Mirror, Mirror upon my wall
What is this far off land I see
When I look into your lovely glass
It calls out my name and beckons me

Is this my home from another place and time
That I yearn for in my heart of hearts
Bringing memories back to me
From which I cannot part

I think I will step inside you for just a bit
And travel back in time
To see if this place I think is home
Is only in my mind

This path that I'm on I walk alone
Don't get ahead get behind me
I reach my destination
With the One in my heart to guide me

You speak of the wisdom of ages
And say what will be will be
While inside you a battle it rages
And your confusion is as deep as the sea

You offer a hand to lead me along my path
When you don't know your own way
I walk alone on this path I'm on
And follow the One to whom I pray

Attempts to read between the  lines
Can be painful and it’s true
That one must first ensure
What they interpret
Is what is meant by you

The next time you get your feelings hurt
By what you thought you read
Make sure you read the lines themselves
And understand what is said

So many misunderstandings
And arguments that ensue
Are caused by not understanding
What is said to you

Listen closely truth is silent
Let the silence speak to you
But remember to listen carefully
To what is being said too

I do believe I’ve left my heart
Somewhere by the road
I can’t seem to feel it anymore
It was such a heavy load

Perhaps I should go back and find it
And put it back in place
But I feel so much lighter
With this smile upon my face

My heart contained the many tears
That I cried every night
I don’t believe I’ll miss them
While they are out of sight

I think that I’ll just leave it lay
Just be empty for awhile
Then I know that I won’t cry
And you can see me smile

My shield and sword I keep with me
By my side each day
Ever ready to face what comes
To meet me on my way

A band of warriors by my side
With the greatest care
Fighting unseen foes on all planes
By lifting up their prayers

Iniquity comes and it will aim
To break a heart that's true
But a warrior on the righteous path
Will its wickedness run through

I brought you a broken heart
You returned it healed
I showed you senses that were numb
You made me feel

Distrust I showed
Your net you spread and shared
And when I leaped I found you there

I have shown you true
You have shown me real
I love you more than a heart should feel

You looked at me and your eyes fell
I saw the pain eating you alive
What exactly drove you to this state
I know well and recognize

You live and breathe in your own hell
That never seems to end
You seek and chase the very thing
That has caused your life to bend

Each day anew, you tell yourself
I am finished, I am through
But it calls to you, "Come numb yourself
And I'll take care of you"

There was a time not long ago
Your self-esteem was set so high
Now here you stand, in front of me,
So broken down
You can't look me in the eye

How I wish that I could take away
This power it has over you
And help you mend your broken life
But that responsibility lies with you

Until you admit you are powerless
And see that this insanity, you can't stop on your own
You'll continue living in your own hell
And it burns hotter than anything
You've ever known

It tears the heart from me
Each time I hear you speak her name
As long as I don't hear it pass your lips
I can forget that she exists
And everything is still the same

It kills me inside to know
That she sleeps by your side each night
And that her every morning is met by you
When I should be the one sharing your dreams
And waking up with you

Sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself
Live through you and not for me
But this love I have inside of me for you
Will not let me set myself free

I can't even stand the thought
Of not having you in my life in some way
So even though it breaks my heart
Here in love with you I stay

There is emptiness in my beloved silence
That I have never felt before
Circling and squeezing my heart
I don't think I like this silence anymore

Alone in my solitude I have been content
Allowing no one into my world
Full of knowledge of how true love should be
Known by a heart that refuses to unfurl

What good is this wisdom to this heart of mine
If I am too afraid to step out into the sun
Frightened that I might get burned
If I find out that you're not the one

I hold to that which knew what was
Before this came to be
Seeking answers for what is
And what it has to be

I inquire of that which saw first
What was before it changed
Going backwards into time
It's all been prearranged

What will be has come to pass
And no one questions why
Seeking answers from the past
And time goes quickly by

Knowing less than before
I sought the answers true
Backwards forwards steps retraced
I seek it now from you

My halo has plummeted
And I have broken both my wings
I don't think I will ever be the same again
As I no longer have these things

Yesterday I was young and innocent
I had never been kissed
Now I have fallen and can't find my way
And my innocence has gone amiss

What happened to the young girl
Who looked upon the world with starry eyes
Who always told the truth and never felt the need to lie
I am afraid she has been exposed to this world

It is a shame that growing up our innocence does take
And how our halo's plummet from our brow
The way in which our wings do break
And we lose that trusting heart we have somehow

Resentment is an obstruction
That keeps us from loving ourselves or anyone
It hurts no one but us
And holds your joy under the gun

