What feeds the fire that fans the flame
Inside this heart of mine
Ignites my soul and makes it breathe
Until surrender is divine

The thirst the need intense desire
To feel the fire burn
Fuels the flame that burns inside  
For that of which I yearn

To live to learn to not be burned
Of which I know not how
Feeding on the flickering fire of love
The heart should not allow

To freeze the pain the heart does feel
A task that must be learned
To save a heart that feeds the fire
From the fiery burn

Can you feel it rushing through you
What you can’t deny
All these feelings that you have
When you look into my eyes

Stand back and think it over
You will see it’s true
What I feel you feel the same
When I look at you

My heart cannot deny yours
It knows where it belongs
It sings each time it hears your voice
Knows its found a home

Take a look into these eyes of mine
See what my heart reveals
Convince your own that I’m not yours
And that this love's not real

Copyright *Neva Flores @2010

For you I’ll laugh when I’m sad
Smile when I want to cry
Put on the bravest face I have
Hold my head up high

I will always reach for your hand
When you reach out to me
And I will always catch you before you fall
The way it’s supposed to be

When you are feeling down
I’ll pick you up and put you way up high
Where you always should be
The way I see you through my eyes

You can always run to me
When you can no longer see to fight
And I will stand beside you
I will share my light

How does one turn off what shines so bright
Way down so no one can see
You'll find it’s an impossible task
One that cannot be

You can shut your eyes and look away
The light will blind you still
No way that you can hide from it
Or how it makes you feel

The light will turn you inside out
Make you want to smile
Before you know what’s happened
Life’s become worthwhile

Love is the light that shines so bright
Surrounding you and me
It’s touched your heart forever
Forever it will be

My heart cries out to thee
When I feel so alone
As I know you’ll always hear me
And pull me ever close

No matter what my day may bring
What losses I may see
You are always there to comfort me
And will always be

When I think life’s too much to bear
I can’t carry this cross alone
You lift me up and show me someone
Who can’t find their way home

You give me the initiative that I need
To walk another mile
To extend my hand to a friend
Who needs to see me smile

The atmosphere is changing here
Feel your temperature rise
Shattering the silence of what has to be
Seen with different eyes

Fighting the feelings as they come
Drifting into you
You don’t know whether to laugh or cry
You cannot see the truth

Into the places you don’t want to go
But pulling ever so fast
How can you stop what has to be
When what is, you want to last

Where do you go when you feel this
To yourself do you lie
When silence is shattered by what has to be
What is, you cannot hide

Hidden between what you can see
And what is really there
Are all of the things you look for
Don’t you wonder where

In between the lines of deceit
There hidden lies the truth
It’s staring at you big as life
Right in front of you

Swept right under the carpet of life
Many things are hidden
But do you dare to lift it up
It is not forbidden

What you find when you do
Just might enlighten your soul
Pick it up and take a look
It could make you whole

So riddled with pain and despair
Giving up on all you desire
Abandoning dreams you hold deep inside
You’ve lost the spark to your fire

What made you smile long ago
You have laid aside
All of those dreams you aspired to reach
You've buried them deep inside

They can be found once again
Look deep inside it’s true
All of the dreams you once had
Are still inside of you

Pick up your pen and your brushes again
Your instruments and your voice
Write, paint, play and sing
Create and rejoice

Shadows of dreams in the back of your mind
Haunting you every day
Spinning so quickly round your head
Never going away

Turning and twisting around your heart
Feelings you cannot share
Saying so much and telling so little
Just doesn’t seem to be fair

An aching inside that cannot be filled
You cannot understand why
Looking perhaps at all the wrong things
Never taking the time to try

The dreams that are shadows will not fade away
Nor will they ever depart
As they are all stored and waiting to live
In the place known as your heart

You see through me right into me
I cannot hide from you
Recognizing same but different
In everything I do

You know how I think
And why I do the things I do
Your mind and heart work the same
So mine you see into

My feelings I can’t hide from you
You’d recognize the sham
As you can see right through me
Knowing who I am

