STOLE THE SHOW

I was on the stage

Spotlight on me

Emotions running free

The words in my mind

I'm confused, they're hard to find

But I've practiced this so many times before

The words flow from my mouth

I hold the audience, captivated 

The most amazing story, perfectly narrated

And I shiver, half with excitement and half with fear

I seem so lost but yet so near

I'm the Main man, I stole the show

And the audience claps, as if to let me know

And so my heart beats faster

Tears collect in my eyes

I feel on top of the world 

Like I'm flying in the skies

And while my feet are planted on the ground 

This feeling, it cannot be found

It's one that I've never experienced before

It's happiness and much more

It makes your heart beat fast

You have flashbacks to the past

Almost like you could die

But the height you reach is scary

Unless you're ready to fly

To touch the stars in the sky

To leave that heart of yours on the stage

And no longer be the bird in the cage.

THE LEGACY

He made me smile
He made me laugh
He made me cry too
But they were mostly tears of joy
He wore my scars as his own
And because of him,
My light shone
I had a heart of glass
And he never dropped it
That's because I was the light
In his night
I was the smile upon his face
I was his "person" in the human race
And throughout my life
He held my hand
And beside me he would stand
He would wipe away my tears
And protect me from my fears
Pick me up when I fall
He was my one. He was my all
Literally till death do us part
He made up half of my heart
And one day I looked at him said
I can't live in this world without you
If your not here with me
I'll let my soul free
And I'm pretty sure it'll chase after you
Because that's what I'd want it to do
He looked me straight in the eye and said
Follow me till we reach the clouds
And like souls meant to be
We will build our castle among the stars
And Love will be our legacy.

UNIQUE FLOWER

I wasn't going to be just any flower
Where I bloom
There I'd bring hope
I wasn't going to be picked by a hand
I'd dig my roots in and stand
Stand against the wind that tries to blow my petals
Stand against the rain that falls on my leaves
When the skies and clouds grieve
The earth would smile, through my beauty
I'd adorn many a head
As a crown of life
Instead of diamond necklaces and rings
I'd adorn many things
And if you loved me, you'd let me grow.
And when the day comes when I whither and die
Just tell me that you won't cry.
For I grew so much because of your love
And the sunshine and rain from the heavens above
I'll return, to our lands, to Mother Earth
Ready for another birth

REJECTION

The invisible tears in my eyes
The broken smile on my face
Feeling worthless
Very much out of place
Confidence at an all time low
The tears just seem to flow
An already aching heart
Is breaking, falling apart
While I watch others
Do what I love to do
It all just seems so hopeless
And while I gave it my all
I guess it just wasn't good enough
And I lie here, defeated, on the ground
Waiting to be discovered, waiting to be found
And the broken smile on my face
Reassures many a heart
It doesn't hide the fact that I'm still falling apart
That I'm feeling hopeless
Like I'm about to cry
And I can't reach the top
No matter how hard I try
I'll always be a backup, a nobody
Never the main man in the team
It makes me want to give up on my dreams
And so the tears collect in my aching heart
There seems to be no finish to my start
But I guess I'm already there
Broken, bruised and treated unfair

PAINTING OUR LOVE IN THE SKY

Tonight with your love
I'll paint the starry sky
I'll paint the galaxies I see in your eyes
I'll paint the stars
With your smile in my head
And picture us using
The clouds as our bed
Where we rest and have the stars as a view
It'll be a view like so few
And I'll paint the rain
So it can wash away the earths pain
I'll paint it all, I'll paint that sky
But I want you to know why
Because the sky is infinite
Just like my love for you
Because the sky has those stars
And I have one when I'm with you
Because I could get lost, watching the night
Because that moon is like you, a giver of light
Because if you ask me,
I'd put our love up there in the sky
For all to see, untouchable as time goes by
And they may point and stare
And think that life's not fair
Because I felt a love like never before
And they all want the same or more
And that's why I'll paint us up in the sky
untouchable, we'll live on as time goes by
Eternal like those stars, is my love for you
I'll paint us purple, black and blue

MY BEST FRIEND, MY DOG

You marched your way in to my heart
Of me, you will forever be a part
I held your paws
While you held my hand
You gave me the courage to stand
You licked me, bit me
All so I could get stronger
And you made place for me
In your small, perfect world
I almost lost you the other day
I thought I didn't have enough words to say
I couldn't imagine the world that way
But you're my fighter
And you stood your ground
The best dog I've ever found
Dear furry friend,
I'll love you till the very end
And after that you'll live on in my heart
Because you complete me, my best part

THE FINAL MOMENT

I sat under a big green tree
The clouds up in the sky
Running away from the sun
The stars unseen, waiting for the night
When it's their turn to light up the sky
And while I sat there,
Mesmerized by nature
A small leaf came twirling down
Landed in front of me, on the ground
And that's when I thought
That leaf has been on that branch
For most of its life.
Did it have the most fun it's ever had...
Moments before it was going to die?
And then I realized,
Its not about the end,
It never is.
It's about the moments
You lived till the end
It's about the friends
Who were with you till the end
It's about the tears
You cried till the end
It's about the fears
You overcame till the end
It's about how happy you were till the end
Not about the unspent money you worked hard for
Not about the number of cars you had
Not about having a mansion as a house
It was about losing till the end
But winning the smaller moments
And absolutely owning your final moment

THE LOVE OF AN ANGEL

I loved you for all your flaws
I loved your crooked smile
Your broken heart
And your incomplete soul
In fact, I think I made you whole
But for all of this, what's the repayment?
You dragged me through hell
You took my heart to complete yours
I let my soul free and you caged it for your own
But my dear,
My oh my are you under estimating my power!
Do you have any idea how difficult it is
Be be in hell and still love,
And still look at the stars above?
Your darkness can never over come the light
Your soul cannot be completed
And neither can your heart
For I am an angel
And you...a devil
Your heart and soul need the same kind
So I suggest you go look in hell
While I fly to the the heavens above
And I suggest you stay there
For not all in life is fair
And that's why, you're burning in flames of hate
While I'm at heavens gate
You're blood is no longer red
You're as good as dead
I tried to love you, I really did
But I guess you don't deserve
The love of an angel.

BROKEN

"I love you"
She uttered the words
from those beautiful lips
I wanted to hear it
Again and again,
Like a tape recorder on replay
But thoughts occurred to me...
She never looked me while saying it,
She never smiled
I couldn't see it in her eyes
That sparkle that's there in mine
When I hear her name
It was missing from her eyes
Almost like she gave those stars to the skies
I'd like to think it was to light up my night
But somehow, it doesn't seem bright
For those words...
They were broken
They were a broken promise
Made to an insecure soul like me
How was I to let myself free?
I'm surrounded by things...broken
Broken promises, broken words
Broken smiles, broken hearts
Just a lot of broken parts...
And I don't know how to fix it.
These were made on the grounds that
They'd fix someone, something, anything!
But when I think about it...
They're the ones tearing things apart
They're the ones breaking hearts
And so I lie here,
trying to put these pieces back together
But I guess they don't fit.
So I lie here, broken.

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