A man swung his pick in the cold
but then became bitter and old
he gave up instead
'cause doubt got in his head
so the next who came by struck the gold

in an attic there once was a man
he had thought up a grandiose plan
so in someone else's house
he started drawing a mouse
and because of him we have Disneyland

he couldn't get anything right
try and try as he might
after 10,000 tries
and so many whys
he finally made the bulb for the light

two brothers just like me and you
what they were doing nobody knew
people thought they were crazy
and their plans were hazy
but then one day that little plane flew!

So if you come to the end of your rope
don't you dare just sit there and mope
giving up isn't right
so stand up and fight
you'll win if you just hold on to hope!

Kindness goes a long long way
it helps to brighten someone's day
when your ear gets talked off by a friend
it means that they need help to mend
when it's always about them and never you
and sometimes they don't have a clue
listen and smile when you are there
and then go off and be somewhere
just let it go and shake it out
don't dwell on what it was all about
limit time with ******* souls
and try to focus on your goals
but try not to write them off for good
if you can help them, then you should
just take the time in between
to renew yourself out in the green
God said help the least of these
if you can't stand them, get on your knees
and someday when their ****'s together
and they've battled all that stormy weather
maybe it was your patience and care
when they were on a path going nowhere
you never know the effect you make
when you give instead of take

I went out into the country to go for a walk
I'd heard about this place with the beautiful view
but so many people had heard this talk
there were crowds of them not just a few

discouraged I got myself back in the car
I'd wanted to go and find peace outside
fortunately, I didn't have to go far
to find somewhere quiet where I could hide

I pulled down this road that said "dead end"
and I almost turned around and went back
but I didn't want to follow everyone's trend
and then I saw it, a little old track

so I hopped the fence and followed it down
green and lush with a white butterfly
followed the path to the river's sound
and there in the grass this little bridge lie

so covered in moss it blended right in
with logs for it's sides on railroad ties
and there I gave Jesus all of my sin
I told Him the truth and spared all my lies

I had the choice to follow the rest
to this view on a mountain up in the sun
but following God, leads to the best
they're all competing, but I felt like I'd won

Shadowed meaning twisting turning
heart of anger full of yearning
can't decipher what he's feeling
I think his heart needs some healing
harder, colder, darker growing
wondering, hoping, never knowing
his life needs light and brightening
but to him that's always frightening
hope and love send him to raging
fear and anger welcome caging

From morning till night so many steps we take
and so many filled with a fear of mistake
if I do this thing how will my future fare
but if I do that thing, will I ever get there
indecisiveness comes and steals all our breath
so frustrated and lost and scared half to death
to have enough energy snort lots of *******
then fill that xanax 'script again and again
gotta drink to relax and forget all the stress
hungover and frazzled, your life is a mess
what if I had done this and not that
did I make the right choice? wait, am I getting fat?
there's so much going on that you lack concentration
and everything's spiraling causing frustration
perfection perfection, if you can just reach that goal
then you can finally relax then, and deal with the toll
If you were to just take one day at a time
don't even think ahead to the end of this rhyme
just take each day step by step, hour by hour
because honestly, you don't have any more power
you cannot control what will happen tomorrow
whether you'll be filled up with joy or with sorrow
a soldier who ran 10 miles one bright morning
that night found himself with one leg without warning
A millionaire's yacht burned up in a fire
for all his hard work and right thinking to fill his desire
a guy with the perfect family life
suddenly finds he has a cheating wife
nothing is certain in this world we're in
except for the bad repercussions of sin
relax and enjoy the years of your prime
and just live your life, one day at a time

I want you so much I can't breathe
she runs and hides from his desire
chasing after her love true
who chases after yet another
She is running after love
he skips and dances from her arms
falling on the lips of a beauty
too exotic and wild to be tamed
running along with all the males
as they chase this maiden fair
she skips and laughs at their attention
seriousness coming over her as she sites him
the one she loves just up ahead, who runs alone
she follows at his heals awhile, watching waiting
time to pounce, and as she does, another girl
from out of nowhere and off he goes
round and round they chase and chase
never catching what they want
trying to fill that empty place
till finally, two, run side by side
they may still look away sometimes
at long last, they realize that the other is still there
it's time to stay, the hunt is done the race is...won?
yes for some.

I am your God, no God's before me
This was a command for you, don't you see?
For if you love Me more than any other
then you won't be needy or clingy or smother

You shall not make an idol to pray to
a thing you can look at that can't even hear you
it will make you believe that I am not real
make you frustrated and numb, so you cannot feel

You shall not take My name in vain
this I told you for your own gain
for when you throw my name about
and use it when you scream and shout
you forget that I am the God of all
and you make Me seem so very small
How can you trust me to handle a prayer
if you don't even really believe I am there?

Remember to keep the Sabbath day
now listen to what I have to say
you will burn out, hopelessness will set in
if you ignore this and turn to sin
work will become the most crucial thing
causing anxiety and sleepless suffering
you will be bored, short tempered and stressed
that's why I gifted you with this day of rest

Honor the parents that I gave to you
don't hate them no matter what they may do
they are human, they'll make a mistake
but listen to them, for your own sake
if you give them your love and respect
then here is what you can hope to expect
they will respect you right back, you will see
then you will all live more peacefully

You shall not ****** another with thought
this shouldn't be something that needs to be taught

You shall not sleep with another's husband or wife
this will cause all of you nothing but strife
pain of betrayal and despairing rejection
can spread faster than any other infection
it destroys our ability to perceive love
and that is our best gift, straight from above

You shall not take what doesn't belong to you
there will be consequences, this is true
you could end up in jail locked in a cage
filled with sadness, despair, and all sorts of rage
the person you stole from will feel violated
and you will be guilty, and loathed, and hated

You shall not be a false witness in court
to condemn someone to a life that is short
if you lie under oath you are hurting another
and God said you should love him like a brother

You shall not covet your neighbor's things
not their big house, fancy cars, or glittering rings
then you will think you never have enough
and you will be so caught up in just stuff

There are two commandments that often are said
thinking the 10 are long gone and dead
the first is love Me above no other
the second is love yourself and all others
These are a statement to encompass all
so listen to these commands, big and small
Love me above others is all the first four
the last 6 help you to love others forevermore

Love is the thing that makes all this make sense
so you can have a happy life from now, hence
so make sure you love in all that you do
and you will have a happy life too.