It hardens in your heart
Takes away inner peace and never lets it go
And the only way to relieve it
Is to forgive and to let go

So try to see your part and put it behind you
The good that came of it and how you'll apply it
Set boundaries and hold them true
And start your day anew

You admire this strength I have inside
The strength you see in me
How I stand my ground and not give in
But do you understand how this came to be

Do you have any idea what I have put myself through
To become the woman I am today
The scars I have upon my heart
Is how I got this way

My self-respect is something that I hold dear
I keep it close to my heart
The standards and values I have set for myself
Are such, that from them I cannot part

I've been through a lot of heartache
To become the me that I'm supposed to be
If I ever forget what I have learned
I stand to lose me

You saw the truth in my eyes today
You felt it reflected in all that you are
The truth was not as you thought it would be
From your thoughts it was so far

I found myself falling and reaching out
To something I thought wasn't there
To stop my fall from breaking me
And leaving me with only open air

Hitting the ground I thought would break
Everything that I am in two
Yet I have fallen and not hit the ground
Because your love for me is true

Your love it caught me in its net
And made me see the truth
You are there reaching out
And I have not been trusting you

Who you truly are is exposed by your words
So don't just say anything you think
Listen more than you speak
And before you speak, rethink

Unguarded speech often draw's rebuke
So think about what you say
Or you may find yourself making up an excuse
Or laying blame in another way

All your careless words can't fix another person
Instead they build up walls that you can't scale
Look inside and take your own inventory
And let cautiousness prevail

I trust in God and myself
To keep me safe and sound
Nothing else do I count on
To keep me unbound

In order to ensure
That something is done my way
I had best do it myself
Or nothing should I say

If it is at all important
And means everything to me
I’m the one responsible
To make sure that it’s achieved

So many of us expect
To get something for free
I believe everything should be worked for
And not just handed right to me

Flying to escape what is my destiny
I have darted and dashed about
Stopping short of what I am meant to do
Frozen by my doubts

Growing stronger with each crack
Each time life dealt a blow
Still I ran and hid from destiny
Myself I didn't know

Living, learning growing wiser
Experience ingrained upon my heart
Refusing to live by what I learned
Came untied and fell apart

Torn and bruised and battle scarred
I finally saw the light
Who I am and what I'm meant to do
Is stand up tall and fight

I place the key to my heart
In the palm of your strong hand
With an innocent trust
To use at your wish and command

I trust that you will enter with care
As if my heart were your own
Treasuring the contents
And exploring the unknown

I am counting on you to handle with care
Everything fragile you find
Leave nothing broken when you close the door
Just leave your heart behind

I've come here to explore
This menage you call your island
A place of refuge for your soul
And where your spirit is enlivened

Such an air of familiarity
I feel here in this place
Things unseen, as of yet, but known
Like the wind upon my face

I drift along in wonderment
To see what I can find
And what I discover here amazes me
So like the back of my mind

There are memories that I find here
Of which I thought were all my own
Feelings unshared with anyone
But myself when all alone

We all view ourselves as like no other
And we are all unique, this is true
But I have found
That we are not so very different
As I see myself, in so much of you

Destination unknown, I follow your lead
With eyes closed and an open mind
An empty heart that needs filled
My love for you is blind

No imperfections do I see
You are everything that I need
I understand that God made no perfect man
Yet you are as close to perfect as can be

Put aside your outer glow, what's inside is what I know
What I know is true to be
The beauty there is beyond compare
And it is all this heart can see

You come to me with your heart
In your outstretched hands.
I don’t know you
Nor do you know me.

How can you trust someone
With such a precious part of you
So fast.

Don’t you know how important it is
To guard your heart

What makes you think
  That I will not take it from you
And break it right in two

Do you honestly think
You can just look into my eyes
And trust me

How many times
Do we have to be hurt
Before we stop trusting like this  

Will we ever learn.
I think that some of us
Never will

Hello my sweet friend.
It seems I have been asleep forever.
My eyes have been closed for numerous ages
And have not seen your heart.

Your heart is so bright and achingly beautiful
That I must go back to sleep
And turn away as to continue looking
Could pull me into places I am afraid to go.

I have seen you with my eyes closed
As you are in front of me.
Yet I have not seen you as you truly are
With my eyes and heart wide open.

This revelation strikes chords in my soul
That I never knew existed.
How could I have been so blind?

I must take leave of your heart's beauty
And find refuge in my sleep
As remaining here in this revelation
May change my destiny in such ways
As I am not prepared to see.

