Monthly Archives: October 2003

As time goes by I've found myself gripping my life tighter and tighter clinching my dreams in the palm of my hand protecting them from the winds that howl around me Like grains of sand they slip through my fingertips … Continue reading →

I remember how it began with tempers flaring and heartache nearing We were saying words never meant to be said and now we're hurting one another just because we were too weak to face ourselves We cry because we love … Continue reading →

Somewhere near the shores of dreaming overlooking the cliffs of humanity there is a spot where the rocks jut skyward and the seas of pleasure and pain meet before crashing into the pillar of stone Though the sun is always … Continue reading →

There's a serpent wrapped around my heart and he's smiling up at me He hisses softly as he squeezes tighter slowly strangling me with every beat Though I fight and though I scream I'm helpless as he wrings the tears … Continue reading →

I said "I love you" today I tried hard to make you believe it I tried hard to believe it myself But the truth is that I hate you my love I hate you now and I hated you when … Continue reading →

I remember well sitting in class making models of airplanes and drawing pictures of rocket ships I saw myself as a pilot soaring far above the clouds or as an astronaut tearing through the blackness of space To me, time … Continue reading →

If you go down to the corner of Kings and Queens you'll find the classiest shops and countless boutiques selling priceless antiques But somewhere amongst the glitter and fashion you'll find a red-capped wanderer that loves laughing at the rain … Continue reading →

How we long for nights like these Where time seems to freeze In the chilly midnight air And we have nothing to do But hold each other tight In a warm, tender embrace But as I strain to pull you … Continue reading →

What do you know about love? I've touched its perfect face I've held it tight in my arms and kissed it to sleep each night What can you know about love? If you can hate something so perfect something so … Continue reading →

If you step outside into the crystal midnight air you can feel the moonlight dancing across your skin. As it lights the world below with its hues of pale white it cools everything it touches making the very air around … Continue reading →

Sometimes when the weather is doing it's worst And the rain is turning into ice And the ice is turning into snow I reach for a warm fire And to wrap myself in a blanket of you While it's not … Continue reading →

Line us up orderly Make us neat and pretty And take away everything we hold dear Strip us of our pride And kick us when we're down Because we're all just corpses that never stopped breathing And everyone one of … Continue reading →

Into the tempest sea of life we're tossed as if flung by the hands of some ungrateful father we're plunged, kicking and screaming, into the insanity below. Above us is a peaceful dream world a place that we, as mortals, … Continue reading →

I was strolling through the garden of a house made of crystal when I stumbled upon a bed of gorgeous glass roses. Carefully, I picked the tallest one and held it against the mid-day sun which was beating down on … Continue reading →

I don't know what it is about you that always gets me this way. But every time I see you sleeping with your eyes fluttering gently and your smile so warm and inviting something deep inside breaks down something frozen … Continue reading →

I suppose we all have a place like this somewhere we go when the defeats of the world just become too much to bear and escape is our only choice. Some people head to rooftops where they can watch the … Continue reading →

What the Hell happened to me? When did I go from someone who was so mighty so strong and fade into the person I am today? I used to know how to smile for God's sake but somehow I forgot … Continue reading →

I am a watcher that is what I do I go to crowded clubs perhaps places I don't belong pull up a chair or a table in some dark corner and watch Sometimes people notice me point fingers in my … Continue reading →

So there I was just sitting at the bar with my head hanging low remembering the good times we had. I would have crawled into a bottle of whisky but decided instead to fill my glass with tears. I came … Continue reading →

Here we go again. We're right back where we began. Please don't act surprised And don't pretend that you can't understand What all of this is about. You know that I'm always going to be me Wondering, curious, stupid little … Continue reading →

I still see you there every time I close my eyes You’re lying on the ground crying out in pain I’ve never felt so helpless as when I heard you sob “Get a doctor,” I shouted In hopes someone would … Continue reading →

If I disappeared tomorrow Another writer would take my place If I died suddenly and tragically Any soul with a voice could carry my message If I quit and walked away Someone else would do my job And If I … Continue reading →

