Peacefulness and tranquility
Nothing can compare to the joy they bring
Such a lovely stillness
Makes this heart of mine sing

I am best in this state
Oh the things, I can create
With peacefulness and tranquility
As my mate

Just a bit of Silence
That is all I need
To rejuvenate my Soul
And my Spirit feed

One mustn't take what is beautiful and pure
And taint it with ugliness profane
From tarnishing its beauty
Can one not refrain?

You would think the eyes would see
The trueness of its state
And not place blemish on it one
And all of its innocence berate

I suppose one must hold in mind
That each one of us is unique
In how we interpret what we find
And how to others it bespeaks

My Love you are so deep
And you run so wide
Your tender words of love
Have built in me a fire inside

This fire it is white-hot
It burns deep inside my soul
I fear it will consume me
If soon you I do not hold

Such a fire you have created
It has flames that reach the sky
Come and quench this fire you've started
Your love to me do not deny

What you do comes back to you
I hear it’s sevenfold
Whether it be good or bad
The story is age old

So often you don’t think about
How someone feels for you
You never give a second thought
As you break their heart in two

So many of us hit the door
With wings upon our feet
Never giving a second look
At the pain we leave

It may never cross your mind
That all they think about is you
But one day you may find yourself
Hurting like they do

If you leave a trail of broken hearts
Lying in a row
Perhaps one day you’ll find yourself
Reaping what you sow

Don’t ever treat hearts carelessly
Leaving hurt that burns a trail
Or you may find the one who pays you back
Does it oh so well

The darkness it has faded
A new song my heart does sing
The sun has risen in my life
Such a glorious day it brings

Once my life was full of darkness
No light was there ahead
I felt nothing at all inside
All my joy was dead

Now my eyes are open wide
A smiles upon my face
As I now know what is true
And see it put in place

I now have a life that’s changed
A heart that is brand new
A new song plays inside of me
As I find faith anew

The world I cannot change alone
It’s firm and can’t be moved
But I can share what's changed in me
As I sing to you

I have a mask
I wear it well
What is underneath
I wish to tell

When I'm alone
I take it off
And contemplate it's fate
Will I wear it once again
And myself berate

We all wear masks
That we reveal
To the different ones, we meet
With some, we lift it up a bit
And with some it stays complete

Could your mask
Perhaps be
The white lie, that you told
Or could it be
Your tolerance
To the things
In which you don't uphold

Yes, we all wear masks
From time to time
And fail to stand up
For our beliefs
The question is, my friend
Does the mask you wear
Practice to deceive?

You are always on my mind
I don't want to see you
I see you clearly
You are invisible to me

See me running straight to you
As you I go around
I am always there with you
I don't want to be found

I need you beside me
Don't come too close to me
I share everything with you
All my secrets I keep

My heart is yours only
I belong to no one but me
I will never leave you
I have to be free

You can always speak freely
Your opinion I will not allow
I'll never judge you
You have to change now

When words spoken
Are followed by acts not the same
Confusion sets in and chaos does reign
Always mean what you say
And say what you mean

Let not my heart be chained to thee
Please loose these shackles now
Don't clip my wings so I can't fly
As I may forget how

I was born a free spirit
And I must fly
I have to spread my wings
I must be free to express myself
You mustn't change
In me these things

No chains are needed
To hold my love
My passion for you only burns
I'll love you no matter where I roam
I may fly but I'll return

You ask if as a child
I had dreams
Things that I aspired to do
Such a question brings much to mind
And I will share with you

When I was young I wished to fly
Like an eagle soar
I wanted to grow up so fast
And be a child no more

In the dark of night
I looked up
At the starry sky
And wished and wished upon each one
That time would fly right by

In my youth I yearned to live
Completely on my own
To answer to no one but me
And be left alone

Now that I am grown
And I can see
How quickly youth does pass
If I could do it all again
I would dream that youth would last

In You I find my refuge
Shelter for my soul
You are where I place my hope
To You I’ll always go

