Dave

Return
If
Possible

Silent Sunshine

Suffering in silence
Silence is protection
Protection is a wall
Four walls make a room
The room has a secret
Secret is locked up
Lock requires a key
Key to Life is suffering
Suffering in silence

Occupy Me

I am bizarre
I am intimidating
I am the anger in danger
I am damaged goods
I am past my sell-by date
I am an enigma
I am reserved
Nothing is for nothing
Life is worth it
No matter what

Free Bird

To fly like birds
Not of this Earth
To cry like doves
Not heard since birth
To be stripped of securities
And still have worth
Freedom lives

Reasons to

To feel undamaged
To feel pretty
To feel whole
To feel alive
To feel light
To feel grounded
To feel wanted
To feel worthy
To feel accepted
To feel inspired
To feel loved
To feel

2 in 1

Bordered world is unbound

Soulmates all around

Hearts together are not sewn

You and me are not alone

Finned

She doesn't let anyone in

Her house it seems is full of sin

She secretly wants to be thin

As she sips on her tonic and gin

Pondering what could have been

Why does she play the game that no one can win?

Let Me Fall

Let me fall
So that I can rise
I may be small
Spirit has no size

For better or for worse
Like an old abandoned building
I will get rid of this curse
No longer a dirty thing

Unharnessed

Kerouac Bum
Will I make it in this slum?
What am I pretending to be?
Nobody can see me
I stand undressed
My relationship is a mess
Looking for the courage to be exposed
This direction will have to do I suppose
Vulnerable soon-to-be road carcass
No shining armor to stop the bus
Van Gogh had the guts to cut off his ear
What will I do in this new year?

No Way Out

Looking for dry land
Brother, can you lend a hand?
While the copyright is pending
I'm working on a happy ending
You know what this is all about?
I'm lost and there's no way out

I swallowed the bait
Sorrow is my soulmate
Three lefts make a right
I think I'll clean my gun tonight
Now you know what this is about
I'm still lost and there's no way out

Life Sentence

Her first felony
Sentenced five years
Got out
Somehow she committed another
That sentence lasted six years
Now she understands that she is best
When she is single
Love is not the same as need

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I'm not a little girl anymore
Nobody's looking at my stats or the score
Things don't make sense anymore
What happened to the people i adore?

Nuts and Screws

My daddy was a carpenter
But he destroyed more than he built
The day is getting closer
When I can let go of all the guilt

I've been pouring all of my sadness
Making words into a song
But the piano man keeps humming
The key signature is all wrong

It's too easy to feel jaded
I know enough to keep it simple
Just keep giving and forgiving
Everything is fleeting like a pimple

Copacetic

Have mercy
Please forgive
Only got one shot
To righteously live

Crazies

She got into bed with madness
All in the pursuit of happiness
When she turned to cuddle
No one was there
Only a cold pillow and crazy hair

Smug O' War

Open the door
Close your heart
Seal the deal
Rip it apart

Make a mistake
Kiss a snake
Lie and betray
Lose your way

Real or fake?
Jumped in a lake
Stranger or stray?
A true friend would stay

Four of You

The first time we met you were happy
The second time we met you were sad
The third time we met you were angry
The fourth time we met you were bad
If we were keeping score
It would be four against one
But it feels like there's no real winner
This game is not really fun
Polluted eyes see everything as dirty
Every minute of my life I try to fight
Give me patience, love and a smile
And I will make it all right

Baggage

She cried on a shoulder
Her tears puddled on the floor
When her will to live was over
He opened her guarded door
Don't know how to get involved
Will you help one another evolve?
No more stallin'
No more ballin'
Cheezy, needy and so lame
Sleazy, greedy and not tame
No worries together just take aim
Do you want all this baggage to claim?

Til Death Do Us Part

Faces invisible in the crowd
Spirits connected by a shroud
Rainbows dancing in the clouds

The man and the woman stand apart
The end is the beginning of the start
Spoken together til death do us part

Connected

Meeting on the corner of cyber and chat
Broadcasting to the air
Society's poison she professed
Caused existential despair

What could be less important to us?
Daily traffic or tangle-free hair?
Losing a brother fighting in the war
Now that was truly unfair

Pictures and comments
They did share
Victories and defeats
They did compare
They both agreed
Justice is rare

Do you really matter?
Do you really care?
Is this self-promoting behavior?
Your true soul you bare?

Worrisome thoughts
Caused her heart to tear
But after the loss of power
The feelings of love were still there