Sometimes, I get scared
But, it's not from anything in the present
It comes from a life gone past
Where anything good is bound to leave
So, still you see
When something good comes into my life
I seem to enjoy it in stages, as a child
Approaches a flame that has left scars
As each stair is climbed
And the bad doesn't happen, another can be met
Each holds its own terror
All from past experiences of pain
As each scar is healed, by love
Another arises, but a healed scar
No longer has any power to hurt, or
Frighten the bruised child within
Our lives are a continuum of scars
Which build and strengthen us
Giving character to where there was none
Giving understanding for another.
When two hearts meet one another
And they find they sing the same song
A song of searching - a song of longing
A song that's played for so long
When they find their desires are echoed as one
That their loves are the same as each other
Sharing a path through life not knowing
They were preparing one for the other
Everything falls right into place
Words come forth without pain
A hard experience, at first, to believe
Knowing one's thoughts, no need to explain
So, believe lonely hearts and the one will appear
When the time is right and both are ready
The song is playing in both your hearts
Walk your path, strong and steady.
My loneliness eats at my flesh
As a cancer destroys the body which feeds it
I rise early
To feel the pain
In the still of the morning
I think back to simpler times
Where all was black or white
And gray was a color I wore
I pull my world in around me
Trying to keep warm
The coldness embraces my flesh
As I scream
The night lasts forever
Blackness so thick
As my hungry heart cries
For the love of another
One who understands my pain
Who explains my innermost fears
Another who will love me
For whom I've become
But, for now, I must sit
For now, I must cry
I must observe my past world
Unravel in my eyes
I must walk alone
On the path of death I have chosen
Knowing death only gives birth
To new life.
To dream the dream
To fly to the sky
To wave at the eagles
As they pass by
To reach for the mountains
To shoot for a star
To watch the people
So near, yet so far
The limits are set
In the eyes of a man
To push past those limits
Is truly Gods plan
To settle for less
Is to watch life pass away
Yet time is so short
And so is our stay
We must strive for the best
We know we can be
For the eyes to be opened
For the Spirit to see
The question must be answered
We must push for more
To wash doubt from the mind
That we've opened each door
So when the day comes, and
It's time to transcend
We can say without fear
Amen and amen.
