I WISH YOU WELL

it's going to take a miracle
to get over you
happiness is now so hard
to find.
how do i survive on my own
-such a helpless feeling.
i think of all the good times
that we once shared
my memories are just too strong
so i pretend that none of it really matters
and go about my daily routine.
but there's a part of me
that will never be the same
a part that i allow no one to see.
i know it's what you wanted
still it's so hard to go on alone.
-such a helpless feeling
i miss you
but i wish you well.

IN REMEMBRANCE

there's not a day
that goes by
that i don't think
of you
and all the things we promised
and said that we would do.
i miss you more than these mere words
can convey
but my fervent prayer
is that we will meet again soon
some day.
why God took you from me
i will never understand
maybe his plan
is not meant for
mortal man.
i see you at night
alive in my dreams
but everything is not
as it appears or as it seems.
so now what am i supposed to do
when fantasy becomes reality
and i wake up alone
without you.

IS IT LOVE

is it love that i seek
or the illusion
can my broken heart
be restored once again.
will my brain continue to
deceive me
will i believe promises
that i know cannot be fulfilled.
is it love that i need
or just the fantasy
...can i smile
can i breathe
can i live
tell me
what have i have been missing
is it love?

I BELIEVED

i believed in true love once
that my prince would come
to rescue me
that we would live
happily ever after
thru all time.
i believed in true love once
that he was my destiny
that fate brought us together
that we were meant to be.
i believed in true love once
that nothing and no one
could come between us
or tear us apart.
i believed once
in true love
but never again!

IN VAIN

once again i find myself
alone
waiting for your return.
when will i see you again
what magical spell
must i cast
t bring you back to me.
endless nights
i have wished
that you were here
only to awake trembling
at the thought
of another day without you.
alone
in my dreams
...i can't go on like this
much longer
before my needing you
transpires into madness.
still
i cling to the hope
that one day you will return.
tell me
is it all in vain?

WHEN DID WE STOP

when did i stop
loving you
when did you stop
loving me
when did you and i
stop being we.
could it be that
like waves in the ocean
we just drifted slowly apart
or maybe fate stood against us
from the very start.
so many times
we went to bed angry
without even kissing goodnight
while all the time in my heart
i knew something
was just not right.
now we're lying here
no more games
no more lies
-trying to think up a way
for us to say goodbye.
...still i can't help but wonder
when did i stop loving you
when did you stop loving me
tell me please
when did you and i cease to be?

CAN WE NOT

can we not have love
without hate
can we not have luck
without fate
can we not have peace
without war
can we not have madness
without being insane
can we not have healing
without the pain
can we not have loss
without the gain
can we not have rainbows
without the rain?

I WAIT

i sit by the phone
and i wait for you
to call
immobilized by my fear
that you don't really
care at all
dark thoughts
invade my body
creep slowly into my mind
and i'm so afraid
to face the truth
of what i might find
so i sit here by the phone
and i wait for you to call
but in my heart i know
that you won't call at all
still i wait
and i wait
and i wait.

WHAT HAPPENED

woke up this morning
and thought about how
the world has changed
said my prayers
and wondered who
really is to blame.
wars, famine, discontent
global warming threatening
our continent.
what happened to the good
old days
could it be it was only
a phrase.
politicians with their hands
held out
when service to the people
is what it's really about.
you know our children are not safe
when they go out to play
tell me,
what happened
to the good old days?

A WOMAN OF STONE

she was a woman of stone
she said
so she let no one inside
each day she put on her mask
each day she let love pass her by.
this woman of stone
hid silently behind her fears
no one knew that she was slowly dying
no one saw as she counted each tear.
she was a woman of stone
she said
and that much is true
just be careful or you may find
that this woman is really YOU.

HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD

i ask you
has the world gone mad
sometimes it all just seems
so tragic and sad.
turn on the t.v.
but there's no relief
some days it makes me
want to holler
and to question my beliefs.
i ask you
has the world grown cold
so many unhappy people
so many lost souls.
i ask you
has the world gone crazy
have we forgotten
how to love
or have we become
emotionally lazy?

DID YOU

did you count your blessings
or did you shed a few tears
did you sit on the sidelines
or did you stand up and cheer.
did you long for yesterday
or did you anticipate tomorrow
did you smile on thinking back
or did you wallow in your sorrow.
did you say 'i love you'
to those you hold dear
or did you leave with words unspoken
held back by only your fears?

