I’d take you in my arms
If you were mine to have and hold
We’d dance this dance forever
Never breaking
Never slowing
Always and forever
But you’re not mine
And I’m still here
Moving to your beat
Month: July 2019
Wells and Mine Shafts
Must we do this dance again?
Old habits die hard, they say
I often wonder how they knew me so well
It never ends, does it?
Falling into the same trap
Over and over and over
Like Timmy found the bottoms of wells and mine shafts
I find myself falling for the unobtainable
There’s no faithful friend coming to my rescue
Just the same old voice inside my head
Calling me out on my mistakes
It has plenty to say, though I rarely listen
Choosing instead to walk that familiar path
Right into a brick wall
I Won’t Come Back Again
Hear the broken symphony
Know how much it means to me
Feel the love
Feel the pain
I won’t come back again
Know the spoken words are true
As I say goodbye to you
In the dark
In the rain
I won’t come back again
You once held my heart so close
Now my past is but a ghost
Found the truth
Played the game
I won’t come back again
Found the missing spark of love
Lit the fire high above
Live the life
I remain
I won’t come back again
Leaving old wounds far behind
Clear my heart, open my mind
Free my soul
Cleanse the shame
I won’t come back again
Let me hang
From a chain
I won’t come back again
Originally written in 2002
In That Moment, Forever
There, on the shore
I looked into the eye of the world
Under grey skies and sheets of rain
I felt complete
That day, that one moment,
All was right and good
For far too short a time I knew
What glory life could hold
And as I look back now
A smile holds back the tears
If I could, I’d live in that moment,
Forever…
Originally written in 2009.
Empty
Time to go home
but nothing’s there to go to
Just another empty night
in an empty house
with an empty bed
and empty dreams
of something that will never come.
Broken Wing
Bring me your broken wing
Bathe in my warmth for the winter
Rest your head
I’ll nurse you back to health
And you’ll fly away
Into the summer sun
And I’ll wait here alone
And watch as you find a home
With someone else.