-A Better You-

Oh to be different than the way that we are

Pills for the pain, plastic surgery for scars.

Learning life lessons, a failure at a time

Drying the tears, like clothes on a line

You hope and you pray that this time will be different

But life like the weather, is uncontrollable and inconsistent

We fight with all we have through the wind and the rain

We persist and persist, until we overcome the pain

Wounded but still able to face what lies ahead

We bury bad memories, like we bury the dead

Rising out of the ashes, to battle once more

A little more determined, than we’ve ever been before

With eyes set ahead and 2 feet in the dirt

We’ll walk through the fire, even if it hurts

Intent on the dream of a moment in control

Hanging on to our pride and never letting go

We pick up the pieces from the battles we’ve lost

And press on into the next fight, no matter the cost

It’s the human condition that leads us to survive

Though time and time again we stumble, always we rise

For no matter the storm, the rain can’t always fall

And the sun will soon shine a little brighter on us all

It’s the cycle of life built by what we go through

Trial and error to become a better you

-Self Reflection-

Rose petals fall like rain to the ground
Withering remnants of a love fallen down
When hope and faith and prayers matter not
She loved you a little, but did she love you a lot?
A mind on rewind wishing for a reverse
No answers, only questions if in love you are cursed
Time like winters cold, passes so slow
There's no escape from the heartache, there's no place to go
When finally you sleep, she appears in your dreams
Smiling and laughing, all is perfect it seems
But then you awake and turn just to see
Empty spaces and shadows where her body used to be
You rise with all intent to carry on with the day
But your mind is your enemy, her image won't go away
You long just to text her, to tell her you care
But you know in this moment she doesn't want you there
So you press on and step off to take on the world
You'll keep trying to convince yourself that she's just a girl
A wish like a fire will burn in your soul
That she will come back, that she won't let go
But wishes like dreams, rarely ever come true
So holding onto a wish isn't a good thing to do
Sadly only with patience and the passage of time
Will you find your acceptance, and at some point be fine
The hurt will persist for a while as you go
But you can't change the past and the futures unknown
So just pick up the pieces and carry on with your day
Love her but remember that you will be okay.

-A Place Away from Here-

Allow me a moment…to breathe…just breathe…

Here they go; here they come intent to affect you

The sun is shining, darkness nowhere near

What is the purpose for letting them near?

Rise, and fall and rise again

Allow the earth to be your friend

Walk among the shadows but stay within the light

Let not the demons that invoke anger, bring about the night

Hear their screams, but quiet the rage

Leave their words right where they lay

There is no freedom in running, no escape from the fray

Life will follow you everywhere until it is taken away

What am I to be, if I cannot be sane?

Why am I so immune to serenity and so eternally shrouded in pain?

I’ve got no place to run, nowhere to go

These chains that bind me ever slowly take their toll

To disappear, to fade away if only for a moment

To not be where I am, to be deaf, and blind to all of this

I just want a moment’s peace where silence is everywhere

Not a moment too soon, I would run far, far away from here

Let me be, just let me go, just let me feel like I’m in control

For a moment, an instant, just a second in time

Allow me a moment, where I’m not losing my mind