I am a Wordsmith new at my trade
I learn as I go along each day
My direction is true as is my aim
My end is unknown but I know The Way

I have questions that to some may seem odd
And theories I have to explain
Beliefs so strong that I can't keep them inside
And yes, I write about pain

I feel the need to tell what I am of
And in what I do believe
To find others who feel the same
Is what I aim to achieve

I think about everything that I see and hear
I feel everything all around me
If I don't share all of this in someway
All of this thinking and feeling will drown me

The days that I awake without a care
And find my heart to be so light
Are the days I need to watch my step
And prepare myself to fight

These are the days I find myself
Accosted at every corner
By spirits with harmful intentions
Attempting to be advisors

They bid to put dark doubts in my mind
And fear deep in my soul
Telling me what I do will make no difference
When Heaven's roll is called

No interest lies in those he knows he has already
He seeks those who walk the lighted path
Extinguishing all the light he may
And will send upon them all his wrath

We must remember on the good days
When all is going right
This is when the soul's in danger
So be prepared to fight

There is a dream in the back of my mind
Of a tomorrow in that hopeful place
Deep down inside the heart of me
Where peace has a face

A dream of peace and harmony
An end to all unrest
Where love is shared by each and everyone
No longer to be repressed

Our world has become a smaller place
Language barriers are virtually removed
We share the small things important in our hearts
And relationships have been improved

We have special friends in distant lands across the sea
Once strangers impossible for us to meet
We are reaching out and holding hands
Touching minds and changing hearts
And the face of peace I do foresee

I go through each day with you
Like I am walking on a wire
Myself I put aside
To meet what you require

These eggshells you have in front of me
Strewn about on this path
I walk around and attempt not to crush
As I carefully avoid your wrath

You have placed a muzzle on my mind
And I am afraid to speak what is there
So I never say what I really mean
And I know that you don't care

This Mona Lisa smile here on my face
I put there to appear serene
When inside I feel that I am losing it
Because I can't say or show to you
How I really feel or what I mean

If there were no promises ever broken
And all our dreams came true
Oh, what a world we would live in
The days we could wake up to

If one were never lied to
Never taken in by deception
Trust could be gained so easily
Without exception

If hearts remained in love forever
Never tiring never breaking
No heartaches would there ever be
Nor would any tears be falling

If there were no trials or tribulations
No deception and no pain
Where would life's lessons lie
Or the incentive to maintain

If I could only hold you close if only for awhile
A smile, it would put upon this face
I miss you more than I thought I would
No one can ever take your place

A light would spark in these eyes of green
The eyes that you make smile
If your blue eyes I could see
If only for awhile

A gentle peace would rest inside my heart
If I could feel yours beat with mine
While I hold you close and my eyes smile
If only for awhile

I am holding on by my fingernails
And slowly losing my mind
Attempting to keep up with all the things
That make no never mind

In some reckless attempt to be set free
And myself to somehow please
I have managed to misplace
The one I know as me

I'm so distracted and consumed
By unimportant ventures
That I have forgotten to take the time
To embark on my own adventures

Hold me closely when I sleep
Stay forever near
Brush your lips against my brow
And whisper in my ear

Run your fingers through my hair
Rain kisses on my face
Blow your breath upon my neck
Until I awake

I will greet you with a smile
Hold you to me dear
Wrap myself around you
And stay forever near

Come and hold me now my love
Here I've always been
As in the days of our long ago
Hold me once again

Enfold me in yours arms my love
Protect me from the wind
Let come to me no harm
Hold me once again

Come and dance with me again my love
Round and round again
Look into my eyes
And dance with me again

I have waited so long for you my love
How long this wait has been
Come and hold me now my love
Hold me once again

One Word

You are just one word in a line
For one line on this page
You belong to one page in this book
The book of life’s big stage

You are a part of the makeup
So essential to the line
No sense at all can I make
If you I cannot find

I grasp at straws to find you
Seeking high and low
As the book I cannot finish
If you I do not know

Finally I find you
Dancing in my face
And my book I can finish
As I put you in place

My mind is circling round my heart
Asking what is true
Does my heart safely abide
In all of this I do

Emotions running up and down
Heart beats fast then slow
And right when I think I'm there
I'm not sure which way to go

Loving and being loved
Such lovely words and feelings
But I'm still standing on the edge
Of accepting all this healing

Trust and all that it may be
Has never been a friend of mine
Each time I have gotten close to him
A way to break my heart he finds

Once more I'll put my heart out on a limb
And I'll be strong and bold
Trust I'll once more make my friend
And pray this limb will hold

I have never wanted anything more
In this life than I want you
But there is such a sweetness
That I want to keep so true

I want to sit and hold your hand
And look into your eyes
Nothing else in this world
Could make me more satisfied

