Released

I will smile
I will stand tall -
knowing I am
worth it all...

shoulders back
strength from within -
hear words of wisdom
and believe again...

look in the mirror
let hope expand -
if I don't do it myself
who can.

Roses

Fresh and new
pink budding through -
to great each day
a happy way -
sweet delight
sweet dreams at night -
a brand new path
is a beautiful sight -
hope and pray
enjoy today.

Doves

Some see the light of stardom
this world can't overcome -

living in the shadows
of a name that made it wrong -

to have human flaw
when they think you have it all -

and silence is your
only friend to hear your call...

they think you're at the top
as though you have it all...

yet you're searching from the bottom
no cup half full at all.

Twelve O'Clock High

I guess she realized
the sun would never
greet her eyes -

she would wake
with the despise
of the daily rise...

maybe she had
courage that
others wish they did -

all her tempted troubles
she successfully
hid...

The world could
see her beauty
yet could not see her soul -

the turmoil that
she watered
only made it grow...

her picture is
in black and white
no color at all -

like that
fatal April day
and her final exit call.

The Beat

Busting through the heart
the stream from the eyes -
the questions and the silence
all a bunch of lies...

headaches and the strain
hopes tried in vain -
neglect leads to pain
and nothing is the same...

ever or again
when you just can't win -
tear stained blurrs
from beginning to the end.

Vision

You just might stumble
if you keep looking back -
focus on the positive
and not what you lack...

Keep looking forward
refresh and renew -
invest in the future
and believe in you...

Even if it seems
you can never have it all -
just keep moving forward
and you will never fall.

Slippery Slopes

Waiting for the phone to ring
watch the clock tick tock -
Can't think on other things
this is the best I've got...

Hoping every moment
that this dream comes true -
praying every day that
somehow the sky shines blue...

Listening to the pitter patter
driving in the rain -
hoping all my fears and hopes
don't end in vain...

Staring out a window
in the middle of the day -
waiting for the moment
to hear what they have to say....

because dreams will ride
the wings of the wind -
seems soon as they come
there they go again...

days turn into months
then months turn into years -
will the future hold the sun
or just more rain drops here.

Success

Like a mouse to cheese
I hope they bite -
I'm trying and prying
with all my might...

Like a dolphin in a wave
I'll ride it out -
I've fought the good fight
I have no doubt...

Like an answer to a prayer
laid on my step -
I'm catching raindrops
without getting wet...

Like climbing a mountain
to reach the top -
You can't ever get there
if you stop.

Ace

My life hasn't been
a bed of roses -
but I've felt the thorns...

My eyes haven't
evaded tears -
that can pour like a storm...

The lesson is living
with the cards you're dealt -
when you are born,

Turning defeat into
a victory -
praise from scorn.

Foghorn

I'm looking for my ship
I hope it comes in -
then this life of mine
can finally begin...

the light might be a tunnel
the light might be a train -
but it just might be a beacon
if I try in vain...

Stardust from heaven
roses for the way -
hoping with such passion
all I do is pray...

try with your heart
think with your head -
and watch as your ship
comes full speed ahead.

The Point

I wish it were a smile -
that followed all the while...

it simply isn't true -
it's all that I can do...

to try to see the light -
put up that brave fight...

hope for better days -
instead of further haze...

useless wandering path -
my own internal wrath...

holds my head down -
with a haunting frown.

Race

I gotta keep my hope
believe in myself and all -
even Cinderella
got to go to the ball...

Imagination flies.
I have to grab the reigns -
The journey is quite bumpy
when you try in vain.

I'll hit the finish line.
I'm running until the end -
with them or without them
I'm choosing to win.

Free

In some strange way
I envy you -
it is all now over
and done for you...

I hate to see
that you had to go -
your smiling face
I had come to know...

Yet now it's quiet
and you will rest -
it sounds quite freeing
I must confess...

No worries or stress
just sweet sweet sleep -
Goodbye my friend
your memories I'll keep.

Applause

Larger than life
your star shined so bright -
sparkling and dancing
with that amazing inner light...

You lit up the stage
for an audience crazed -
to see such a vision
move in brand new ways...

You believed in the good
yet rode out the bad -
now you're taken too soon
from a world left so sad...

Soar and be free
from the constant infamy -
for the rest of us
you will always be...

Larger than life
a memory we'll save -
for the peace, joy and love
that you selflessly gave.

Dial Tone

I don't want anything to do -
with the whole lot of you...

and I realize it's ok -
to let myself slip away...

for when they hold the noose -
you run away when you get loose...

free yourself of the hold -
and all that you've been told...

because the truth was the lie -
and now they sit and wonder why...

silence greets their hectic call -
when you're done with it all.

Sky High

I've been climbing this moutain -
I think the top might be near...

I've gotten some feedback -
pretty much what I needed to hear...

Could a rainbow be forming -
colorful and painted wide...

Could the rain cloud be passing -
taken out with the evening tide...

Perserverance and patience -
a few tears lost along the way...

No doubt about it -
there will always be a brighter day.

Mindset

Your passion dictates
what you do -
what you believe in
is what moves you...

When what's within
is truly there -
your passion leads
your every care...

Don't ever compromise
what you know is true -
for your heart will say
what you must do.

Print

There's swine flu -
a fire might evacuate you...

Every ones living broke -
more are taking a toke...

Vicodine and pills -
overloaded with unpaid bills...

Faces stretched way to thin -
a literal constant joker grin...

Hating those who dare -
have views they don't share...

Boost those boobies up -
to make more than a buck...

I sit and watch the news...
and I agree it does suck.

Balloons

A pretty packaged bow
that I unwrapped today -
surprised in a moment
as if to say...

you just never know
what lurks around the bend -
you find a brand new route
thinking you'd found the end...

The future is a mystery
and you never can tell -
when you anticipate the worst
things might just turn out well.

The Joker

Maybe it takes skill
to wheel and deal...

Float instead of sink
use a mind to think...

Hold that head up high
and look them in the eye...

Deal the cards again
until you finally win...

Surely it takes skill
and a rock hard will.