I sing of your power and goodness
Reinforcing you in my soul
As I share with all who’ll listen
The one who my heart holds

You have been my teacher
Since I was but a child
To this day I sing your praise
Knowing your heart smiles

I know your righteousness is boundless
Though trouble I may see
I’m comforted in the knowledge
You’ll restore what’s taken from me

I will sing to all who’ll listen
Regardless of my strife
As I do You comfort me
And restore my life

I walk through this life
With no blinders on my eyes
Never looking back
Or on either side

I am seeking what's ahead
Not regretting what's behind
I walk through this life
With an open mind

I am taking every step
Rounding every turn
My heart seeks only truth
And the knowledge to discern

As I take each step
I know not if the ground is firm
Yet with faith, I continue on
And the truth I learn

I do not know you
And you do not know me
Our own perception
Is all that we see

I see black and white
You see shades of gray
Where I see hope
You walk away

I live by the old ways
You live by the new
Where I see light
Is darkness to you

Space and silence
Is something I need
Noise and attention
Your senses they feed

I may be wrong
You may not be right
One's perception of things
Is no reason to fight

Outside the storm is raging
There is solace here
Strong the winds are waging
But you are safe with me my Dear

I will hold you close to me
And wipe away your tears
Your heart is ever safe with me
Draw closer to me Dear

You need not ever
Be afraid to just be yourself
I will place no judgment here
I'm no saint myself

Come and stand beside me
And hold your head up high
I'll shield you from the winds and rain
And never say goodbye

If home is where the heart is
A refuge for ones soul
Then why do so many
Never want to go home at all

If it is a place of rest
For the spirits rejuvenation
Then why are so many homes
Filled with such desperation

How can a love that once was strong
Turn into disrespect and disdain
Until the house is no longer a home
And no happiness does remain

You came and stood in silence,
never said a word.
I felt your pain so loudly
what you never said I heard.

What is it that you are afraid of?
It cannot be the light.
It is what you are drawn too
clearly in your sight.

I feel everything you don't say
as if you have spoken out.
Don't just continue in your silence
you need to let it out.

Time it passes
oh so fast.
Life is at full speed.
Yesterday I was a child
with few cares and needs.

Our youth and beauty is but brief,
gone in the blink of an eye,
swirling downward like sand
in the hourglass of time.

We must live and laugh and love
not forget to dance,
seek by what we are most blessed.
Not give discontentment
even a second glance.

The sands of time in my life
will run their course one day.
But this I pray with all my heart
I will not forget
to live and laugh and love,
and always smile and dance,
all along the way.

There is such a sweetness
In the time I spend with you
Closeness like I have never felt
And I know you feel it too

Such mountains we have climbed
What bridges we have built
As we have learned one another
In all these feelings we have felt

We have come to a crossroad
And must decide which way to turn
Will we go around the mountains
Or the bridges burn

We can't deny this sweetness
And the beauty that is within
What we two have built and climbed
We may never find again

Your love is gentle like a soft rain
That waters this heart of mine
It quenches a great thirst
And brings relief
The likes I never thought I'd find

Your words are like a soft breeze
That blows across my face
Each time I hear your voice
I smile inside
And I know I've found my place

You are the missing piece
That I have searched for
Through all these years of strife
And you complete this puzzle
That I call my life

You are my "Anam Cara".
The eternal friend of my soul.
This we share together
is ancient and is whole.

We have no secrets,
each others light we share.
No time or distance can sever
this bond we have declared.

Our friendship is open.
Our trust is complete.
Our souls radiate together
as we accept one another
with no tarnish of deceit.

This too shall pass they said.
I did not believe a word.
The rain continued to fall on me
all direction, seemed to be blurred.

Each and every day was a fight
Just to have the get up and go.
The will to continue to battle at all
If I still had, I just didn't know.

Then something so profound
was shared with me,
and oh, how it opened my eyes.
A friend told me I would find my smile again,
I found my friend to be wise.

I did find my smile again
direction once again became clear.
I found the strength to battle right on
And the will to release all my fears.