HAVE FAITH

god never promised rainbows
without the rain
never said there would be laughter
without pain.
look at the birds
up in the sky
they sing sweet songs
and i wonder why.
why is it that evil
seems to triumph over good
why is it that living by
one's faith
is so clearly misunderstood.
god never promised sunshine
without the rain.
never said there would be laughter
without pain.
...Have Faith

WITH ONE...

with one word
her life was shattered
with one fist
she lay broken and battered
with one glance
she witnessed the ultimate
betrayal
with one tear
she tasted her rejection
with one sigh
and without hesitation
...she realized
that love had gone!

I ASK YOU

where your heart leads
your passion will surely follow
words that ring true
for all of our tomorrows.
what do you dream of
as you fall asleep each night
if you had it to do over
this time
would you somehow
get it right.
time is the one thing
that we never have
enough of
but i ask you
if you could save the world
would you sprinkle it
with love.
you know
things are not always
as they seem
when you fall asleep
at night
tell me
what color
are your dreams?

DADDY

how could you leave me all alone
Daddy
with no one to teach me
how to ride a bike
i had no protector
no strong arms in my life.
mama only said that i looked
just like you
so i grew up a portrait
in self-hatred
with your memory
controlling the brush.
how could you leave me Daddy
crying myself to sleep
never fully knowing a man's love
but searching anyway
in all the wrong places.
Daddy i hate you
and i swear that
i am nothing like you
but tell me please
Daddy
why did you never call?

THEY SAY

they say that time waits
for no man
and thru the years
i have come to understand
as i look back to when
i was oh so young
when i dreamed the dreams
of a life just yet begun.
...time passed
and my dreams slowly
began to fade
but i still believe
in rainbows
i still seek the sun
and not the shade.
they say that the passage
of time
will not wait
so if you love someone
then show it
don't let it be too late.
live in this moment
for this moment
is all that we have.

DOES ANYONE KNOW

does anyone know
why grass doesn't
grow in winter
why stars only shine
in darkness.
does anyone know
why innocence
is left in childhood
and dreams sometimes
turn into nightmares
but hope doesn't always
turn into faith.
does anyone know why life
isn't fair?

THIS MOMENT

this moment
is all that we have
so let's not leave it up
to circumstance or mere chance.
tomorrow is but a promise
on the wind
and yesterday
will never come back again.
so live your life
standfast to your dreams
no matter how hopeless
it sometimes seems.
don't you dare
let this moment die
for this moment
is all that we have
a mere promise of fate and circumstance.

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HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR DREAMS

they say that you learn
from experience
that there is only pain
or total bliss
but inside each of us
there lies a song
a melody of words as we march along
the pathway we choose
is not always clear
but cling to your beliefs
hold them tight and dear
because time only will truly tell
how we lived our lives
and if we lived them well.

IF THE...

if the world
is truly round
if silence precludes
all sound
if a child prays
and no one hears
if unbridled courage
is the opposite
of fear
if the sun never
ever shined
if ignorance
made one blind
if beauty lies in the beholder
if wisdom truly
makes us older
if truth alone
ultimately prevails
then our hopes and dreams
shall not fail!

GREATER THAN

greater than water
to a thirsty man
greater than the heat
of a desert sand
greater than jupiter
saturn or mars
greater than the moon
the sun and the stars.
greater than custer's
ill-fated last stand
greater than the ace
in a poker hand.
greater than napoleon's
grandiose schemes
are our thoughts
our hopes and
our dreams.

HERE I STAND

here i stand at a crossroad
don't know which way to turn
don't know which way to go.
ahead lies the god of indecision
-a wrong turn will surely lead me
to the pathway home.
here i stand
alone in my thoughts
alone in my query
self doubt surrounding me
my destiny my own
my circumstance
for all to see.
...here i stand
alone but free!

FOR WHAT

i cried today for
all that i lost
for all that we will never be.
i thought about you today
and all the unspoken words
between us
that now lie adrift
in another time
in another space.
i cried today for all the
things that we will never be
for all the dreams that now
twist in the breeze
like an unsolved puzzle
with no one to pick up
the discarded pieces.
our lives torn so far apart
for what
and this is what they
call love?

LOVE ME NOT

love me not
because i gave
my heart freely
love me not
because my faith
in you
will not be moved
love me not
because i see not
your weakness
love me not
because i treasure
our stolen moments together
love me not
because i stayed
when others chose
to betray you
...but love me for me.

DOES LOVE DIE

when does love die
...is it the moment
we stop believing
in one another
is it the times
that we fail to hold
and no longer
console each other.
when does love die
does death lie in our thoughts
or is it in our dreams
that failure comes to pass.
when does love die
tell me someone please
because i only know that
mine has gone!