Amidst the smoke and light and laughter Along the smiles and cheers thereafter
A sound is bled, wrung free from strings It bounds and treads and wholly sings Inside each song, a secret’s moved Not right nor wrong or frequent proved The message dances from bow to ear; A coded trance of love and fear From left to right the story rings Of death and light the Cello brings The covert tale engulfs the room It vibrates truth to those who loom The Cello knows for why it’s played Its secret lost, both gone and stayed
In the smoke and light and laughter Music lies and cries thereafter
Do you ever notice.... There's always one person That finds a reason To yell Or tell At or on you Sad but true
Do you ever notice... They find one thing To dislike about you
Have you ever noticed..... That no matter how good you are Doing everything right Someone finds one mistake That's all it takes For them to say You aren't good enough
Have you ever wondered.... How when you are the victim The person that hurt you Says they are the victim And all the things they did to you Never happened All they say is what you did To get out of the situation Its all stipulation
Have you ever. .... Been so vulnerable that you opened up to the wrong person They turn you're words around and make you wish you were invisible
Have you ever noticed. .... That there are more bad people than good? And all the good are misunderstood
I admire the ones who Walk away The ones who’ve disappeared From view Who decided my words My actions Were just too much For them
Maybe... I shared too little
One... Wanted forever Like they all do One... Cried herself to sleep In my arms Many a night I really thought she’d stay She’s been gone for decades I wonder if she found Another tree to hold onto One... Emails me once a year On my birthday That’s it The only day
Words...Actions...Mapping Out Constellations They’re never enough To keep them from disappearing