Living

Open your mind
to the possibilities inside
all the wonders and joy
that you like to hide
all those impossible moments
you would never have felt
if you’d just let yourself
stay on that shelf
if you’d never allowed
yourself to feel
all the happy moments
that can be real
you’d still be sitting there
alone and crying
so unhappy
thinking of dying
if you’d never allowed
yourself to believe
that you could let
yourself truly live.

© 21/07/2015.

You Don't Know Me

I am many things
fleeting colours, sounds
sometimes remembered –
I get around
But you don’t know me

My outward face
the never-shifting mask
rarely seen beyond
and few who ask
But you don’t see me

I am darkness
I am pain
but beauty
for those who remain
But not
you

In blindness
you stumble away
I set you free
You will never
know
me.

© 17/07/2015.

Release

I throw sand at the wind
watch it scatter, like my thoughts
the tide is coming in
to take them all away

Memories long gone
many worlds, never visited
time moves ever on
as the tide ebbs slowly in

Songs I’ve never sung
former friends, long forgotten
many things I should have done
time already moved on

Water laps at my feet
washing pain from my soul
I cannot admit defeat
but more I could have done

Reminders of me
in the sea, in the wind
they help set me free
I will not admit defeat

One last look at the ocean
I walk away, renewed
a new start set in motion
I am finally set free.

© 07/07/2015.

Lost in a Moment

Hours become days
days become weeks
weeks become years
time disappears
Falling into the great abyss
gone forever, now nothingness
as if it never did exist
bar the loose memories in our minds
We lost track of time
whilst we were entwined
with our multitude of thoughts.

© 06/08/2013.

Stormy Seas

The waves roll high
on the seas of regret
reminding me of things
I thought I’d never forget
Bringing back to my eyes
scenes long past
wonders and longing –
I’m lashed to its mast.

My ship brought me back
to visit your shore
to give me one last look
at what went before
Now it moves me forward
fights hard against the wind
until the memories are forgotten
and the pain once more dimmed.

© 23/02/2014.

The Music Group

Dancing whilst it is light
playing our days away
singing a beautiful song
while the audience smiles and sways

And come the night time
we'll play some more
letting the colours flow further
and then dancing till we’re sore.

For every frown
there comes a smile
even if sometimes
you must wait a while

But for everyone
young or old
at the end of the day
pleasant stories are told.

© 08/07/2012.

Starting Over

Everything that once was
I put it to you
Everything that could have been
I lay them here too
All those things
I could have known
All those items
I wanted to own

I lay them on the ground
without a sound
Then walk away
to a new day

A new beginning.

© 10/04/2012.

Love's Lullaby

Sleep my love,
the day is done,
but I’ll still hold you close,
as we rest, as one.

Dream my love,
and I’ll fill your mind,
with our beautiful memories,
to last for all time.

Wake my love,
I hold you still in my arms,
and will stay by your side,
as the new day is begun.

© 26/09/2011.