The Fifth Commandment

The wrong way is the easy choice

For those who just don't care

To speak for those who have no voice

Pretend you're unaware

Of how their world is changing

Their minds just slip away

You just aren't rearranging

Any hours in your day

You care too much about yourself

To face the painful truth

And so you place them on a shelf

Like you can't see the proof

That one who sacrificed for you

Now needs your helping hand

Ignoring what you know is true

Too weak to make a stand

So, they will fade, then disappear

You'll try hard to forget

How you abandoned one so dear

You'll live with that regret 

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My Valentine

I could buy a million roses

And write poems every day

I could talk until I lose my voice

And still have more to say

No card could ever quite describe

This joy I’ve found with you

The love I see in your brown eyes

The dreams you’ve made come true

My comfort, my companion

My lover, my best friend

I will always be beside you

From this day until the end

For all the love you’ve given me

The tears you’ve wiped away

For all the laughter we have shared

For every wondrous day

You see, I owe my life to you

I don’t know where to start

To pay for all you’ve given me

I simply give my heart

So, slip your hand inside of mine

And let me see that smile

And walk with me in love’s sweet light

Each day and every mile

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