ISBN: 9781483508788

-Once-

Title: Before The Final Rose Fell

From far away I see a vision there

Something so beautiful, something so rare

Someone to add meaning to a life where

A life can become something better than an existence oh so cold and oh so bare

I have hopes to overcome and re-arrange

A dark place, a barren stage

This vision that I see holds the key

To hope for the future and a completely new me

One that doesn't fear and conquers all

One that sees in the light all of his steps so that he doesn't fall

One to which can make happiness his bride

One that keeps himself on of life the brighter side

And so you may ask what is this vision of which to speak of I dare

And of what can be so rewarding to cling to as a pair

If you have a woman then you have something oh so dear

If you have a woman then your vision is there!

-Then-

Title: In Love's Pale Tomb

Where love once was

Now sealed by a pale tomb door

Love was sun but now is a barren shore

In love's pale tomb love is no more

Title: There Are Never Roses You Can Keep

There are never roses you can keep

They are only flowers that leave you in the rain

Yet your desire for them always seems to seep

Bleeding from your desire for love so vain

On them you can never maintain your grasp

If you go seeking them it'll always be the same

It may seem that you'll attain some love that will last

But you'll never find something you can eternally claim

It may be what you want

It may be what you most deeply desire

It may seem close and taunt

Like a close and cozy warming fire

But then you'll see it vanish away

You wonder though

It appeared to be there as plain as day

And then disappear like a frightened foe