Tangled Webs

Oh what a tangled web we weave

when we first choose to believe.

The sky turns black the sun is free.

The earth is void of jealousy.

The web is real but only seen

in nights of moonlit fantasy.

You don't get caught if you don't believe

in chains, in wars, hypocrisy.

Oh what a tangled web we weave

when we believe we are free.

Regret

Walking through my daily life.

Life's memories are growing old.

Still talking faith like every dope.

Regret the soul that I have sold.

The Artist

 Regardless of the medium you create in,
I think half the battle to being an artist,
is accepting or admitting to yourself
that you are one.

Smile Through Darkness

Morning comes.
Night lingers still.
Force my rise.
Darkness fills.

Each day. Each month. Each year.
Steals more.
My heart. My hope. My soul.
Nothing more. 

Once whole.
Once strong.
Once loved.
Then wronged.

My love. My trust. My truth.
Betrayed.
Confusion. Anger. Bitterness.
Prayed.

Days push on.
Night’s darkness strong.
Smile and lie. Nothing’s wrong.
Not alive. Yet life’s not gone.

Smile on. 
Live the lie.
Judge me not.
When I cry. 

What a Heart Knows

And so the story goes.
And so the days move on.
Another notch this heart knows.
Older, wiser, same old song.

Life throws its sticks.
Life throws its stones.
This heart’s been kicked,
but this soul knows home.

The smile will not fade.
The eyes will still shine bright.
For love is not a grade,
to be measured as wrong or right.

The living risk the loving,
and the living I have done.
Moving on is one’s own choosing.
Wallow in pity, or walk in the sun.

And so this story goes.
Far from being done.
When love is what a heart knows.
It’s the only song that can be sung.

Carry On

Carry on,
and be at peace.

Hear the need around you.
Reach out and lend a hand, and carry on.

Feel the hand that reaches out,
and fill it from your share, and carry on.

See a kindness. Feel some love. Share it from your heart.
Pass it around, and carry on.

Touch those wounded souls,
by opening your heart, and carry on, and be at peace.

I Trusted Love

I'm unsettled in my new life,

down a road I've never been.

It's not the life I dreamed of,

when I was just a teen.

I thought one day I'd have it all,

convinced beyond all doubt.

But now my back's against a wall,

and my time is running out.

What to do, and where to turn.

So many things I haven't learned.

I sit alone, always concerned,

I trusted love and I got burned.

Looking forward...

Danielle

May the past that lives within your heart
hold only memories you treasure.
And may the future that you're dreaming of
you receive in full measure.

I wish you much happiness, peace and success.

All I Need

Thirty years of living,
same soul by my side.
Thirty years of loving,
can't say we haven't tried.

Sometimes there is no end,
joined as one for all time.
Sometimes that's what we intend,
but then it's not our will but thine.

There were some good years,
but lately mostly bad.
There were such happy tears,
but lately mostly sad.

If you can smile in the end,
knowing we shared love for a little bit,
then I'll know peace without end,
and I'll know happy when I find it.

And of all we possess, I want nothing.

Because even though I have now lost it, I did know your love for a brief moment in eternity.

That memory is my most valued possession. 

That, and the love I still have for you, is all I need.