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While We Can

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The sun is going down
And kissing us goodnight.
The moon is shining high
Lending us her light.
We love under her guidance.
We dream.

The summer air caresses us.
The universe
She cradles us.
Our hearts they beat as one.
It has begun.

You and me
Were always meant to be.

So what do you want to do?
Where do you want to go?
Tell me your love is true.
Tell me you want to know.

That I’ve got a little secret.
I was going to try and keep it
But your eyes, they are sparkling
And my smile, I can’t hide it.
And your laugh it is addictive
It stirs the music in my soul.

So let’s love while we can.
Come on,
Take my hand
And let’s fly
Higher than we’ve ever flown.
Where beauty steals the
Air from our lungs
And never look down.

Spark

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That hope that once lived inside,

That burned you up
And set your dreams on fire
Where has it gone?
Where does it hide?
That open heart that gave you wings
And set you soaring above the
Clouds
Where has it gone?
Why do you have it bound?
That love of life
That quickened your heart
And lightened your step
Where does is sleep?
Why must you keep it
Hidden in the dark?
If you must,
Borrow my spark
And together let us
Reignite
That sleeping
Fire in your heart.

My World

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In my world,

You keep your eyes down low

And opinions to yourself.

Don’t you dare start a fight.

In my world,

You keep your heartbeat quiet

And tiptoe around corners

So as not to disturb the false

Serenity.

In my world,

You stay on your knees.

Make yourself as small as possible

And do what does not need asking.

In my world,

You dream in the shadows.

Become the shadows

And hide any shiny hope you treasure

From thieves

Who have none of their own.

Spoken

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I scribble it all on paper.
Sometimes in such a desperate

Frenzy

I cannot decipher it later.
At stop lights.
In bed.
At the movies in the dark.
A voice memo at the park.
At 3 o’clock in the morning
All these thoughts in my mind
Colliding in time.
Delving into
Emotions I don’t always get.
But I know I’m not the only one
On this planet
With nonstop
Voices in my head.

The few lines I have been brave enough to

Read
Aloud;
I have to stop and catch my breathe
To put life into the words.
The first time I
Hear them spoken
The fractured portions of me,
The passion and the fears
Through life and
Through the years
Stir the tears and they

Begin to flow.

For even I myself do not
Recognize
How deep these feelings
Move without restraint.
And the words uttered
With emotion
Sear the ragged edges
Of my heart.

Don’t Let Them

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Don’t let them break you
Darling.
Don’t let them make you sit
Still.
Don’t let them keep you
Inside
Longing,

Staring out the
Windowsill.

Be that crazy one.
The one they can’t explain.
Be that wild one.
The one they say is
Insane.

Don’t let them keep you quiet.
Speak your mind out
Loud.
Don’t let them keep your head down.
Walk tall and
Proud.

You only live once
Darling.

Don’t blend in.
You only live once

Darling.

Be the fire until the
End.