"Your Journey"

Your pain is real 

You collapse into my arms

As the sun rises you refuse

Too much the weight to bear

In my arms safe you float

Slowly to the ground where you belong

On solid ground I Shepard you

Down the hall towards your calling

Your head low my hopes are high

I see the shining light inside

Each day I make your armor

With care I polish and strengthen

Each word I speak 

Each action I make

Is a road I pave for you

One day my strength will fade

I will need to lean to stand

I hope you're there

Standing strong together once again

I know that I am weak

And so I try every day

To think of you 

And what you need 

From me to pass through your days

Please know now that I love you

And I try the best I can

Avoid my mistakes

For the stronger it will make

You in your days of journey

“?”

Of all the pretty letters 

That she wrote on rainy days

Nothing shown so bright and clear

As when she went away

Everyone stood so still

And tried to read the words

But the crowding had become so bad

That only screams were heard

No one knew she had enough

Or that she wanted out

They did recall a time or two

When she asked to just slow down

More questions came then answers

And there was no swift reply

Just watered eyes and mourning

How could they all get by 

She did so much each tiring hour

To mend or drag or scrape or pull

Each request it was so heeded

If they had known it’d got that bad

They would have stepped right in

If they had the time so open

Or the will that they could spend

And that girl has left today

And as they’re sad what’s sadder yet

Is that they didn’t know her name

“Storm on the Horizon”

With black clouds looming overhead

The waves rise like perched vultures waiting for death

If there was light none would shine through

None was allowed too

Hands raised in praise but willing to take a helping hand 

A dead fish is all that is recovered

With its mouth open a black hole appears to swallow all that remains

Drowning in sorrow and flying with rage another empty vessel tries to take the pain

Sympathetic eyes held by a natural gestation of listening but cast away

At the first sign of a commercial

Thirty seconds or a minute

A car wash or a failed lawyer

Everyone listens to see what they can sell you 

An antacid, or a bottle of perfume

Again, I Run

Again, I Run

Again I run through the wind 

 Gliding over my face and body

Again I run so blind into the future

Through days and through the nights

By the side of the road you wave

And so I keep on running

By the side of the road you wave

You ask me to pause

But yet I keep on running

Through the valleys so grand 

Up mountains that stand

Again I keep on running

I run so fast I cannot see

I cannot see the hole

I trip I fall 

I tear my skin 

I bleed upon your ground

Again I keep on trying

I see you standing by my side

Your hands out reached to mine

I cannot stop or so I think

I try, I must keep crawling

Through dust and dirt

Across the gravel

Again I keep on crawling

You walk beside be and reach out

But yet I keep on crawling

Through time I heal

Again I walk

You ask I stop for rest

I feel the pull inside of me

Again I keep on walking

The rain it falls

I fall to sickness

You offer me some shelter

I look to you

And look away

Again I keep on walking

Down the alley

In the dark

Again I keep on walking

Out from the shadows

Rises evil, but I keep on walking

Surrounded now by enemies

They beat they rip they tear

I fall they kick till I bleed out

Again I keep on crawling

Maybe vision blurred 

My senses fade

Now I can move no more

And then I wake

You by my side

I see what I've been yearning

I stay with you and fill my days 

With what I was once searching 

For You, Because of You

For You, Because of You

Weak and limp you fall from bed

The valleys of anguish stream across your face

Remorse for the sun I slide you out

So much love you bring to the world

In your weakness I help you rise

Slowly moving aiding your progress

Like a waking bird slowly you take flight

Still trying to see the day

I see the hope

I see the love 

I see all that you can be

I am thankful for this chance

To be your rock

To be your guide

To be your shelter from the pain

Though I'm fractured like the stone long weathered

I will endure through the age

As the hands of the clock rise and fall

So will your hope

So will your pain

And so I will be there

Each and every day

To show the sun

To show the hope

To show your place

To make all lost serene 

A Gift

A Gift

The sun rises and so does my hope 

The clouds stretch out and so does my heart

Cold and crisp is the air and so my heart sharp and alert

I feel you by my side waiting and watching

Ready for my call I wait for your answer

Stride after stride I cut through the wind

With you as my shield I guarded against rain

From above it comes down and encourages me to hide

With you as my shield I continue to stride

From straight ahead you guard me from knives

The words that come and try to tear my skin

Piece my soul and hope for my fall

With you as my shield you deflect those blades 

You wrap me in love over all the terrain

Through the hills and the valleys

Through the shade and the sun

You walk out before me paving paths I should run

To the left and the right I see a different scene

Some lost some hurt surrounded in pain 

You help me reach out you help us each day

Some will now see 

Some will see later

Others refuse though love is right there

I pray for you love 

And that you forgive

I pray for the lost

And that you're love will find them

For the day that's laid out

Is beautiful indeed

It's all your creation

A gift that's for me

A gift that's for them

A gift you keep giving 

Despite all the sin

You wash it away and make us anew

For your love for us knows no boundaries

We just have to ask

The Whisper

I walk and see temptation

The pull and desire to fade away

It won't hurt, not at first

And I won't barely feel the chains

Escape from the pain 

Distraction from the truth

Maybe I can breath with my head in the sand

All that I know 

All that I see

I know the the chains and how they burn

And I hear

And I feel

The whisper

It's okay it's okay

You you have the strength to turn away

It's okay it's okay

I won't leave you

But will you leave me

I want to turn

I want to be freed

I even wish I'd never seen

I'd never felt

I'd never tasted 

The false ecstasy

And I hear 

And I feel

The whisper

It's okay it's okay

I understand you see

It a waste of time you know, I know

You have the strength to walk away

Over my lips rolls a whisper

Please

And then I start to turn away

Each step I take 

Each step away

The stronger I do feel

Your around me

You by my side 

Each and every day

I thank you I'm not lost

I thank you I am found

It was with you interception

You word, your love knows no bound

So now I hold my head up

So now I know my place

And tomorrow and it's temptation

I Beg, I Plead

I beg I plead

You love arms open

Too much pain

Too much wasting away

You welcome all

I beg I plead 

Knees dirty hands clasped

You watch and send some hope

Too many lost 

Too many hurt

Too many frustrated

Too many give up

I beg I plead

For I am nothing

For I am a man

Through it I still stand

You listen you comfort

You light the way

For the lost, the down trodden

You love unconditionally

I beg I plead

Please help me see

What can I do

For them, through you

I beg I plead

Just give me a little please

A little talent

A little wisdom

A loan to help those in need

You see and know all

You give with love 

Your wisdom unending

Your love so pure

I beg I plead

You ask

Who will receive