Your mind is racing with your heart
Who will the winner be
No one knows until the end
You can't wait to see

The mind it grabs all sense it has
Runs with all its might
The heart it laughs as you see it pass
The mind there on its right

Now neck to neck the race is on
Everyone stands to cheer
Exactly who will win this race
Is everything but clear

The mind gives up the heart it wins
The mind's forfeited the race
The heart will win every time
As the mind can't keep the pace

You are the pulse of my heart
My protector and my guide
I will love you until the end of time
And always be by your side

There are no chains that bind this love
That I offer to you now
No change in you would I dare make
This is my solemn vow

I accept you as you are
And love you unconditionally
My only wish, Pulse of My Heart
Is that you do the same for me

I have not heard your voice
In what seems to be a million years
But it’s still here in my mind
Whispering in my ear

I’ve not been in your arms
Or felt your skin against my own
But I still feel your breath on my cheek
As if you were never gone

I miss you more than I can tell
Using every word I know
But I still wear a smile for you
Everywhere I go

All of my life
I have been climbing a mountain
And been beset often, by vast days of strife
I never quite reach the top
Yet, I keep climbing and I'll never stop

I have been fighting a battle
Sometimes with each step that I take
Fighting off demons with angels
While deciding what to keep or forsake

The vision of truth In my destination
Some days Is so very unclear
Of which paths I should be taking
And of which paths
I should steer clear

No matter how hard this endeavor
Ever it shall become
To get to the top of this mountain
I shall persistently climb

Learning always
From all my mistakes
Until, my journey is done

A magical world has been opened
Such beauty now I can see
I have been breathed upon
And my pen will not let me be

There aren't enough words to describe
The feelings that come rushing in
Each time that I hear your voice
I find myself here with my pen

Eloquent words I use to express
The changes wrought here in my soul
I have been breathed upon
And my pen to this paper it goes

If I find that I have to write
Forever a day and a night
To express just how beautiful
You make me feel
No doubt, with my pen, I will

If I knew
That tomorrow would not come
And I only had today
I would want to spend each moment
That I had left
Right here with you

If I had to choose
To forget everything and everyone
I have ever known, except for one
I would choose
To remember only you

If I had to pick one place
To be the last place I could ever be
I would choose your arms
To hold me tenderly

I feel your eyes caress me
Each time I pass you by
I pretend that I don't notice
We both know  how hard I try

I can't help but stand a little closer
Then I really should
I can see you want to touch me
Oh how I wish you would

I find myself locked in your stare
As I'm staring back at you
I see so much desire in your eyes
And can't hide the want I have for you

How much longer can I play this game
And not act upon the need
To feel your heart beat next to mine
As you fan the fire you feed

I wish I could place you deep inside my heart
Show you how much I love you so
Wrap myself around you
And never let you go

I wish that I could take you for a walk
Through these feelings I call mine
And show you how I feel for you
Perhaps then my love I could define

I want to share every part of me with you
And not withhold a single thing
So I hand this heart of mine to you
In it, you'll find my everything

When the world comes in to close
And I wish to flee
I need your arms to run to
To be wrapped in tenderly

When I feel that no one is listening
To anything I say
I need your ears to listen
And to hear you tell me it's okay

When I feel lost
And overwhelmed
And I'm not sure which way to turn
You are the rock that I lean on
And the strength
From which I learn

That which is has come to me
And reared its pretty head
Believing I'm deceived by what it brings
And what is left unsaid

I can see its beauty from afar
But I know what hides within
What it wants to change back in me
It will never have again

It shows to me a crooked path
And says it is the way
Offers up a hand to lead me in the dark
But from the true path I'll not stray

I will never hesitate or give up hope
Or lose this light that burns within
Or my belief that a difference can be made
In this world that we live in

From the windows of my mind
I look out and see your face
Such a vision I behold
I never want to leave this place

I see those steely eyes of blue
That strong jaw I love to trace
I have memorized each feature
They can never be replaced