How can two be so much alike
Know each others hearts
Each move is countered with the same
As if we aren’t different parts

If I’m not you and you’re not me
What are we together
Two who understand each other well
Birds of a Feather

A selection of faces to choose from
Each day you pick out one
As you decide who you will be
What you will show everyone

Out into the world you go
With whichever one you choose
Thinking that no one will notice
Only yourself do you fool

You exhibit one way to some
Turn around and show something else
Forgetting that others are watching
Seeing the faces you shelf

Before you know what has happened
Your faces get all out of place
Soon you'll find you're wearing more than one
You have become two faced

The music written by the hand of love
Never fades away
The love I hold inside for you
It will always stay

My love for you is stronger now
Than it ever was
Our song still plays inside my heart
Like a symphony from above

I hold you close with this song
Inside this heart of mine
And my heart will always sing with yours
My love you’ll always find

True love will never fade away
Though it’s song we can’t always hear
But it’s still playing right along
Inside our hearts so near

I’m breaking free of all these chains
That bind this heart of mine
I’ll be running free to find myself
And my peace of mind

A heart that’s wild runs inside of me
A spirit that is free
All these chains around me now
For long they will not be

All the inhibitions that hold me back
From who I want to be
Take your flight from me now
So I’ll be free to speak

I feel them slipping from my heart
Quickly see them go
Listen as I speak my mind
My words so freely flow

I release you from my grasp
Feel free to fly away
You have grown and changed so much
Time has slipped away

Once you needed me for everything
And I was always there
But now you’ve come into your own
Independence you’ve declared

Spread your wings and fly from here
You no longer rest on me
Go out and learn about the world
Be what you want to be

If ever you get tired of flying free
Or have nowhere to go
You can fly right back to me
As I already miss you so

Inside my heart there is a key
That fits in every lock
Unlocking all the treasures
That I hold inside

If you can find the way in here
The key is yours to hold
But remember you’re responsible
To in love this heart enfold

This key is not returnable
But it will never break
And everything you find in here
Is always yours to take

Treat the contents with respect
Love them like you love your own
And your key will always fit
The place your heart can call its home

I reached up and caught the moon
And took it home with me
Placed it in my pocket and walked away
Thought no change it would bring

I felt so proud to have obtained
Such a lovely jewel
Absolutely free at no cost to me
But I was such a fool

When I ran off with the moon
I broke the heart of the sea
As the tides no longer knew what to do
And didn't want to be

The Earth cried as it began to be pulled
Way too close to the Sun
So much chaos began to reign
I had no idea what I'd done

The stars all went out one by one
They no longer wanted to shine
Without the face of their beautiful friend
Who smiled on them oh so kind

So I took the moon back and placed it high
Where it's supposed to be
Such confusion I created by taking
What doesn't belong to me

There are many wondrous days
When I feel you by my side
With your protection and your presence
My every step you lead and guide

Yet some are so very barren
And my spirit feels completely dry
I can’t feel you near me and I’m thirsty
And I keep asking why

At times I can’t help but wonder
If anything is planned
I keep asking where you are
And trying to understand

On these days so gray and cloudy
I find it’s best to just be still
Quietly listen for your answer
It comes and always will

Take this restless spirit that I hold
So deep inside of me
Calm and soothe and make it rest
Teach me how to breathe

Slow my mind down from this pace
Enable me to see
That all this constant running
Steals my peace from me

Show me how to just be still
And listen for awhile
How to take a rest from everything
Sit quietly and smile

Take my wandering heart and make it still
Just long enough to find
What it seeks and needs the most
To gain some peace of mind

You’re ever close to the brokenhearted
With grieving you’re not displeased
Holding to this knowledge
I know you’ll not turn from me

You are compassionate when I’m downcast
Never distancing yourself from me
Always standing in the shadows
Calling out to me

I know I’m not expected to always be cheerful
To paste a smile upon my face
And I know regardless of my demeanor
Safe with you I have a place

