Blindly moving through it all
Seeing all but you
Caught up in the world around me
Missing what is true

Chasing after what matters not
Never slowing down
Seeing all but what I should have
Not knowing what I'd found

Keeping that which doesn't hold
I pushed away the best
Returning with an empty heart
And mind in need of rest

Slowing down and seeing now
My eyes are open wide
All I needed to remember
Is to let You inside

In the quiet of the morn when the world is still asleep
I stop and take time to contemplate on
This life of mine
And my soul it rejuvenates

I think about the wondrous things I've done
All the lovely places I've been
I see well loved faces long forgotten
And drift back in time again

I mourn the loss of time I wasted
As an unknowing youth
Wishing I could have known then what I know now
And had it over to do

I think about the wise choices I have made
Against all that I thought I wanted
And realize how thankful I am
That by those choices I'm not haunted

Then I drift back into the day I started in
And I begin my day anew
And I'm thankful for where and who I am
And how I got here too

There is one who holds my heart
Though he is far away
In my thought's he'll always be
And will always stay

There is one who is in my dreams
Who holds me every night
And takes my heart back with him
When he is out of sight

His hand I may not ever hold again
Or his eyes, look into
But my heart still belongs to him
And to him, I'll stay true

I cannot grow here in your shade
I will surely die
I can't reach up or branch out
As there is no sun in sight

Each time I reach up to touch the sky
Your branches hold me down
I can't breathe in any air
There's no air around

My roots curl up against me now
They have no room to grow
Yours have taken all our soil
I'll soon die I know

Why can't we just exist as two
Here separately together
Stand up proudly side by side
And both live here forever

All of this animosity that I feel
Please take it from my heart
That it not be directed where it shouldn't
And inside tear me apart

In this walk I have to take
Please be by my side
And help me always see your face
And hold my head up high

Place compassion and forgiveness
In this heart of mine
And keep me ever mindful of your presence
In each and everything I find

Let not my heart be changed by this world
Help me to remember what is true
That retribution is not mine but yours
I give it unto You

Please don't disappear from my sight
So that I can't feel you anywhere
Here then gone and back again
And then you reappear

I lose vision of this dream I have
When I lose sight of you
It shakes my very confidence
And breaks my heart in two

Don't be afraid to show yourself
And what you feel inside
I need to know where I stand
Nothing from me hide

What you set out to win you have
Show true self to me
Never hold back what you feel
Reveal what's in your heart to me

Freely falling from my hands
Watch it as it flies
Everything that has been done
I'm erasing from my mind

Watch it wander aimlessly
See it fade away
No longer in the heart of me
To live another day

See it sailing off to sea
Its back is to the wind
Taking all of this away from me
Not to return again

Sweetly smiling as it sails
Anew it all begins
Taking back what is mine
Living once again

I woke up from my deep sleep today
And realized you don’t care
I stared stark reality in the face
As she stood right there

At first I was so confused
As I watched my world tumble down
So afraid I could not move
And then such peace I found

I picked up the pieces of my life
And I put them back in place
As I recalled there was a time
Before I looked upon your face

A time when I was happy all alone
And needed no one near
Then I stood all by myself
Without a single fear

See your flowers as they bloom
Beautiful and rare
Tended by your loving hands
In need of your care

Give them sunlight and the dew
Watch them as they grow
Keep them free from foreign hands
And weeds you do not know

Feed their soil with what they need
From your spirit mind
So they can always grow and be
And their beauty you can find

The winds of change are blowing in
The storm has passed away
There's nothing falling from my skies
I've only sunny days

The storm that raged has passed
To never rage again
See me smiling as it passes by
And my joy begins

Now the sun is shining in my sky
The rains no longer pour
See me smiling with my eyes
As it's gone forevermore

Let love and compassion flow into your heart
And drown all the anger in its path
Such a heavy burden will be lifted from your soul
As your happiness and joy you take back

Hate and resentment harbored from within
Destroys all the beauty you have inside
Let love and compassion take it from your heart
Then, in joy you can abide

Replace the unsightliness with beauty
That flows only from love
Then you'll find rest in your journey
And the peace that comes from up above

Wrapped in ribbons tied in bows
My love I have for you
A pretty package to unwrap
Your heart I give it to

Hold it gently in your hands
Recall its fragility
No harm will come if you shake it
But do it lovingly

Place it gently to your ear
Listen to what's inside
This gift I give you makes no sound
But it cannot hide

Now if you truly wish to know
How it will look and feel
You must open it and look inside
And know that it is real

Open your mind and think a bit
What it is you see
Now open your heart and look at it
What can it truly be

There are pieces missing in this pie
And you've not taken a bite
Something is amiss here
That's not quite in your sight

Turn it around and toss it about
With both your heart and mind
Then perhaps where they've gone
You will surely find

Sweet release to find this peace
Inside this heart of mine
To smile and laugh again
As life again I find

No longer hidden by a frown
A smile's upon my face
A new song is stirring in my heart
As I run my race

All my tears have passed
And they've washed away my pain
Such a cleansing in my soul
As I live again

Tired of all the wasted days
All the wasted years
So tired of running backwards
How time disappears

Sick of being sick and tired
Tired of being sad
I decided that only I could change it
Be happy with what I had

Tired of feeling lost
Always seeking home
I took a good look at myself
And how far I've roamed

I've never put down roots
Or clung to anything
Never stayed in one place for long
Afraid they'd clip my wings

It's no wonder I feel I don't belong
Anywhere I roam
I've never stayed there long enough
To call any place my home