The Only Way
They say the person who
Laughs the loudest and
Smiles the widest is
The one who is happiest
But don’t they know?
A loud laugh is the only way
To cover the sobs and
A wide smile is the only way
To hold back the tears
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Tag Archives: tears
April 1, 2011
Make It Stop
I’m so tired
Of burning eyes that hold back tears
Of shaking hands that turn to ice
Of hurting hearts that pound my chest
I’m so tired
Of hearing screaming
Of taking blows
Of holding people as they cry
I’m so tired
Of trying to keep the world together as it falls apart
Of not knowing why it is
Of holding on to something that is already gone
I’m so tired
Of hurt
Of pain
Of tears
Just
Make
It
Stop
January 31, 2011
Take Away
Take away my things
Take away my pride
Take away my smile
Take away my laugh
Take away my self-respect
Take away my courage
Take away my love
Take away my happiness
Take away my tears
Take away my truth
Take away my friends
Take away my sanctuary
Take away my sanity
Take away my music
Take away my breath
Take away my soul
Take away my life
Take away everything I am but that only
Takes away my love for you
December 27, 2010
(No, this isn’t a Ke$ha song.)
Tick Tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Seconds race around the clock
But minutes drag on by
Yet in an hour things change so much
In a day the world’s brand new
A week can be like
A month or
A million years
Tick tock
Tick tock
We dance to the beat of seconds
Step in time with the minutes
Spend an hour laughing
Revel in a day full of fun
Because who’s to say the week will be full of the same
Or that the month will remain unchanged
That next year we’ll all be here
Tick tock
Tick tock
Death can happen in a second
Laughing can change to tears in a minute
An hour can bring enough pain to topple you
A day can stab you more than once
Weeks can be trenches of endless despair
Months can be pits
A year can spell your end
Tick tock
Tick tock
So what will you do with your seconds?
Your minutes?
Your hours?
Your days?
Your weeks?
Your months?
Your years?
Tick tock
Tick tock
October 27, 2010
Shared Tears
You call us together
To talk about the problem
Well my dear
We are the problem
Adversaries
Where there should be friends
Resentment
Where there should be love
Punches
Where there should be hugs
Screaming
Where there should be laughs
Have we even got any of the good left?
Threaten to his unblinking face
To kick him out
But the salt streams are on my cheeks
We are bound by tenuous threads
Now that most of them have shattered
So shout some more
Doesn’t matter if I’m upstairs
I can hear you through the ceiling
As I huddle on the floor
Shedding the last thing we share
Tears
October 9, 2010
Responsibility
Buildup of burning frustration
Right between my eyes
Like a sharpshooter’s imbedded bullet
Spilling out from my eyes
Like a crack in a dike
But no little Danish boy can save me
By poking them out
A fist of terror
Halts the beating of my heart
And all I can do is shatter the painful silence
With a sob
Is this in anger?
No
Is this in sadness?
No
This is in reaction
To me being crushed
By the suffocating load of responsibility
You were stupid enough to think I could hold up
September 29, 2010
Songs on the Radio
So you listen to the radio
Singing your heart out
Wishing with all you’ve got
That person in the song was you
You sing a little louder now
Trying to block the tears
The world in the lyrics sounds perfect
Why can’t you live there too?
You want to believe
You want to find love
You want to live your dreams
You want to discover yourself
Hold on to your faith, your hope
For I have faith in you
One day you’ll hear a melody and smile for
That person in the song is you
September 22, 2010
I Don’t Feel
Tears streak my face
I don’t feel them fall
Icicles stab my heart
I don’t feel it stop
Anger boils in my blood
I don’t feel the burn
Laughter dances through the air
I don’t feel a smile
I keep my inner world together
I don’t feel the edges fraying
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