When my spirit feels so crushed
I need not be so brave
As you’ll be right there beside me
My spirit to restore and save

Angry doesn’t even begin to describe
The way that I feel
Torn asunder right in two
Would better fit the bill

I am so tired of all this anguish
Confusion running wild
Tired of being torn apart inside
And crying while you smile

I should fix the things that I can
Leave alone what I cannot
I know the rules and how to play
It’s the game that I forgot

So what is all this anger for
What with it should I do
Just keep and hold it all inside
Or turn it all on you

I know that I cannot forget
It’s impossible to do
But I can release it from my heart
When I forgive you

The game of Hearts one may play
Thinking they will win
Yet all the cards they throw down
Stand back up again

The cards they shift round and round
All about the table
Winner takes all you hear said
The players they enable

The lowest card could never win
One would have to think
So they smile and throw one down
Never even blink

This game of Hearts is not one
That makes a bit of sense
As you find what you threw down
Was your best defense

What you may think to be the least
Is worth more than the rest
The game of Hearts you will lose
As often it’s the best

Bruises heal as do cuts
Are broken hearts a different game
Can they be so broken
They never feel the same

Can it ever be as before
Can the hurt be healed
Or is there too much pain involved
That you don’t wish to feel

Do you recall the way it was
Could it ever be the same
Will your heart still beat for mine
When it hears my name

Scars are left behind
From wounds after they heal
Can one still look upon the scars
And the pain not feel

I know you always hear my voice
Please help me hear yours too
At times I fail to listen
Sometimes I get confused

I lay my requests before you
All upon my plate
But I don’t listen when you say
That I need to wait

Sometimes I rush into my day
At full speed ahead
Not taking time to slow down and hear
Your gentle voice instead

Then I find myself so angry
Frustration running round my head
That’s when I stop and ask myself
If I heard anything you said

I cried out for you on my darkest night
Praying that you’d hear me
It seemed my cries fell on deaf ears
You were nowhere near me

With outstretched arms I reached for you  
To have you take control
This was the worst night of my life
The dark night of my soul

I thought you had abandoned me
I cried for you all night long
You said that you would never leave
But I was all alone

I made it through my darkest night
Never was I alone
You were there watching over me
As you made me strong

Mistaken ideas that we can love someone
Enough to make them change
Will only cause grief for ourselves
And unending pain

We can only change ourselves
That inside we hide
So listen to those words
Coming unbidden from inside

A quick and spontaneous reaction
Unplanned and unrehearsed
Will tell one what’s inside themselves
And so often will hurt

Let’s take a good look inside ourselves
I’m sure there’s much to do
And I will work on me
While you go work on you

I reside in the shelter of your arms
Resting in your shadow
None other will I ever seek
Nor will I ever follow

All my trust is placed in you
You alone are my shield
My protection from the darkness
With faith in you I’m filled

With your strength inside me
I walk alone without fear
With faith that you will guide me
And be forever near

I do not fear the darkness
Nor trouble that comes my way
As  I am covered by your wings
Safely tucked away

You give me my higher strength
To face another day
The will I need to walk alone
I find in my faith

I know your arms are long enough
To reach out for me
And pull me to your gentle shore
Safe I’ll always be

Your ears they hear me when I call
Every single plea
I am comforted as I know
You’ll be there for me

When I feel weak and powerless
I call upon your name
Knowing You will strengthen me
Your love remains the same

Rest my soul in your tender hands
Take my grief from me
Soothe my heart and make it sing
Of your love for me

Touch my heart with your abundant love
Take away my many scars
Shine forgiveness in my soul
From me never part

Hold me to your wounded side
Walk with me forever
Teach me how to live my life
My heart from yours not severed

A light I’ll be all my days
The voice you’ve given me I’ll bring
Proudly I will bring it forth
Forever I will sing

The night is dark the moon is high
A whispering wind is blowing by
A nightingale sings her tune
As I wish upon the moon

A shooting star falls to the Earth
A cricket chirps in merry mirth
A silence falls on everything
I hear the brush of angels wings