Each time that I look out
From the windows of my mind
I search for the one that I love best
It's always you I find

You ask me if I have a face
That can launch a thousand ships
I laugh at you and say
My eyes can only see one ship
My friend
And he is in my bay

Through a ghoulish patch of woods
I walk alone and shiver
I'm not sure what hides behind each tree
Or what lies in the river

There are candles neatly lit
Upon the branches of each tree
Fairies must have left them there
To light a path for me

Suddenly I hear a mournful howl
The wind blows the candles out
I am left here in the dark
Not sure what evil lurks about

I hear movement in the trees
The hair stands up upon my head
What I can't see, can see me
The unknown is what I dread

I see you in the distance shining like a star
Your beauty calls out to me
It beckons from afar
But what you are, my heart does not see

I am captured by your magical essence
Pulled in close to your flame
I forget everything that I value
When I hear you call my name

You offer to me gifts and treasures
They are of the rarest kind
All if I let you into my heart
And your bidding I do with my mind

You pull me into you closer
I am drawn like a moth to a flame
But your gifts will just tear down my spirit
And place marks upon my good name

The gifts that you offer I find
Break each and every one of His commandments
I will hold on to His gift of discernment
Now I see, and am no longer blind

Shut it down and turn it around
Don’t turn the page close the book
Open your eyes, run for the hills
Don’t give it a second look

Don’t even try to figure it out
It is what is I suppose
Some things are better left alone
This is one of those

When you reach where you’re at
Shut your eyes and breathe
Open them up and see the world
You are finally free

What an illusion you think you create
Playing the games you play
So why can’t you look me in the eye
When you say the things you say

Look at the things that cannot be touched
Touch what you cannot see
Try and remember what you said
And was it said to me

I see your shadows dance in the light
They are not hidden from view
My heart can see them
The same as it sees through you

I am taken aback by your vision strong
How you see what is true
You see every layer here
Is my soul that transparent to you?

To one who is accustomed
To having the eyes that truly see
How strange is this sensation
As you see inside of me

You see the depth that runs within
The love that pours right out
A free spirit that must create
You truly see what I'm about

She bows her head in prayer
Every chance she gets
And prays for a world
She is afraid God will forget

She wonders as she makes her plea
To the Lord above
If anything she says is heard
And if there is still love

She freezes for a moment
In her doubt and anxiety
And dwells upon the state of things
In this world she sees

She wonders if God still cares
Or has He grown tired of our unrest
And if her prayers will fall on deaf ears
Or will they still be blessed

But she keeps in mind that there is always hope
And she recalls her belief
And prays and prays with all her heart
For God to send this world relief

You are the first thought on my mind
Each day when I awake
You roam between the rest
All throughout my day

You are the last thought on my mind
Before I drift off to sleep
And you walk in all my dreams
It seems my thoughts you keep

If I should wake or drift off to sleep
And thoughts of you are not on my mind
I will not be here at all
I believe that one will find

Sitting at my desk so many nights
With ink of black and paper white
Reflecting on my pain and joy
I look into my very soul and write

Sometimes I wonder if anyone understands
What it is I am trying to say
Do I truly express my joy and pain
And do they share those feelings I convey

Do they cry with me when they read my pain
Like I cried when I wrote it down
And do they smile at the joy I share
About the love that I have found

Do they feel my loss and joy like they feel their own
When they read the words I write
With ink of black on paper white
So many, many nights.

I can only hope that my joy is felt
When the words I write are read
As is my pain and loss
And that at least one reading them will understand
How much baring ones soul can cost

Fools rush in where fools have been before
To repeat yesterday's mistakes
As if they want to be fooled forevermore
And keep the tracks of tears upon their face

They put no lessons learned under their belt
And run quickly back in the door
As if the blow received was never felt
Fools run blindly back for more

They put the weight of the world upon their back
And never ask for a helping hand
And feign surprise in response to an attack
On everything that they command

No different tactic do they take when going back again
And proceed as if they have lost their mind
Expecting the results to change and this time to win
Is this not insanity defined?