think of what lies within
Her dark shadow has a shadow of its own
It’s bleak too with a story to be told
HAPPY
A lonely little cloud
Floats across the sky
Into the great expanse
While the world watches by
Just floating along singing a song
Being as authentic as he can be
In his vast world his perfect world
His imagination is set free
What will he find on his journey
Maybe the sun and a gentle breeze
He lives his life happy out
Smiling down on you and me
What can I say he lives his way?
He’s cloud nine to you and me
HALF IN HALF
I am part fairy though I have no wings
Yet I do have the sparkle that my mystery brings
I’m not that big, I’m not that tall
I’m the right size for me, for a fairy I’m tall
Every now and again one of God’s creatures knocks on my door
Just for a chat so we can understand each other more
Our connection with nature is what keeps us alive
Though I think we have forgotten to look into its eyes
Being part fairy keeping the magic alive
When you look into your dreams I’ll be the one to open your eyes
FROGS
I love frogs and they love me
As we go over the mountains and into the streams
Living everyday as happy as could be
I love our life well isn’t it a scream
Catching flies and bugs and things
Hopping and swimming and lazing around
On lily pads to sunbathe until we are found
For the birds love us too as a tasty snack
They swallow us whole and not just our legs….
As night starts to fall we croak into the dawn
Nature’s symphony crickets and all
When the weather gets cold and things start to freeze
We hide for the winter until the spring
When we wake up the cycle begins
From spawn to tadpoles to little frogs again
FOGGED UP
Through the fog and mist
I was set adrift
Wading through
Things that were new
New in the sense
I had to search to find
Things that seemed hard
Not easily defined
Not easily defined
And for so long blind
Blinded by the mist
That suddenly became a storm
Confessed then confused
And kind of amused
I’m sorry were you laughing?
FIGHT
You fight, you fight you move along
Keep getting pulled back from the dawn
It’s dusk again it’s always dusk
The metal inside has turned to rust
The parts still moving deep inside
They grunt they groan not part of life
The darkness dwells no moon in sight
Relentless it seems from day to night
You live, you hurt you feel your shame
You twist the knot tight again
Everything must go full circle my friend
Where is the start where is the end?
Your minds tense as your body tries to engage
My fist clenched once more to try again
FEEL
If your dreams are ill at ease
Can you blame it on the bees?
If you don’t feel so strong
Can one
little frog help you move on?
If you feel that you can’t say
Can you say the birds took it away?
If you feel that you can’t love
Can you blame it on a dove?
If you feel that you can’t feel
Can you say that you’re for real?
If you feel that you can’t fly
Can a broken wing be the reason why?
If you feel the sun is gone
Can you say it’s not yet dawn?
If you feel you’re in the dark
Can you blame a flameless spark?
If you feel you want to cry
Can you blame the reason?
Why?
FATE
The purple rain the winters fire
The perfect glow the hearts desire
The shifting sand the changing time
The endless life the truth behind
The words unsaid the deeds undone
The act that changed for everyone
The sun, the moon the stars shine on
The snow that falls melts at dawn
The eyes that see the truth inside
The storm that screams right beside
The distorted view the vision almost gone
The hope inside for everyone
The crooked branches the twisted trees
The thoughts that bring you to your knees
The rhyme that knows the stories song
The rhythm that sways on and on
The life you live the love you give
The twist of fate the final bit
FALLING
You are my falling star
My only wish was for you
You are my falling star
In my heart you’re true
You are my falling star
You stood out to me
You are my falling star
Together we are free
You are my falling star
You will never fade
You are my falling star
I caught you on the way
You are my falling star
In your light I’ll stay
Just to be where you are
And never fade away
FALLING SOFTLY
Falling softly a tear upon your cheek
Falling softly a bird begins to weep
Falling softly a snow flake to the ground
Falling softly a voice loses its sound
Falling softly a feather in the wind
Falling softly a flower at its end
Falling softly a curl upon your face
Falling softly but never from your grace
Falling softly a duvet full of down
Falling softly for you, my dear my crown
FAITH
I’ve lost faith within myself what am I to do
I’ve lost faith in all your words and everything you do
I’ve lost faith that I can see the goodness deep within
I’ve lost faith that I can hear your message in the wind
I’ve lost faith that I can touch because it makes me feel
I’ve lost faith that my broken heart will ever heal
I’ve lost faith I’ve lost your scent somewhere in the stream
I’ve lost faith because I’ve put all my faith in you
Now it’s time for me to go and find my river blue
ENCHANTED
The enchanted forest of wishes and dreams
Reality and illusion, the lines fade in between
Mystery in the mountains, magic in the streams
The dew coated forests are like something from a dream
Gentle little whispers carried in the breeze
What I see and what I hear are beautiful to me
Natures little secrets will somehow be revealed
So, open your heart, and open your mind
Because you never know along the way
The treasures you might find………..