A song bursts forth across the sky
Such beauty comes from way up high
On bended knees we all fall down
And press our faces to the ground

We all look up in glorious awe
At the sight before us all

So many of the tears we cry
Do not cleanse our souls
Feeling sorry for ourselves
Will not make us whole

As we travel through the valley
Known as The Place of Weeping
We’re not meant to stay there
Sorrow's not for keeping

Tears can wash away the pain
Of anger and of grief
But if we fail to grow and learn
They’ll bring no relief

We feel what we feel
With this there’s nothing wrong
Just ensure that you don’t
Stay mired in your tears for long

Lest I should ever forget you
I’ve placed you inside
The deepest part of my heart
To forever abide

Whenever I feel sad and alone
I go to your memory there
Remembering your smile and your touch
The feel of your hands in my hair

I drift back in time to another day
When you held me near
I smile with my eyes as I see your face
And the blue eyes I hold so dear

No longer do I feel alone
No sadness do I see
As I once again walk with you
And feel your love for me

Why have you hidden yourself in the sand
To hide your heart away
What you don’t want to see
Your heart sees anyway

You have a deep hunger inside of yourself
It can be seen from here
It shines from your eyes out of your soul
There is nothing to fear

You thirst and hunger and yearn for the truth
Yet close your eyes and ears to it all
You can bury your head in the sand
Your heart will still hear the call

The hunger you hold inside your heart
The thirst you have in your soul
It can be fed and quenched by the truth
Stop hiding and see it all

Darkness abhors the light
As its true reflection it sees
It cannot stand to see itself
Or see the light in me

The darkness comes with belief
That it can destroy the light
Yet all its plans get washed ashore
Defeated by my fight

Confrontation with the darkness
Is not an easy battle won
But I’ll shine my light upon it
And watch it as it runs

Darkness comes taking many
But backfires upon its own
As those who are left standing
See where they shouldn’t roam

Only through your tender initiation
Does my life become whole
As You pour and I receive
Your spirit in my soul

My victory is your own
If it’s your will that I choose
Knowing against this I can rebel
But our victory I will lose

I will always have
The freedom to make a choice
Between a life that is false
Or a true one with your voice

I can face this life alone
With a mask of braveness on my face
But there will be no peace
Until You in my heart I place

Three of you come to me
You speak in different tongues
You are the same
You are one

When each of you seeks
To find for the one
I feel you there
Before you've begun

One by one
You show me your gray
I only see in black and white
No change will you bring
To this heart of mine
I am a Child of The Light

You have come as three
Now leave as one
Leave nothing here behind
As what all of you seek
To change in this place
The one will never find

Would it matter if you knew
I speak of you to everyone I see
Would your heart be softened
And your forgiveness known to me

Would you be proud of me
If you only knew
How I have learned to stand alone
And what a strong woman
I have come to be

You will always be my first love
And my number one
The one who I thought
Would never judge
No matter what I've done

Can you ever understand
That how much you care I see
But I couldn't grow myself
If you were always fixing me

You wait alone in silence
I can feel you there
Standing in the shadows
My soul you want laid bare

My eyes are blinded
By your light
They look but they don't see
This heart it feels you
And it knows
That what you stand for
I don't need

Continue waiting in your silence
My joy you cannot take
These eyes, they may not see you
For what you really are
But my heart's eyes
Can feel you
And they, are wide awake

A peace I find when I'm alone
And no one else is near
Renews my soul,  clears my mind
And chases away my fears

I am free to explore my world
Find out what makes it turn
I come here to this quiet place
And find so much to learn

I find myself when I am here
What is hidden in my heart
I once again find the strength
I need to stand alone
My Solitude and I
Will never part.

In your eyes I feel invincible
So powerful and strong
You see me as I want to be
You hear my true song

You see the fighter that I am
The warrior proud and free
In your eyes I am everything
I ever want to be

It makes me stronger every day
And that strength it grows
In every way

Just to know
That you see me
As the one I want to be