NOT FOR LONG

When I am closest to you
Is when you are farthest away
You have distanced and pulled away
Raw and cold like the morning dew
Upon a gray and bleak winter sky
When I draw you into my world
Yours shrinks, tight and curled
Like a ball or a clenched fist
Cold and stabbing like morning mist
You withdraw and hold back
Even when i cut you some slack
And hope that I'll get you back
When you smile at me
But never let me in
When you hold my hand
But never walk with me
When you look at me
And keep silent
Then you, my friend
Stop being my friend
And become something else
Something I do not like
But will stay with anyway
But not for long
Before I too walk away.

DREAMS

Dreams begin as tiny drops

Tiny little fragments

Forming piece by piece in our hearts

Sometimes they drift apart

When other things take control

But dreams of love are never torn apart

Dreams of love forever live in our heart

But sometimes dreams of love

Bring fears, bring tears

Dreams of love re-kindle memories

Memories of what was

Memories of a painful past

Memories that bring doubt

Confusion

Memories that blur our dreams

Sometimes,

It’s never the memories

Just pale shadows

That threaten to change

The course we opt to take

But our dreams of love

Our dreams of life

Add some light

Our dreams make things bright

Because they are not just dreams of trust

Dreams of truth

Dreams of hope

Dreams of love

That after the pain

After the rain

Comes the sun

Bringing hope

That someday

Love will smile upon you

Again.

IF WE CARED MORE

We watch our love flying back to the sky

We never smile and yet we wonder why

Our lives have become such a gray day

We watch our loved ones walk away

We never laugh and yet we wonder why

Another good thing slips away every day

To love is not to give the world

To love is not in diamonds and pearls

To love is to share, to be there

To love is to hold a heart in your hands

To share the little things that make us us

We watch our dreams ebb and fade away

We never hope and yet we wonder why

Our lives feel emptier each passing day

We watch our fortunes waste away

We never share and yet we wonder why

Our lives remain unhappy each passing day

To dream is never to give up

To hope is always to look up

To dream is to seek the light

To hope is to yearn for tomorrow

That your dreams may light the world

Every day that passes by sees a tear fall

Every trial cast our way hears a voice call

Every shadow thirsts for light on its way

Every heart in its own way aches for love

Every day, every soul begs to be free

And every person tries to live their dream

If we cared more, fewer tears would fall

If we helped more, fewer voices would call

If we loved more, fewer shadows would be cast

If we listened more, if we laughed more

If we paused to appreciate one another

Then dreams wouldn't crash, hopes wouldn't fail

And every day would be a happy song.