ISBN: 9781483508795

-Once-

Title: While The Light Still Lives

I have a notion to go for the win as dawn breaks, bathed in the purest of white light

The light I know will defeat a long and treacherous night

As for the coming problems I will rise through them and above

And I am certain they will be defeated by the purest form of love

There will always be time, with there being no delay

No one to speak that there will be no brighter day

There will always be time to find the right rhythm, or so I say

Ever an opportunity and it shall never be turned away

No regrets, nothing lost will be tomorrow and today

Everything accomplished with success in every way

It will be easy, there will be no fight

I'm sure love and positivity will always save the day

Everyone will always be around to share a laugh and drive the troubles away

I can't go wrong, I'll sing a happy song, and the rain will always fade away

There will always be plenty of hellos and no goodbyes

A place where merriment always reigns supreme, and through eternity I believe in death no one eternally lies

-Then-

Title: Twilight

As the sun sinks in the sky, I sit and stare amazed at a pale twilight

Maybe I was wrong, maybe there's no way to keep the light

Things that were kept in time have ceased to be right

In bitterness I have noticed the dusk turn to night

As I try to live it out I seem to have lost the key

To tame the beast that has recently now started following me

What I once could lead to success has now started to lead me only to dismay

I guess, there will be no success, at after all, making laughter stay

I turn around to my friend, that was with me in the light

He is now gone, I am forlorn, and it dawns on me that maybe things are not quite right

After the light has dimmed and the colors fade, they run and it's made clear

It's all falling down, light and love seems to have left me to drown, and I have to get out of here

I guess at some point it starts to be clear

All that you saw in the light is fool's gold everywhere

You may not be able to have what you once thought you could achieve

The only light left is the moonlight to show you that good things only eternally leave

Title: When The Cup Ran Dry

When the cup was drained

Nothing remained

When the cup ran dry

You said your final goodbye

When the hearse came

You had no one to blame

For your ruined life

Made only of sorrow and strife

At the Church the people wait

But the hearse is late

No one can believe your fate

After a sad life, sad goodbyes, no one can wait to evacuate

And yet here you are and here you stay

A sad affair on a sad looking day

Very dour and very grey

Which reflects your life; nothing ever goes your way

You're late for your big day

The day you're sent away

There are no more words you can say

Then it starts to rain and the people no longer stay

They scatter and they flee

Hours later the hearse takes away thee

To an unmarked grave

There's no one left to save

Your place in history

You could guess it was your destiny

To not only sunshine no longer see

To be alone in death, remembered no more indefinitely

Title: If You Can Bear It

Some say "don't let your troubles bother you," but I say "if you can bear it"

They say "smile when you are down," I say "if you can wear it"

They say "don't let your troubles drag you down"

I say "if you can help to not wear a frown"

Some say "don't let your troubles beat you up"

I say "with all your troubles, can you even supp?"

Because they are wearing on me

No one lets me be free

They say "don't let your troubles get to you"

I say "in regards to them I can hardly get through"

They say "don't let your troubles mean a thing"

Even though inside I'm dying

What they don't see is that some can't bear

The troubles that are always there

No peace will come