FADE TO BLACK..

ALL OF MY LAUGHTER TURNS TO PAIN,ALL OF MY SUNSHINE TURNS TO RAIN.ALL OF MY HAPPINESS TURNS TO SORROW,ALL OF MY TODAY'S SHAPE MY TOMORROW.ALL OF MY MINUTES FEEL LIKE YEARS,ALL OF MY CONFIDENCE BECOMES MY FEARS.ALL OF MY LOVE TURNS TO HATE,ALL OF MY EMOTIONS CREATE MY FATE.ALL OF MY TRUTH'S SOON BECOME MY LIES,ALL OF MY PRIDE HAS SIMPLY DIED.ALL OF MY HOPES COME APART AT THE SEAMS,ALL OF MY NIGHTMARE'S LIVE INSIDE OF MY DREAMS.ALL OF MY LIGHT IS FADING TO BLACK,ALL OF MY DARKNESS IS THE VISION I LACK.

TEN MONTHS...

TEN MONTHS I PRETENDED LIKE I DIDNT CARE,TEN MONTHS YOU WERE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE.TEN MONTHS WHEN I DIDNT HAVE A THING,TEN MONTHS YOU WERE MY EVERYTHING.TEN MONTHS YOU GAVE ME YOUR HEART,TEN MONTHS I TORE IT APART.TEN MONTHS I CAUSED YOU SO MUCH PAIN,TEN MONTHS I BROUGHT YOUR LIFE'S RAIN.TEN MONTHS WENT BY WAY TO FAST ,TEN MONTHS IT JUST DIDNT LAST,TEN MONTHS IS NOW IN MY PAST.TEN MONTHS NOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED,TEN MONTHS IT'S TO LATE BUT I'VE LEARNED.TEN MONTHS NOW ITS MY HEART THAT CRY'S,TEN MONTHS NOW WE LIVE SEPERATE LIVES.TEN MONTHS I HAD YOU EACH DAY,TEN MONTHS I LET YOU SLIP FURTHER AWAY.TEN MONTHS YOU WERE THERE WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE,TEN MONTHS YOU WERE MY LIFE'S GREATEST LOVE.TEN MONTHS YOU MADE MY HEART MELT,TEN MONTHS I NEVER SAID HOW I FELT. TEN MONTHS I NEVER COULD GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK,TEN MONTHS NOW IT'S YOU THAT I LACK,TEN MONTHS NOW YOUR GONE FOREVER AND I CANT TURN THE CALENDAR BACK....

THE BLAME GAME

I CAN NOT STOP THE TEARS FROM WELLED UP EYE'S FROM DEEP INSIDE A SOUL THAT CRY'S. I CAN NOT CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE SEE OR THE RAGE INSIDE OF ME.MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH UP'S AND DOWNS ,OCCASIONAL SMILES BUT MOSTLY FROWNS.I DRIFT ALONG FROM TOWN TO TOWN,I WONT STAY LONG I'M BROKEN DOWN BUT THAT'S THE LIFE OF A CLOWN.I AM MADE OF FLESH AND BONE BUT INSIDE I'M HALLOW AND ALL ALONE.WHAT I TOUCH I WILL DESTROY,THE MAN YOU SEE IS JUST A BOY.I'M MADE UP OF ROTTEN FOOD ,A RANCID MIND THAT MAKES ME CRUED.I AM A BODY OF LIES,PLACING BLAME AND RUINING LIVES.I MOSTLY JUST PLAY MAKE BELIEVE IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO GRIEVE.I 'M ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS CAUSE NO ONE SEE'S MY TEARS OF PAIN.I AM NOTHING ,I'M NOT A MAN ,I'M JUST A BOY WITHOUT A PLAN.I AM LOST AND IT IS PLAIN TO SEE I WILL PLACE THE BLAME BUT THIS TIME.....ON ME.

THE GARDEN..

IN THE GARDEN I PLANT A FLOWER FOR EVERYDAY I'M FILLED WITH SORROW.IF THE HEAVEN'S BRING RAIN TODAY MY FLOWER WILL BLOOM TOMORROW.IT WILL RISE UP THROUGH THE MUD,A TINY SEED INTO A BUD.AS THE SEASONS BRING THE WINDS OF CHANGE,I CHECK THE GARDEN AND NOTICE SOMETHING STRANGE.WHEN THE GROUND IS SOAKED WITH RAIN FALLEN FROM MY TEARS OF PAIN,IT IS THEN MY FLOWER GROWS VERY SLOWLY BUT IT SHOWS.IN THE MORNINGS FILLED WITH DEW I SEE THE EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING NEW.NOW WITH EVERY SHOWER BRINGS A FLOWER IT'S THE RAIN THAT GIVES IT POWER.IT IS IT'S STRENGTH THAT HELPS IT GROW,WHEN I'M IN DOUBT I CHECK THE GARDEN THEN I KNOW.FOR IN MY DARKEST HOUR THROUGH MY WINDOW THERES A FLOWER,IT KEEPS IT'S BEAUTY IN THE STORM IT LOST A PEDAL BUT KEPT IT'S FORM.SO EVERY YEAR I'LL PULL THE WEEDS IN THE RAIN AND PLANT NEW SEEDS AND IN THE GARDEN FULL OF SORROW I KNOW THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TOMORROW AND EVEN IN THE GLOOM THERE IS A FLOWER IN FULL BLOOM.

