I dream a dream and you are there
Holding me like you used to
I dream a dream and I can’t wake
When will this dream ever be through

Night falls again and I sleep
Dreaming the dream I have of you
Too many nights I toss and turn
Dreaming a dream...........
that won’t come true

My heart it breaks right in two
Each time I have this dream of you
I walk this walk every night
Eyes closed,  shut so tight
‘Cause I dream a dream

Yes, I dream a dream............

I know one night I’ll fall asleep
From my dreams you will stay
And I pray in my heart so deep
Make this dream come my way

I dream a dream when I’m awake
You aren’t there and I don’t care
I dream a dream
I stand alone
My dreams with you  
are no longer shared

I dream a dream.............
and you were there......
Holding me like you used to..........

I stopped and smelled the roses
Before I came in today
Stood and looked around at this ole world
Wondered how it got this way

My mind drifted back to another time
When my heart was broke in two
I had lost the one I loved
You’d called him home to you

There were oh so many days
When I thought I could not go on
Knowing my world would never be the same
Without my love to hold

Time has healed so much of this pain
I thought would never end
And as I stopped and smelled the roses
I found I could smile again

Then I brushed a tear from my eye
In such awe I realized
The strength that has been given me
In all of this I’ve survived

Do you find yourself holding on to nothing
With absolutely everything you have
So afraid that you will lose
What you never had

Are you just letting go of everything
You’ve found so easy to obtain
While crying out for that
You wouldn’t want if gained

Take a look at what you have
Listen to its song
Perhaps you’ll find it’s the very thing
You’ve wanted all along

If you find you’re never satisfied
With anything you hold
Then your heart may be singing
The saddest song of old

I cannot change the way things are
Alas my heart does sigh
No more than I can take the moon
From its place on high

That which I love brings so much pain
Of which I cannot express
The joy I feel in this pain
I cannot suppress

That which I love and holds my heart
Brings pain and joy the same
As I so love the joy it brings
I can overlook the pain

That which I love will never see this pain
When I look into his eyes
Just a smile to show my joy
And this pain disguise

Stark white sheets of empty paper
Were flying in the wind
Then floating gently on a breeze
Came to rest upon my pen

I felt myself forget to breathe
I could find no air
As the very thing I ran from
Lay staring at me there

In desperation my heart cried out
“Why can’t you let me be”
You are that which makes me feel
From what my heart does flee

As if possessed, with no control
My hand ignored my heart
Caring not that what it did
Tore my heart apart

My pen poured ink upon the sheets
Controlled by my traitorous hand
While my heart felt every single word
It vowed to never feel again

Go close the door and shut the gate
There’s no more to reveal
What’s been seen and said before
I no longer feel

That which was felt so strong
As if meant to be
No longer pours into the flow
Of everything I see

That which should flow so naturally
Now does not flow at all
And I can’t express what I don’t feel
Even up against the wall

So close the door and shut the gate
The flow has disappeared
When you take and don’t give back
You'll find there's nothing here

A stranger walked into our door
That I already knew
How could he be a stranger
If that man was you

He had eyes so much like your own
They were such a brilliant blue
But when he stared right back at me
My eyes he looked right through

This distant gaze that I saw
Could not be your own
My reflection there was not the same
As the one I’ve known

In such despair my heart cried out
Afraid that it was you
As I no longer could see love
In those eyes of blue

My mind raced on, so confused
Prayed I was asleep
That this was all just a dream
And that your love I’d keep

My eyes flew open in the night
Body soaked in sweat
And I saw you sleeping by my side
It’s the dream I can’t forget

I’m out here living on the edge
Of my own reality
While finding ways to figure out
How life’s supposed to be

When I know what’s going on
I will fill you in
But as for now I’ve not a clue
How it’s going to end

I rock along with each day
Praying I see light
There’s got to be some out there
If one looks just right

I hope to find some answers
To all life’s mysteries
While living on the edge here
Of my own reality

There is impending danger in your eyes
I can see from across the room
You have held my gaze for way too long
My attention you have consumed

I have looked away and back at you
Each time I do I find
You are staring right into my eyes
As if you can read my mind

  You stare right through me as if you know
Every little secret that I hold
All my private thoughts and wishes too
The ones I have never told

