Tag Archives: poem

what man

Posted on by under Faith, Girls, Hope, Love

what man would fight an army
what man would stand alone
hearing the predictions
facing unbeatable foes

but love, now here i stand
drawing shallow breath
outnumbered by the hopeless
facing certain death

i refuse to say i’m sorry
of love i’m not ashamed
i do not fear the falling
when i speak your name

to keep this somehow special
is this just a common tale
of a boy who pledged his heart
and eventually he fails

the enemy is moving in
what makes me think dreams come true
all the evidence i need
i find in you

used to dream

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Sad

i used to dream that she would notice
the deep down man i thought i was
people say they put personality first
but no one really does

i used to dream that she would find
a trace of my heart, warm from the fire
and she’d press it to her cool cheek
i dreamt i made her feel desired

i used to dream that she would need me
she’d run to me and hide from her day
i’d comfort her and fight her battles
i dreamt i scared all her monsters away

i used to dream that i made her feel better
that she searched my eyes for my thought
and when i’d sigh she’d beg for a story
i dreamt things were what they were not

now i dream only that i make her feel
for i can’t tell hello from goodbye
cold as ice, blamelessly nice
i dream i can make her cry

easy riddles

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls, Sad

there are 360 ways to tell our story
but they all end up with ‘goodbye’
look at it from every angle
sort out the truth from your lies

i am bitter and i’m sorry
for whatever part i played
love can seem so real
though only a charade

you are blind when i am pointing
deaf whenever i call
you are gone when i am lonely
you can fly, i only fall

i hide my heart in easy riddles
but you never saw the truth
you had an answer for hard questions
but words are never proof

i put my feelings in the window
then i left them on the lawn
i kept hoping you would see them
but you just kept moving on

so i tell them you were careless
you don’t care what i may say
it’s my side of the story
you aren’t listening anyway

tracked in the trail of my tears

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls

i do not seek the sound of your laughter
though you still make my heart beat faster
i do not bottle joy to pour on you
i have seen everything you’re willing to do

i found you bright, i found you lacking
a castle walls with signs of cracking
you had your flaws, i had my doubts
i let you in, you hollowed me out

i feel that power in my bones
it’s strongest when i’m left alone
your words slip beneath the skin
i wince, and flash a transparent grin

i am cold, i am no fire
to rest a weary selfish desire
for i am no place to wash your face
and leave refreshed without a trace

there is evidence that you were here
you are tracked in the trail of my tears

statue

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls

last night i was reminded
why i’m trying to forget you
i dreamed i saw you standing
in my dream you were a statue

i was walking in a crowd
you’ve never been alone
they all stepped aside
you were set in stone

felt a camera in my hand
i held it to my face
for i am just a tourist
from a far off place

there was, i think, a smile
chiseled softly in your lips
you know why i have come
this just one of many trips

i waited there, till i awoke
i laid down at your feet
a servant finding freedom
is a taste of bittersweet

i will always think of you
so much like a stone
careless, hard, and cold
though you have never been alone

such a waste

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls

i chose a costume from my closet
whatever mood you’re in today
face up to an honest mirror
rehearse words i’ll never say

and when i’m home from chasing you
hang my laugh on the back of the chair
slip on a sadness that’s wearing thin
and wonder why i care

i pour myself out for you
whatever you want me to
and they say it’s such a waste
what i do …to put a smile on your face

my hope is beaten and left for dead
but it picks itself up again and again
send someone strong enough to finish the job
i fear this will never end

i want to crawl inside, behind your eyes
and then finally i could see
how truly far you are from
ever wanting me

wolf

Posted on by under Conviction / Doubt, Getting Over It, Struggles

i have no excuse
to be turned loose
i might do it all again

i hardly have chance
in this circumstance
it might happen again

here i stand, without the proof
to show you that i speak the truth
i’m crying
i’m crying
wolf

you know that before
i stood up and swore
that it was a brand new day

you know that i lie
i will not deny
this time i mean what i say

hard to find

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls

smuggle these words out of my head
in whispers meant for angel ears
and carry them off to heaven
wrapped up in my deepest fears

i am too smart to fall for this
she is not worth the chase
but i am made a fool by
every smile on her face

so i send a simple prayer
i know i should not pray
let her be the one for me
or take this hope away

lead her back into my life
make me who she wants to see
at least a mask and costume
someone i will never be

i want to make her happy
only God can make her mine
hope is hard to hide from
and love is hard to find

you are nice enough to say

Posted on by under Girls, Sad

sometimes i can’t move fast enough
to duck out of the way
of what you don’t really mean
but are nice enough to say

so i’d like to leave it all to you
the choices to be made
and i’ll be along for the ride
no games to be played

this time it’s a safer way
no one hurts or wants to run
when you want to, freely call
if you need to talk to someone

i’m trying to accept my role
i am here just to fix you
when your broken down and
when you don’t know what to do

and i can’t speak for tomorrow
but right now i am ok
with being here for your tears
and then watching you skip away

3/15/01

public access

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls

1-26-01
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she was more to me than i can say
more than syllables convey
it was public access on the air
everyone gets it, nobody cares

hearing her voice and “hey it’s me”
like the oxygen i forgot to breathe
and i inhale it and fill my soul
claw for the diamond in the coal

she was a cliff one step behind
i can’t fly but i don’t mind
falling for her wasn’t so bad
but a worse landing i’ve never had

i see her smile trapped in a frame
in the picture it all stays the same
but now each goodbye could be for real
everyone knows how i feel

these tears traded like stocks and bonds
on the market of ‘is she really gone’
so i spin it fresh for a tale to tell
how i was lulled into her spell

she didn’t even give me the chance
to make a grand speech for the sake of romance
i didn’t get to stand my ground
to “i’ll see you around”

that’s not fair
you don’t care
you’ve been there too
it’s happened to you

right?