A break away by the sea
is certainly what I need
my curls will be ruffled wild and free
this place I feel I can really breathe

I'm just away for a few days
and I'll miss you all while I play
but I really need to get away
What I need to know is.  Will you all behave?

~~~

Her heart was broken by others
She caused her own scars along the way
her soul was carelessly destroyed
and she, abandoned, afraid
~
Her heart was broken by many
she felt so very alone
her pores absorbed anxiety
it's all that she has known
~
Her heart was broken too often
How does she continue to survive?
She tried to stand tall once
but had lost the sparkle in her eyes
~
Her heart was broken for the last time
the darkness engulfed her tiny frame
the blackness has all of her consumed
she will never rise again
~~~

When I look around my life
I feel I'm only scratching the surface
I often throw out the question of 'why'
and wonder if it's really worth it

Aren't we here with a job to do
or maybe that's just what they say
A more positive outlook I'd choose
and find a better purpose to my day

I could climb the highest of mountains
which would mean taking to the streets
helping out those who have lost all hope
giving of myself in their need

I just want to give a part of me
that I have not always been shown
offer all I have within my heart
the best feeling we could ever know

Because life's not all about what you take
but what you have to give
not giving all you have would be a mistake
and really is no way to live

Do you remember from so long ago
the sweet taste of my love

Do you still remember my scent
when you said
it felt like home

Forget the 'I love you's' spoken now
and the time you kissed my mouth

Forget the broken look in my eyes
from the day you left

The days can feel so grey
and the clouds so very low
struggling through the hours
finding ways to not let it show

Its so easy to let it get you down
there's often a battle going on inside
feeling at the bottom,  exhausted
wading in deep water through this life

Need to turn it all around
look at things in a different way
clear your head of it all
in the hopes it'll lift the grey

Our surroundings are often clouded
but the sky is always blue
it's just we now have to learn
to look up and change our view

At times just believing this
will hopefully be enough
to keep us looking upwards
towards that blue sky up above