DUSK IS MY LIGHT
I love dusk so give me my pen and my sword
My pen to release my pain my sword to open it again
So, I can write about how life pierces me
How it teases and seduces me
In the half light I can see it all
I can see where I fall and where I can rise again
I succumb to the influence of my creative side
And it all comes alive and me with it
I am a slave to what it holds and what it promises
It’s like a release into another world
I am far away from you now as I want to be
I am so close to something more precious than gold
More perfect than anything I’ve ever known
I see you now through the half light
I am a shadow of my former self
You will be my sun my moon and my every little star
You will smile your wicked little smile
I will fall at your feet I am yours as you are mine
I am transformed and consumed by your presence
I am what you want me to be, yet I do not compromise
Because my love could never be wrong
Because it makes me feel strong
And as the half light turns to night
I know that I am right
DIFFERENT
Why are you so different?
From all the rest
Because I’m on a unique quest
To follow nothing and no one
My quest will be that I shall rise
To be something of a unique surprise
For the quiet one you thought would never shine
Was the one you missed the fire fly in disguise
Well here I am and here I’ll stay
The flicker in the night that will not fade away
When you wonder about what I should be
It’s not your wonder it’s mine it’s me
CLEANSED
Blood and anger I can see it flow
Flowing like a river just let it go
There goes the pressure there goes the pain
Here comes the pleasure let it remain
Like the blood that flowed from the body divine
There goes mine but I’m not dying
I must see it flow because I know it’s there
Take it to the edge I don’t care
Still a life remains with nothing but remains
Another edge……
Another end……
Another chance……
CARRY YOU
I’d carry you on my back
To wherever you’d want to go
Through the burning flames
Through walls of stone
I’d carry you on my back
To where you want to be
To what you most desire
I would take you higher
I’d carry you with me
To help set you free
I’d carry you with me
So, you could just be
CAREFREE
She was a happy little soul just like a bumble bee
Buzzing around in her own little world in her own company
She would sing dance and play everything was a mystery
An adventure in the making where she lived wild and free
Anything was possible whether it was real, or it was not
When she spoke with the animals they understood her NOT
But she always imagined they knew exactly what she said
Especially the frogs and their comical little heads
She was not to be det
ained by anyone or anything
She would not conform to the rules of how life should be
Because she always figured it’s better to be me
There were no limitations there were no endless nights
To her there was only one way to live
And by God she did it right
BEAUTY
Who instilled such beauty in you?
The beauty in your mind
The beauty in your soul
The beauty in your heart
The beauty it controlled
The beauty in your voice
In your favourite song
The beauty that would last
And echo in the dawn
The beauty in your eyes
Because they made me see
Like a whisper in the wind
That brought you back to me
The beauty we would share
The dream that was meant to be
The beauty of our lives
That showered you and me
Like the crescent moon we would sit at ease
BE YOURSELF
I’d love to be a candle
And be peaceful in my way
The only thing to bother me
Would be a draft along the way
It seems I’m never happy
With exactly who I am
Always looking for something better
Still searching for a better plan
If I’m not happy
with who I am today
Then I’ll be like a candle in the wind
And just get blown away
Unlike a candle
I cannot be replaced
Because when the candle runs out
There’s another to take its place
You see I am irreplaceable
Unique in my own way
So, I must accept who I am
And like myself today
To those out there
Who don’t see what they want to see
Take me as you get me
Because you’ll find me no other way
Well as for being a candle
I guess I’ll leave that for today
I’ll have to accept who I am
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