I want to walk in the rain with you
We need never say a word
When our hearts speak
They speak as one
And everything is heard

No, I have never wanted anyone
The way that I want you
But my passion I will put aside
To keep from ever losing
This sweetness
That I've found with you

I walk among the dead each day
I see it in their eyes
Although they breathe the breath of life
Inside they've all but died

They've given up on living life
And chasing their own dreams
Going through the motions
Emotionless it seems

Their eyes are dull they've dimmed their light
Let their passion slip away
No matter what you say to them
They just turn away

Their hearts can't beat, I think they've stopped
They must be broke in two
No longer caring about themselves
Much less about me or you

How can I just look at your picture
And not hold you every day
I want you more each time I look
But I can't look away

I tell myself to take it down from here
And not look at you anymore
But each time I start I stop
And I sit and look at you some more

My longing for the arms I see
Is different than before
I'd never felt them round me
Now I have and I want them even more

Sometimes I just sit here and do nothing
But want you and look into your eyes
Why do I do this to myself
I can't tell you why

Sit awhile she said and I will tell you true
I will look into my crystal ball
And tell you what the future
Has in store for you

I looked deep into her fiery eyes of blue
And saw her grinning back at me
I stared her down until she looked away
As my eyes they told her true

She knew that she had naught to tell
To the one whose eyes she couldn't hold
As she saw who held the heart inside
Was the only one the future told

The way the world should be
Is not often what we find
But do we try to change what is
Among humankind

When it comes to acceptance
Of what goes against our grain
Some find it such an easy task
Never trying to refrain

Ignoring someone's suffering
Is an easy path that many of us find
We'd rather turn our heads
Than give a minute of our time

I truly do believe
That if we wish to rearrange
What is,  to what should be
Our thinking must be changed

I remember everything you've written me
All the words you've said
Looking back, they come to me
From deep inside my head

Sweet memories they rush back to me
And I relive those days
I feel your love all over me
It never goes away

Recollection of the time we've spent
And how for us it stands so still
Brings such a joy inside of me
And my heart with love for you
Is forever filled

If you saw yourself through my eyes
And saw what I can see
You would see the same
The same as who you are and all that you can be

If you saw yourself through my eyes
Your eyes would open up
And realize you are much more than you know

I see you with my heart
And I see what you see in yourself
I see who you are and what you strive to be
If you could see yourself through my eyes
You would see
What a beautiful soul
I see

Each time I come here to this place
To face this world again
A hush falls across my own
And darkness it sets in

I have left all my peace of mind
Everything I've ever known
To be here in a place
Where I know I don't belong

What began as just a test of me
A life lesson to be learned
Some humility to bestow
My spirit now it burns

Some kind of prisoner I've become
Held by unseen chains
With all means to escape
Calling out my name

Will I heed this call I hear
And throw open freedom's gate
Run for all I'm worth
Or wait 'til it's too late

I set out last night on a quest to catch the moon
As I flew through the sky by the shooting stars
The moon it seemed so close to me
But I found it to be too far

I continued on my quest as the night flew by
Ever reaching up into the ******* sky
The moon it loomed before my hands
Then it flew right by

My night was ending and morning it drew nigh
From this futile quest I had to refrain
Tomorrow night I think perhaps
I'll reach out for something I can gain

Expectations agony deep inside my mind
Has reached a point of no return
What is this you do to me
All of this that burns

Neither logic lies nor sense does it make
I care not for what I see is true
True it feels and it must be
The answer lies in you

Alleviation of curiosity is a must
To calm what rages deep inside
No peace left as is
Unearth or come untied

In a perfect world it never turns
Everything stands still
Nothing changes and nothing will
And nothing will you feel

What a tragic world it'd be
If all of it stood still
Yet nothing would be going wrong
But nothing would be real

I do believe that I would rather
Have it spin too fast
Than stand here staring at nothingness
To make perfection last

Breath of Life, breathe in me
Show me Thy will to be done
Thy light, Thy staff proves to me
That You are the only One

Light of Life shine on me
Brighten this world that I'm in
Hold me to your gentle side
Into my heart come in

You hold my hand and carry me
Wipe away my tears
I've felt You all around me
All throughout the years

Mixed emotions run askew
Our friendship needs review
Are you my friend and confidant
Who am I to you

Feelings bare, emotions awash
I tell you everything
My deepest darkest secrets
Into your ears I sing

Eyes alight and speak it loud and true
My heart knows how you feel
Still I disclose and reveal
Things I shouldn't tell

Twinge of pain in your eyes I see
Still I don't hold back
Unintended hurt inflicted
Sensitivity I lack