THE RAPTURE OF A CLOWN...

PAINTED FACES ,EMPTY PLACES LEAVING TRACES OF MYSELF.WAYWARD MAN MAKING PLANS WITH EMPTY HANDS IS THE MEASURE OF MY WEALTH.IT'S THE CLOWN BROKEN DOWN TURNING TOWNS UPSIDE DOWN,CHANGING SMILES INTO FROWNS.BOX CAR SONGS BECOME MY PSALMS ,WITH A GRIN CONFESS MY SINS ,ECHOES HEARD OF EMPTY WORDS HAVE ALL GONE.LIGHT A CANDLE ON A MANTLE PROTECT MY SOUL FROM WHAT'S WITHIN,PRAISING GOD'S,LIGHTNING ROD'S FEARING RAPTURE FROM THE WINDS.BLACKEST CLOUDS BRING THE RAIN CRACKING THUNDER WHISPERS OF PAIN.ABSENSE OF LIGHT I DREAM ALL DAY AND FEAR THE NIGHT.I PUT MY EAR TO THE GROUND AND FEAR THE SILENCE, THE CONSEQUENCE OF FOOTSTEPS AS THEY POUND.IN A HAZE,END OF DAY'S,BEAM OF LIGHT ARMAGEDDON IN THE WAVES. CRASHING DOWN A MILLION FROWNS ,ONE MORE BREATH I HEAR THE CLOWNS.WASHED AWAY UPSIDE DOWN,ANOTHER MAN..ANOTHER TOWN HAVE JUST BEEN BAPTIZED BROKEN DOWN..

LOVE LETTER...

I WISH YOU LAUGHTER AND I WISH YOU A SMILE, I WISH YOU THE MAN THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL WORTH WHILE.I HOPE HE HOLDS YOU DEEP IN THE NIGHT,SQUEEZES YOUR HAND AND NEVER LET'S YOU OUT OF HIS SIGHT.I WISH YOU THE LOVE THAT WILL FILL UP YOUR HEART,I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS EVERY DAY WERE APART.I WILL MISS YOUR EYES AND THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND HURTING YOU WAS NEVER WHAT I PLANNED.I WILL REMEMBER EVERY MOMENT AND SPECIAL TIMES THAT WE SHARED,I KNOW I DID NOT ALWAYS SHOW IT BUT TRULY I CARED.I JUST CLOSE MY EYES WHEN I NEED TO SEE YOUR FACE,YOUR ALWAYS ON MY MIND NO MATTER THE PLACE.FREE LIKE A BUTTERFLY SPREADING ITS WINGS I WISH THE JOY TRUE HAPPINESS BRINGS.IF I TOLD YOU I LOVE YOU ,YOU WOULD THINK ITS A LIE ,SO I WROTE YOU THIS POEM FILLED WITH THE TEARS THAT I CRY.YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE,THE ONLY WAY TO REPAY YOU IS TO SHOW YOU TRUE LOVE.SO GOODBYE MY LOVER,GOODBYE TO MY FRIEND,SAY HELLO TO NEW LOVE AND YOUR BROKEN HEART WILL SOON BE ON THE MEND.SOMETIMES LOVE IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS,UNTIL I'M ALL FORGOTTEN BECAUSE YOU MET THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS....

IMPRINTS..

MY SOUL IS BLEEDING CRIMSON RED,FADING VISIONS INVADE MY HEAD.I STAND FOR NOTHING AND FALL FOR IT ALL,BRICK BY BRICK I BUILT THIS WALL.I HEAR THE RHYTHM OF A BROKEN HEART AND DANCE WITH SHADOW'S WORLDS APART.I AM THE ECHOES OF SILENT CRIES,I AM THE TRUTH INSIDE THE LIES.I WISH I COULD TALK TO THAT BOY WHO LOST HIS WAY BUT ALL THAT'S LEFT IS WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. I HAVE FELT THE WRATH OF THE BEATEN PATH,I HAVE HIDDEN TEARS AND WORN THE MASK.WINDING ROADS AND BROKEN HOMES,I'LL HANG MY HAT ON A MIND THAT ROAMS.I HAVE CRIED RIVERS FROM MY OWN TEARS AND BEEN A PRISONER TO ALL MY FEARS BUT I HAVE LEARNED ONE THING ALONG THE WAY,THERE'S NO TOMORROW WITHOUT TODAY.I MAY WALK MILES BEFORE I FEEL WORTH WHILE BUT I'LL TAKE EACH STEP WITH GRACE AND STYLE.I LEFT MY IMPRINTS FROM AN EMPTY HAND AND ON MY JOURNEY HELPED THAT BOY BECOME A MAN..