Escape

Watch the kite
Flying in the sky
That's me up there
Floating on by
See the string
That keeps it down?
That's my cage
To which I am bound
One day I'll break free
Spin out of control
Nothing to stop me
And nowhere to go

See that painting?
That's me right there
A surface of colors
Contained in a square
Seen and ignored
As you walk past
How long have I lingered?
How long will I last?

One day I will break
One day I might fall
I can't stay here forever
I can't always stand tall
I should run away
Before I go insane
To a place where I exist
Where I'm allowed to feel pain
Empty, empty
A hollow shell
The crumbling rocks
Under a broken well

Let me go
Let me run free
I want to be happy
Just let me be
You can't trap me forever
With your rules and your dreams
I've kept them long enough
It's time I was me

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Living yesterdays past

Look at how the years go by so fast.
Time sneaks by wearing youth’s mask.
Seems like just yesterday I was a boy,
with dreams and schemes I knew would last.
Funny how dreams fade,
when into life’s sea they are cast,
and a boy with golden tomorrows is soon a man living yesterdays past.

So many faces in and out of my life.
How quickly they come and they go.
Someone who once so close to me,
is now a stranger I don't even know.
An endless sea of faces, of lover, friend and foe.
Who upon you leave scars and traces in ways only you can know.

The plot grows weary, the play much too long.
Tasting the tears of wasted years a life gone wrong.
Living in a world of concrete and steel,
people devoid of emotion who can no longer feel.
Life carries on, even after the dream has gone.
Until the soul meets the vision of the dreams gone so wrong

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I am like a flower

I am like a flower
Not sure of when I will die.
Not sure of when I will grow back again
When I am crushed with pain and cry.

I am not sure if I can hold myself up
When I ache with unbearable pain.
What do I do when my petals fall off?
Do I go find them out in the rain?

What do I do when I'm not given enough water
To make it through the day?
What do I do when I look up in the sky
And the sun doesn't show a ray?

I stand as tall as a flower would,
As long as I possible can.
I will stand and show my colors,
That is what I plan.

I may drupe and my petals may fall,
But that won't stop me from growing.
My love, honesty and beauty,
I will keep showing.

I am like a flower,
Strong and supreme.
I may be trampled on,
But I will never lose faith in my dream.

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In Another Life

If my loving you
Could change the river's flow
I would not let you drift away from me
I'd never let you go
I want to be by your side
But the water's too deep and wide

If I touch you now
I'd only lose my mind
What a cruel, wicked thing
Living one life at a time
I don't know where or when
But we'll pass this way again

In another life
In another place
I'd have held you close
I'd have known your grace

In another world
In another time
You'd be mine
You'd be mine

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Friendship Found

Our friendship is like a light forever,
Always shining bright.
Binding our thoughts together,
To keep everything alright.

People wonder about us,
Why are we so close.

What do we have in common to keep us both afloat.
Many people are searching,
To find what we have found.
The answer that you search for is found all around.

The person that you are looking for,
Is being a friend to yourself.

Once you love what you found,
You can find friendship with everyone else

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Last Flight Out

I'm so scared that you will see
All the weakness inside of me
I'm so scared of letting go
That the pain I've hid will show

I know you want to hear me speak
But I'm afraid that if I start to
I'll never stop

I'm afraid that
You will leave
As my secrets
Have been revealed
In my dreams
You'll always stay
Every breathing moment from now

I know you want to hear me speak
But I'm afraid that if I start to
I'll never stop

I love the hope
I see in your eyes
For you I would fly
At least I would try
For you I'll take
The last flight out

I cannot hold back
The truth no more
I let you wait too long
Although it's hard and scares me so
A life without you scares me more

*****

I'll find you

I go to sleep
Here you come again
A ghost with sweet angel eyes
I can't erase
The beauty of your face
I need you here by my side . . .

I close my eyes
Just to be with you
You keep me safe and warm
I feel you here
But your voice is not so clear
Just give me time I'll be there . . .

More than a vision in the night
Oh how the silence feels so right
I believe
I do believe . . .

I'll find you
If it takes a million dreams
I'll find you
I know you're out there somewhere
I'll find you
Don't give up on me
I'll find you
I swear

But your voice is not so clear
Just give me time I'll be there. . .

I'll find you
If it takes a million dreams
I'll find you
I know you're out there somewhere
I'll find you
Don't give up on me
I'll find you
Somewhere…

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Think of you

Close my eyes your voice I hear
Lose my breath as you appear
And as your presence puts me to sleep
Re-live the memories I forever keep

You stole my heart and my will to be
Eyes open or shut you're all I see
Moments spent with you were priceless
Our goodbyes leave me in crisis

Overwhelmed I sit and write
Picture you sleeping in the moonlight
Bringing peace of mind like a dove
I think of you as my true love

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什麼都是讀多了就想寫. 在練習本上撕幾頁就貼來了. :)))