Contents
- At The End
- Ghost
- What Is Life
- Dancing In The Moonlight
- Impossible
- False Connections
1. At The End
You never know what you have until it's gone,
Never know what's right until something's wrong,
Can't know how to truly feel
Until something is actually real.
No one cares til it's too late,
Life plays roulette to decide a fate,
One wrong move and your lost,
No coming back, at any cost...
Life is hard, times are tough,
T'was years ago you'd had enough,
But hold on, til the day's done,
It's only at the end that the battle's won.
You know what's right, 'cause you've been wrong,
You know what you have when something's gone,
You aren't fake and playing a false role,
Though your heart’s bruised, your ethics are whole.
2. Ghost
Alone and forgotten for years to come,
Doomed to a lonely life after death,
Even though all is said and done,
You stay watching, envying, every breath.
No promise of an end, no death to wish for,
Nobody comes to ease the pain,
Against fate in a one-sided war,
Can't even feel the wind and rain.
Go haunt a house, try to make friends,
Let them join this world with you!
But they all meet much happier ends,
Your still alone, there's nothing new.
Watching the living for years,
Wishing for love, or even to be seen,
For loneliness is the worst of fears,
The world, you see, is cruelly mean.
You cause some trouble, have some fun!
Wish for a partner, a partner in crime,
Dream you aren't the only one!
Maybe, someday, there'll be someone.
3. What is life
Is the world a dark and lonely place,
Where only the best can win life's race?
Or is it friendly happy and light,
And we, ourselves, make it a fight?
What is happiness, or love, or life?
Is it what we start with, or a reward for strife?
Is pain, is loneliness, is death all we really get?
Or is it a mix, but one part we forget?
Is a life set out for us, a course we can't help but run?
Or is it what we make me make it, sad, happy, boring, or fun?
Is it all how we take it, whatever we make life be,
Or are some destined to cry or laugh, some blind to wonders others see?
4. Dancing in the moonlight
Dancing under the midnight moon,
Tears streaming from my eyes,
Dancing in hopes that you'll come soon,
Dancing to my own surprise.
Gliding across the grasses,
To nature's midnight song,
With every second that passes,
Still hoping you'll come along.
There in the gentle moonlight,
Standing under the trees,
I see you, hiding from sight,
Watching in slight unease.
Dancing closer and closer,
Come on, pick up your feet,
Tears drying as we get closer,
So happy that we, once again, meet.
First just spinning in wonder,
Staring at each other, in the dim light,
Then twirling faster and faster,
You're all I wanted tonight.
Dancing, dancing, all night long,
Wrapped up in each other's arms,
Dancing to the midnight song,
Humming quietly along.
Then the stars start dimming,
The moon's about to set,
My eyes have starting brimming
A night I won't forget.
You fade away with the moon,
Each second brings you away,
I hope to see you soon again,
But I know that ghosts can't stay.
What brought me back to this meadow, where,
We used to dance and sing,
I still don't know why I went there,
I haven't gone since spring.
But dancing there in the dim light,
Dancing again with you,
You brought me there at midnight,
To dance once more, with you.
5. The Impossible
At the little age of five,
As I looked down from the slide,
"That's impossible," I'd think,
Before receding from the brink.
And now I look down that same place,
And just can't help but think,
"All it took was time, and down I race...
What other possibilities have been dropped down the sink?"
Today I look back on what I'd thought,
The lines I'd written, the things I'd done,
So many things I've said are not
A possibility, now I do for fun.
Oh, I'll never be an author! I'm never meant to write...
That's what I thought, but now, how untrue,
I write this, I've written a book, and I plan much more tonight!
Such a simple thing now, that was once "impossible" to do...
I'm such a mess, a mistake! I'll never amount to anything.
Oh, that's what I said? Well, now...
So what if I only dance and don't sing?
I can't do everything, and now I see how.
How to be happy, how to do what can't be done,
How to show them wrong, and how to have some fun,
Keep working, keep trying, be who you want to be,
Keep your eyes open, because that's how you see,
Don't listen unless it's advice, don't do until you know
Hard work and perseverance are what makes things go,
Luck and talent mean little, unless you really care,
And impossible only means it takes from here to there.
I used to have depression, I misjudged all my self-worth,
But now I've learned a lesson, I've had a second birth,
My life has a future, and though there are ups and downs,
What matters is when you choose a smile or frown.
Your scars are a map of where you've been,
The stars are possible to reach,
And of all the good and bad you've seen,
There's some of both in each.
Impossible is possible,
Your dreams can become more,
Every sea is crossable,
And there's a key to every door.
Now I've learned to dance through life,
Forget what people think!
Dance and laugh through pain and strife,
And do what you want, YOU are the missing link.
6. False Connections
Enclosed in our own cages,Alone in flesh and blood,
As endless fire rages,
We're swept away in the flood.
Always in sight of others,
Yet no glimpse inside their prison,
All smiles, though we're smothered
By the waters that have risen.
Vibrations through the air,
Placing thoughts inside our heads,
As though ideas reach our hidden lair,
We all make our own beds.
What makes us survive gives us hope,
Hope grounded in nothing,
We can't reach, though we grope,
And we call these fake ties loving.
Forever alone, deluding ourselves,
That smeared shapes and air patterns are connections,
Faring alone in our own private Hells,
We'll never see others through our own reflections.
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