It’s the first frost of the year and there you lie sleeping soundly peaceful, like a child It’s nights like these I remember why I fell in love Something about how we fit together to keep each other warm and … Continue reading →

You can hear the drums beating in the stands Pounding out the chant of a thousand hands From a lost generation that's been hurt too much When we came out we were holding a crutch They tell us that we're … Continue reading →

When every song on the record is known all too well When every note is just the one before the next and every line just something to remember When every high and low are etched into our minds and their … Continue reading →

What's the point of it all? What makes it all worthwhile? I've lost everything to this My life, my home and now my art I simply have nothing left to give Because while you comfort You also take away And … Continue reading →

I am but one person I can not travel two trails at once I can no more do all I desire than split myself in two and hurl myself down both paths I can not sleep in a bed and … Continue reading →

Hello my friend whom I see looking down on me like a ghost dangling from my bedpost Hello to he who call himself dream catcher or the catcher of dreams You protect me save me and keep the nightmares away … Continue reading →

Get a job, get a life and all that money stuff Slave to God, slave to money none of it cares about you Two car garage, white picket fence happiness is so cheap today Blind your eyes, dull your thoughts … Continue reading →

I know that I’m nobody Nothing special at all So please don’t cry for me I’m just another one of the many faces praying to the rain Take away my eyes and drown out my voice It doesn’t matter anymore … Continue reading →

There was a house that love built It sat upon the holy ground atop a cliff just by the sea It was made of the strongest stone with promised etched into each brick It’s roof weather through the mighty storm … Continue reading →

On a starless night so many years ago you pulled me deep inside with a single kiss. I was just a child still frightened by the dark hiding in a corner nursing a wounded heart I was broken and so … Continue reading →

It wasn’t that long ago we were saying our good byes but I never got to say thank you for all the things that you taught me most importantly what forever means at least when it came to me and … Continue reading →

Every night when I hold you the world just seems so right To this day I can’t believe that the woman in my arms is mine. It’s like a cross between two dreams to watch rising sun dance across your … Continue reading →

We can’t stop the motion of time that nauseating spin we call life itself Much like a top we spin and move until we topple over and die we can’t slow down the way the world somehow comes back to … Continue reading →

We’re punching doors and stoning all the walls We’re breaking down the barriers and burning our world to ashes This kind of rage just comes too easily what’s another act of violence anyhow? We’ll watch it on the news with … Continue reading →

There was a time When the world was much bigger The days seemed longer And life's little mysteries Were still mysterious We had not the time for calculus Nor the wherewithal to question God We were simply content to exist … Continue reading →

It was many many years ago I was green and young in life I didn't know that there were girls with hearts of ice I never could have imagined the harm that they could do to well meaning boys and … Continue reading →

How do you expect me to cry for you just because we’re saying goodbye Yes, it hurts for me to lose you and I’ll miss you until the day I die But now that the truth has been spoken I … Continue reading →

We came into life this way bare to the world our legs neatly folded arching up toward our chest with our back slumped as if to greet our knees but never quite touching. We then grow older we learn to … Continue reading →

I remember that it was one of those Twists of fate That brought us together through The blinding hate I don't quite remember what made me Think myself wise My heart too often broken by Such sordid lies But there … Continue reading →

I hooked you with a single stare It was over before it began Like fallen pray you were lying there Holding death within your hand You had a void and I touched you there With the ease I rubbed my … Continue reading →

As I sat along the rocky shore gazing out to the horizon watching as a sun of hate set over a sea of tears My eyes followed the path of a boat a boat I myself made made so many … Continue reading →

It was the end of everything For both you and I The world that we knew Was now set to die But since that world brought me Nothing but pain I could care less that it Will never be the … Continue reading →

I'd give my hand to be with you I'd give both just to keep you But you've gone back Back home to Louisiana Back to where your world is right now I know it's all for the best that it … Continue reading →

I remember it was a senseless night Which all of the world just seemed so right I couldn't begin to tell you why I was a lonely heart that beat with ease Because you were smiling through the trees And … Continue reading →