I know that you do not know me
Yet, still I feel you do
And if I do not look away right now
Trouble will ensue

There is comfort found in places known
By only wandering hearts
Deep secrets so divine and mystical
They are works of art

To look upon these wonderment's
Of such enduring grace
One must first travel many miles
With tears upon their face

There must be great knowledge of
The way a heart can feel
Held under by the ties of *******
A small circle may reveal

The walk of losing who you are
You must first complete
When this walk is finished
Have no shoes upon your feet

When you have cried so many tears
You no longer want to be
Lost everything you have and hold
This place is yours to see

When the circle has been broken
And you find yourself set free
You'll find a wandering heart finds comfort
Being who they want to be

Where is this place I find myself
What is this I try to do
Erasing images burned in my heart
That I have of you

The pictures of a scene of bliss
The smile upon your face
A look there in the eyes I love
Has to have a place

The very thought that I could just
Remove you from my mind
Much less this heart that loves you
Is insanity defined

So I will keep you where you are
Forever and a day
Hold you close inside my heart
You I can't erase

Hold me embrace me never let me go
Dance with me under the stars
Hold my heart in the palm of your hand
From your side I’ll never part

Kiss me caress me look in my eyes
Hold me close to your chest
Listen to the sound of our beating hearts
With such love we have been blessed

When we grow older I’ll rock by your side
On life’s magical porch of dreams
There in our minds we’ll be young once again
Dancing under the stars as they gleam

I could feel you late last night
Knew that you were there
Watching with your empty eyes
As at the light you stared

I felt you reaching out your hand
To touch that of which you hate
And  I sighed at your attempt
To appease a hunger you can’t sate

Knowing that which you obsess to own
To shatter and defile
Is protected by a hedge of love
That reaches boundless miles

This hedge is my fortress
It burns bright with mighty fire
And each time you try and touch it
I watch the flames burn higher

Tangled sheets of mystery sweet
Engulf your every move
Yet my contemplation of reality
I cannot remove

To think I know or understand
What’s never been defined
While believing in the innocence
When there is none to find

Seen and said while taken back
What does one believe
That which is seen and heard inside
Or that which does relieve

What is meant and what is said
The same you often bring
But does your laughter take it back
Or lessen any of the sting

My bow and arrow I have with me
All ready set in place
To use the very next time I see
Cupid's smiling face

I lie in wait expectantly for him
An ambush I have prepared
No sleep will these eyes of mine have until
His arrows of love I have shared

The very first moment  I see him approach
Smiling and wielding his bow
I will draw back with my own true aim
Catch him with his own arrow

Then I will stand with a smile of my own
What a sight to behold it shall be
To watch Cupid fall in love himself
And see how it feels to be me

I can hear the whispers in the rain
Against me they conspire
To tear down defenses I have built
As protection from the fire

I’m watching the storm clouds passing by
They laugh at my dismay
As I see the walls come crashing down
The rain was going to save

Now lightening strikes on every side
The rain no longer falls
I hear all the whispers dissipate
Along with all the walls

Completely exposed to the flame
No defenses left in sight
I find my strength without the rain
With no walls I fight

I am who you see when you look in the mirror
What you hold inside your heart
I am the same as you are
I am your other part

Our hearts are one and the same
I look inside and see you
You look back and see yourself
In everything I do

We are two hearts that beat as one
Separately together
My heart has found a home in yours
Where it will stay forever

Haunting memories burn my mind
Scattered in the breeze
While chasing mist that steals my pride
Brings me to my knees

Burning leaves of feelings past
Take my breath from me
I gasp for air that isn’t there
As if I forgot to breathe

They’re running over and spilling out
Into all that I can’t see
Will nothing stop this raging flood
Of haunting memories

A tender touch a fleeting smile
Ghosts of what has passed
Fade sweetly from me as I wake
I can breathe at last

To find the strength I need to see
I look to you constantly
To stand up tall and straight and true
My eyes  will always look to you

I shall not forget where my hope lies
Or who is ever by my side
No matter what my day may bring
To this hope I’ll always cling

Your comfort I know you will provide
Such a peace I'll feel inside
I need only  look to what is true
That which I have found in you

No matter what in life may go wrong
My heart will ever sing this song
Your sun shines throughout the rain
Lighting the path where my hope remains