I am free just like a bird
no filter on these lips
I must be heard
a few cuss word slips
no big deal
I do what I want
I'm keepin it real

I'm free to drink
and party all night
free to think
and I'm free to fight
I'll show you what
if you disrespect me
knife to the gut

Nobody rules me
I am my own
I'm totally free
'cause I'm full grown
I sleep with my choice
I drink when I want
always use my voice

addicted to the opinions of others
you come first, don't count on brothers
living in a cage of expectations
in this life there are no vacations
it's dog eat dog and you must win
don't realize your trapped by all that sin?
free to drink? or a slave to the bottle?
free to do drugs and drive at full throttle?
to impress some girl, who wants your money
you're not free, you're a slave to her, honey
a slave to what everyone wants you to give
but you are not free, you don't know how to live
to be free is to know exactly who you are
when you know that, then you can go far
you think you're exercising your right to decide
but what you are doing has trapped you inside
you're a scared little person that nobody knows
and neither do you, and you're afraid that it shows
so let go of the women, the money and *****
because you actually do get to choose
so choose to be free from the judgment of others
and join us, God's children, your sisters and brothers.

The sea is calm right 'fore the storm
I swim along, the water's warm
the moon so bright it calls my name
I answer as a moth to flame

a path he draws me with his light
I follow the trail of pale white
the stars are sparkling high above
all bathed in some creative love

up from the depths I swish my tail
catapult through air I sail
arch my back to dive back down
a simple joy my heart has found

hurricane's hold no fear for me
for I live deep within the sea
but if a sailor starts to drown
I hope it's where he can be found

for I would like a prince you see
a pirate man who loves the sea
bring him down to my watery home
where he and I can ever roam

One day of heartbreak deepest dark
breath upon my neck, cold and stark
tears fell down like icy rain
and I cried out to you, not in vain
sobs so harsh they scraped my throat
walls up so high like a fiery moat
into my life no one could break
I was afraid they'd only take
take my friendship and use me
take my heart and abuse me
prison of my own making
human contact forsaking
I looked up and prayed to You
and my prayers, they were not few
dried up like a desert from all the tears
and I couldn't fight off all my fears
but You picked me up right off the dock
You are my God my shelter my rock
On the worst day I ever faced
I felt your love as You embraced
I felt the joy and it was mine
through me I could feel You shine
I can't explain just what it was
It's never happened but because
I went through these darkest times
You gave me the urge to write these rhymes
To help some broken hearted soul
and tell them that You are the goal
If you want to feel fearless and free
then I hope that you will listen to me
He can shine His POWER through you
and then you'll be the best of YOU

They don't understand
just what I see in you
no, you are just a man
but what I see is true
the person that you act
is not the one that's you
I've always know this fact
but I hid that from you too
I saw you from the first
the dark the light the shame
I knew that I was cursed
even though I saw your game
looking at your heart
was like looking in a mirror
'cause from the very start
I knew we're slaves to the same fear
I love you with my soul
it's the other half of yours
but this love can take a toll
I think we feel it in our cores
that's why I had to leave
and I know you don't know why
but I had something up my sleeve
and that's why I didn't cry
I'll be yours one day
though you don't want me now
I'll win this game we play
and I'm gonna show you how
my love for you is pure
and I want the best for you
I know I've got the cure
and I know you'll get a clue
I see right inside of you
just waiting to burst out
no one ever sees what I do
I want to scream and shout
to tell you what I know
what maybe you can't even see
'cause you refuse to show
though you've opened up to me
you know I will never quit
no matter how long or how far
I don't know if you can handle it
but I wish on every shooting star
people think I'm nuts
but I don't really care
most couples stuck in ruts
but we've got miracles to share
so I'll work with all my heart
until that day that you decide
to offer me the part
of your ever faithful bride

I came upon some poems that tugged upon my soul
of tortured people struggling lost without a goal
I came upon some stories of pain and desperation
longing for a thing in life that requires preparation
I came upon some stories of people who cut to feel
who just want to be heard and treated like they're real
this world is full of fakeness and people spitting lies
ignorant of silent and lonely hurting cries
for some it boils angry, until they shoot it out
for others it is suffered silent in a lonely pout
for more it's drowned out with alcohol and drugs
what all of this is covering, could be solved with hugs
before you laugh, and scoff, and roll your eyes
put away the ******* of that tough disguise
I am not a hugger, I pushed people away all the time
but that is why I felt like I had to share this rhyme
once I started to let others love me and see them trying
then I started to love them too, and it stopped my crying
not everyone is trying to use and manipulate you
most of them just want someone to love them too
see, I was once a cutter, and though I owned a gun
and never once thought of shooting at anyone
but I hurt myself in different ways as often as I could
I couldn't accept love, and thought I never would
I drank myself ******* on more than one occasion
I didn't realize that my body suffered an invasion
your joy is the prize in this battle for your soul
give it to the One who loves you, that should be your goal
I made mistakes and I have scars that never go away
but I'm standing here to tell you, that I'm happy now today