Scars (Lovers Lost)

Every lover leaves their mark

You left a mark on me

So far beneath the surface

The naked eye can't see

A lasting sign of joy and pain

Revealed with every tear

Although it fades with passing time

It never disappears

A photograph of laughter

The sting of careless words

Unspoken feelings in the night 

That no one ever heard

Regrets and soft remembrances 

Of nights beneath the stars

Ease the pain of what was lost

But leaves behind these scars

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Denouement (A Final Farewell)

I always knew the day would come

When I buried you at last

Because you can’t find new horizons

When you’re anchored to the past

The pain I felt from losing you

Left an emptiness inside

But instead of moving forward

I sought a place to hide

And all these years inside my walls

Spent too afraid to feel

Were wasted opportunities

A chance for something real

Friends and lovers slipped away

As life just passed me by

I lost the joys I might have shared

By learning not to try

For mountain tops mean nothing

Without the valleys low

And hiding in the shadows

Took away all I might know

So, now I’m at this precipice

A time to turn the page

And let you live in memories

That fade with passing age

Now, you are gone but I remain

The time has passed for tears

As I sail for new horizons

And overcome these fears

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Today

I’m troubled by the ignorance

And indifference I’ve seen

I’ve seen it make folks angry

I’ve seen it make folks mean

But I don’t have the time for that

Won’t let it keep me down

Because I have a song to sing

While I am still around

I may have shed a million tears

I’ve lost my share of friends

But I’m walking in the sunshine

On a road that never ends

For everything that broke this heart

And every weary mile

I’m still standing on my feet

And I’ve still got this smile

For all the lessons I have learned

I know this much is real

The journey is its own reward

And that’s the way I feel

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Walls

There's a reason we put walls up
To be safe or just to hide
To protect the heart from hurting
And keep the world outside
Its hard to trust a stranger
Its hard to risk the pain
The risk is not worth taking
When the loss exceeds the gain
So, I shore up my defenses
After letting down my guard
I am coming to my senses
Because losing is so hard
There will not be a next time
These feelings will not fade
I'll go behind these walls I've built
And live out my charade

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Hunter Thompson's Disease

If I seem too melancholy
Won’t you forgive me, please
You see I woke up this morning
With Hunter Thompson’s sad disease
It’s a deep down sense of suffering
From all the hurt and pain
That builds up in a caring heart
That always feels the strain
From all the inhumanity
And all the endless greed
From tyrants drunk with power
And all their dirty deeds
From all the ones who hunger
And all of those who mourn
The losses of their loved ones
In lands that are war torn
Some days it is not so bad
And I really don’t know why
But today it has the best of me
So I just sit and cry

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Terminal World

I’ve come down with something

From a word or a thought

And I can’t seem to shake it

This feeling I caught

Was it something I read

Or a song that I heard

Was it a tender I love you

Or a harsh, passing word

It’s shaken my senses

And it’s rattled my brain

I’ve tried to ignore it

I’ve battled in vain

No longer immune

My defenses are gone

The light is now fading

I won’t last too long

By the dawn’s early light

As the flags are unfurled

There are no survivors

In this terminal world

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Cheetah (For Sophie)

Well, tomorrow’s never promised

Like the words in that old tune

But I never saw it coming

Never thought you’d leave so soon

Didn’t think that this could happen

I had so much left to say

Now I’m clinging to your memory

And the sky is turning grey

I can almost hear your laughter

I can see your special smile

And I know you’re watching over

That you walk with me each mile

I know summer is upon us

But inside I feel a chill

With an emptiness inside me

That only you can fill

Still some things live forever

And our love will never die

I’ll see your soul’s light every day

In our sweet baby’s eye

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