Standing still

Gratitude, the excuse for standing still
Fear, the lead around my feet
Comfortable in my present state
Or afraid that I won't be able to stand the heat?

Living each day with eyes wide shut
Opportunities as substantial as smoke
Thanking god for what I have
Lips sealed for dreams unspoke

Sands of time slip through my grasp
All I have, is it enough?
Aspirations mumur under my skin
But is it fragile or resistantly tough?

Knowing I could be so much more
Safety shrouds me from gambled chances
Doubt the poison rope binding my hands
Blindfolded from passing chances

It's never easy
Knocked down, hit the dust
Pick up the pieces
Don't know who to trust
Stumble from one trial to the next
Life's not meant to be hard
Is this just a test?

Throwing yourself into each day
Never know what's the right thing to say
Every joy has it's own price to pay
Every rose slowly fades to grey

But you're not alone, I'll hold your hand
I'll hold you up as you drown in the sand
Just don't let go, because I need someone too
I can't live without you

We've travelled a path that's led us right here
We've walked on glass, torn through our fear
Whoever said that love would be calm waters
I'm battered by stormy seas

But no matter what life throws in our way
Right by your side I promise I'll stay

Just don't let go, because I need someone too
I can't live without you

Sweetened words of honey

Your mellifluous tone, honey drips from your tongue,
Like silk, promises slip from your mouth
Your affection ephemeral, ended before its begun
Polar opposites, my north to your south
Joy lost from love with such brevity
Sweetened words with no heart or hope
With realisation comes clarity
And a new inner strength to live and to cope

Lost

Your hand lays upon my face
A memory so hard to replace
The forgotten promise of feather touch
When you promised me so much
Affection fades from gold to grey
Your whispers in my ear stay
Ghost of your caress lingers
Upon my lips and fingers
A vast abyss of absent love
Torn from the present, sent above

Smile

If life was but a simple thing
Think what joy a smile would bring
A child's laugh would end all war
A little grin would pay the poor
A silly giggle would heal the weak
A joke could help the mute to speak
You know what the old sayings say
A laugh a day keeps doc away
So next time when you're feeling down
Don't just mope, scowl and frown
Stretch your lips and try to grin
Trust me, laughing's not a sin!

Sunrise

When nightfall is at hand

and figures sleep across the land
The moon pulls white horses across the sand
and lays their soul to rest

When silver rays make light
and shadowsflicker out of sight
Light and dark battle the eternal flight
to win the prize of dawn

When red stains all the sky
and morning birds awake and fly
the conqueror moves across the sky
The victor, rose the sun

If I could fly

What would happen if we could fly?
Would we live up in the sky?
Would we live like birds in trees?
Or would we build our homes like bees?
I wonder if our arms would ache?
Maybe they would even break!
I wonder what we'd choose to eat?
I doubt we'd ever use our feet!
Would we all like it in the air?
I bet the birds would stop and stare!
Would we ever use the land?
We might forget just how to stand!
Would we grow beaks and tails and stuff?
Instead of clothes, have feathery fluff?
Would the clouds have chocolate shops?
We'd fly amonst the rainbow drops
But when it comes to time for bed
Would we use clouds to rest our heads?
Wrap a rainbow round us tight
I think I'd like the gift of flight!