Why is everyone falling apart?
Why do they hide their tears?
Cover them up with smiles
And lies of happier times?
Why is everyone crying?
Where have the sunny days gone?
It seems like days of sand castles and picnics cease to ever exist again
What happened to good families?
Kids who want to say no
Kids who dont have to cry themselves to sleep
Hide the bruises from yesterday
What happened to happy lives
it seems like their never were any
But i can watch home videos of people smiling and laughing
And i just dont see it in the real world
I sea guns
I see hate
I see disease
and I see disgrace
I lose hope
Because I have fear
I have fear
I release through tears
But those tears i soak up
On a ratty old pillow
Those tears washed away
Until tomarrow
When I wake with a light
And it gets shut off
Because there is no happiness
In days that are always lost
Maybe someday things will be the same
Or even better than yesterday
Or maybe they'll get worse as it always seems
But the president speaks of less bad happenings
But how can he say that?
doesnt he watch the news?
Storys of daddys killing babys and everyones drinking booze
Things arent looking better
things arent going great
People searching for a place to repopulate
Where can we go to finally be content
Find a place our tears will only be distant
Not even can I sit in my mind and think of a beautiful place
Its all just disgrace
A world of painful hate
And no one understands
Its all just for fun
Born into this world
Without a choice or a gun
No reason to go on but I know I must persist
God says that theres a plan
Temtation to resist
I know I have a savior
I know I've got the love
I just wish there was a heaven on earth instead of a beer pub
Maybe then people would listen
Maybe then they would feel close
Maybe they wouldn't give up, thinking they need to overdose
But all of this is maybe
And maybe's never work
No one ever listens
In a world of love is burzirk
So if I could find a way
To make maybe into real
Maybe this world would have more appeal
But there I go again
The word maybe being everything
So I'll change it to..
..someday..i just HOPE... the world and life
....will have some more meaning
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Written February 1st, 2006
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this seems to be a journey through fear into the light of love that casts out all fear. then you're left wondering how in the world can the world change. IT changes one person at a time, just like you. keep hoping.. for a new world. take care.
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Reflective brilliance
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"times they are a changin'"
the youth today shoulder alot more responsibility than i did as a teen. they also shoulder alot more expectation in the sense that i feel alot of adults have shirked theirs. hopefully this isnt something that the next generation will continue into our own demise as humans.
unfortunatly i know alot of youths today that have lost faith in theirselves and the strengh to deal with the world today. it takes a stronger person to live, than to die.
faith is to have in oneself.
the wisdom that comes with age is the regret of realizing you can do anything, you could have done something. we can be the masters of our own destinies despite fate. all fate does is pull your plug. destiny decides how bright you shine before you get your plug pulled. lol.
there are always obstacles in life, it doesnt get any better than when youre young. and god knows i wish i was eight years old again.
one of the most profound secrets to life is the serenity prayer. god grant me the strength to change the things i can, accept the things i cannot and the wisdom to know the difference. the entire key is the knowing the difference. if you cannot realize what you can and cannot change, and accept it then youre bound to be lost.
so sometimes you just have to pull over to the side of the road and watch the traffic go by. dont worry about how fast other ppl are going or that they might beat you to the next stop light. enjoy the wildflowers growing on the side of the road. life is too short to question it too much.
sometimes you just have to live.
accept things.
and smile and be glad youre alive.
always remeber there are ppl worse off than us, but we cannot always change the world to be seen through rose colored glasses. if it wasnt for hate we wouldnt know what love was. if it wassnt for pain we wouldnt know what happiness was.
life has a balance. in everything.
if it didnt, it would become complacent and boring.
weird i know. but thats the way i see it.
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