Tipping

If you could feel my heart right now
You'd feel the pieces all asunder
Breaking from this heavy weight
All this stress that I am under

I know that you cannot see
The position I am in
All you know is your own nose
And your world-welcoming grin

I try to hold myself in tight
Looking for the silver lining
Telling myself the earth will turn
And the sun will keep on shining

Dirty Dancing

The image flickered on the screen
Of dancers entwined in a sultry scene
When music set the Bacchanal mood
And the innocent believed in their cozy brood

It was a summer so long ago
When hearts were young and our souls aglow

We plunged right in, we knew the score
We wanted the fantasy and so much more
We understood that time had past
But trusted still that the joy would last

It was a summer so long ago
When hearts were young and our souls aglow

A bittersweet triumph of old and young
Learning the words to songs unsung
Understanding that from now on
The world was waking to a brand new dawn

It was a summer so long ago
When hearts were young, and our souls aglow

And now years away from that misty age
The music still rattles the sleepers cage
Calling out to the ghosts gone by
Bringing laughter, joy & and sad, sweet sigh.

It was a summer so long ago
When hearts were young, and our souls aglow.  

One step out

Living in a state of fear
Wondering what is next
Hoping for the future
Hoping for what's best

But one among us is cleaving
Going off on their own way
Leaving the comforts of home
And having their own say

Spring

Hopeful now and optimistic too
All because the light is returning to you
The darkness is receding, fading fast into the night
Constant prayers will now keep that void from sight
Spring is another consolation to our aching souls
For the sunshine and the rain can fill any hole

Grinnnnning

Show me your scars and I'll show you mine
And in this crazy world we'll shine
Hidden beneath our laughter and our smiles
Are darkened depths that go on for miles
We live right now because we don't know
That all those images are all for show
No greater meaning to our lives
Than dramatic whispers and sorrowful sighs
One day we'll wake up and look around
And wonder why we didn't shut out the sound

Moving forward

Days of calm have returned
But the scars are still fresh from the burn
It's a new way of looking now at our life
One where we mitigate and manage strife
Although the line has slacked a bit
We're now vigilant lest we again get hit


I know I've been rather slack with posting recently. We've been managing a lot of stress and some life-altering situations. Things are starting to return to a more normal pace and hopefully I'll be able to pick up again where I left off.

Hope

A need to break free
To understand what's outside of me

A need to escape far from here
Where there's no shame or even fear

A need to embrace all that's right
To seek refuge in the divine light

Heartache

I'm tugging at the seams
Trying to keep it all together
Why couldn't the problems be
Those I was prepared for?

Boys and drugs and music too
But no, it's something all brand new
No road map here to help us out
We're in the dark wondering what it's all about

Changes

Chillin' - just where we ought to be

Knowin' - things have shifted very subtley

Changin' - not always something bad

Acceptin' - the future's tentatively glad

May maddness

It's tough to face reality
When it seems so far from home
A cold hard fact to slam your face
Showing how far youth can roam
But when the drama's over
And the tides have ebbed away
Can we get over this
And return to our month of May?