Tough Love

I’m not gone I’m still right here

Whispering love in your ear

Praying still you’ll find your way

Find an end to games they play

You won’t like the road I take

But it’s all done for your sake

Protect your life is my goal

As you wonder, a lost soul

When you find your self again

Then my help you will obtain

Until then I wish you well

And quick relief from this hell

Reflections

She can’t be too careful anymore,

Her memories have opened up that door.

Watching the tide bury her castle,

Wasted dreams are now just a hassle.

Who she once was when she ruled the world,

That girl is gone, reality unfurled.

Demons in the people she has met,

Subdued emotion, hearts do forget

A bitter thought will eventually melt,

After all the suffering is dealt.

Time to build new castles in the sand,

Learn from the past, take time by the hand.

Spiritual

I thought of love in its glory

How each of us has a story

I thought of awe and thought of grace

Survival of the human race

And so it came I thought real hard

Of birds and trees in the yard

Of what it was that gave us life

And gave us strength in our strife

I pondered on many things

Of promises and wedding rings

Of how it is we know He’s there

The change we sense in the air

I felt a warmth begin to spread

It filled my soul from toe to head

I yearned to stay within that light

And so I prayed and said good night

Smoke

It’s all just smoke and mirrors

The way you disguise your fears

What you keep hidden from yourself

Keeps love unattainable atop a shelf

Your mind recalls it’s photograph

Of every time you made her laugh

Can you see clearly through your daze

While hiding behind that blackened haze

She caught you peeking in her soul

Wondering if she could make you whole

Instead of fanning that smoldering flame

You choose to hide in billowy shame

Take the chance and build a fire

Make it known your secret desire

She has faith in what you do

Clear the smoke and believe it too

Shadows

Something lurks beneath the bright

It shies away from the light

Peripheral image that can’t be seen

What can that phantom visual mean?

Sense the dark as it closes in

Suffocates like a hidden sin

Run to a meadow open and free

Take a moment to breathe and see

The sun was shining just last week

Now the sky seems cold and bleak

Oh won’t the sun come out and play

Chase the shadows and gloom away

Dry

The wind blows through the Sahara of my mind
I'm reaching out but now your love's gone blind
It took so long to reach my heart's turning point
Now it lies in your hands not to disappoint

My garden is ready now to grow and bloom
The weeds have died and my heart has made room
Please don't say your love is withered and dry
Let's tend our flowers and let our love grow high

Odd Angle

You may say that I'm a cynic
that I should visit a clinic
or maybe that I judge too much
but sadly life has made it such

Maybe I'm a little jaded
Personality has faded
But it's what's hidden deep inside
that I can't continue to hide

Perhaps I'm more aware these days
overly cautious with my ways
To watch a world falling apart
It's time now for a brand new start