Dawn makes a welcoming appearance
over the green mountains surrounding the valley.
Tired eyes open wide to see the sky
light up a baby blue,
bringing back sudden childhood memories
of laying in freshly trimmed grass.

One slow but steady breath
opens up lungs that hang dearly onto
the new day air.
Through a small bustle of trees
and mountain sides,
the horizon becomes a musky orange
from both pollution and sunlight.

Miles away, but close enough to see
with the naked eye,
city lights disappear one by one
as natural light creeps it's way
across the valley with every breath it takes.

Both sounds of birds and industry
hit eardrums to complete the scene.
Sounds of cars starting and
wives saying goodbye
as suburban life wakes
to mother natures call.

It's a new day.
All senses take it in with
every second that passes by.
The world is awake and singing
good morning.

You don't need to give your life to me
because you think I want you to.
You don't need to be kind or loving,
But honestly, it is a pretty good thing to do.

You don't need to pray everyday
hoping to get into heaven,
thinking it could be your last
any day soon.

Sometimes I worry
that you don't live the way I created you to.
Instead of praying for death,
create your own heaven on earth,
and do what you want to do

You argue, and you bicker, and you fight.
Everyone believing that they are the ones that know
what's truly right.
But maybe instead of praying for the truth
Focus on the love you can give
and go crazy like free youth.

You don't need to worry
about what I might think of you
because most importantly you should always know
that no matter what,
I'll always love you.

I sit in a single chair
In my house of clear glass walls.
My hands folded over a note in my lap
I keep my head bowed.
Black covers the room all around me for miles
Yet small hints of light reflect off the glass
The stars shine through my glass roof,
But I do not look up to see them
I keep my head bowed.
I clasp the note with one hand and let it crumple into a small ball
The edges of the paper pierce into my skin
I quietly smooth it out
I read the inked words in the dark
Knowing them by heart
From the corner of my eye I see a slim line of bright light
The light suddenly begins to creep into the glass room and I look up.
The sun is rising over the snow-capped mountains
Outside of my glass prison.
I can now see the field around me
I am there and I can see and it is beautiful
I stand and walk to the wall in front of me.
The note flutters from my hands and
I let it fall to the ground.
I put one hand against the once cold glass,
Now warm from the suns rays
I look at myself in the reflection
And look past my eyes at the coming dawn
I raise my other hand into a fist and smash it hard against the glass.
Blood runs hot from my mangled hand as the house shatters
Like a fast ripple in a pond
The air is full of falling glass,
Each shard refracting and redirecting the morning's light.
The fresh air fills my lungs and I smirk at the sun
I’m gone
The house is just many fragments of broken grass
Around a note that says
"Goodbye cruel world."

He was stuck
He was lost
He was confused
So he went searching
He traveled
He went to New York
He went to China
But still, he was searching
He wandered the many cities
He hiked Everest
He walked the Coast
But still, he was searching
He was unsure
He didn't know
He wouldn't give up
He was searching
He went to a small town
He found something
He didn't understand
he stopped searching
He found her
He felt complete
He found his missing piece
She was stuck
She was lost
She found him
They stopped searching

Since I was young,
I always dreamed of travel
I would fantasize about climbing Mt. Everest
Feeling the stinging cold of the wind hitting my face
I would fantasize about studying with the monks of Thailand
Learning how they spiritually survive
And find peace
Once I was in high school,
I protested to everyone that I needed to get away
I needed distance from my hometown
To get out of the bubble of the religion
That ran the town I grew up in
I felt high school was like being trapped in a cage
Fighting my way towards the light at the end of the tunnel
Like a prisoner, serving a 12 year sentence
Using nothing but a plastic spoon from the cafeteria
Digging myself deeper into a hole
That I knew would lead to freedom
My first year of college wasn’t any better
I learned the hard way that money really is
The only way to survive this world
And boy, it’s not easy to come by.
And no matter how hard I tried,
Something would happen to take it away
Today, I’ve done my own share of travel
I’ve gone from coast to coast of the United States
I’ve gone to California to experience the laid back community
And really become a pro on my surfing slang
I’ve gone to New York City to see how magical the city can really be
But also how easily it can take your spirits away
Today, I’m living back at home
Like I said before, money doesn’t come easy
And I still want to get away, live somewhere else and travel
Put a distance between my family and me
My religion and me
My friends and me
My past and me
But no matter how hard I try to fight it
There really is nothing
Like being back home.

Heaven is a big empty room
yet full of imagination and memory.
In heaven, god is silence.
You sit in one lone chair, staring out at nothing
In this big and empty room
As you sit in silence on that lone chair
You close your eyes.
You are god in this big and empty room
In your mind you remember your life
The love, the hate
Your rights and your wrongs.
You not only remember your life,
But you live it again
Because you are God
In this big and empty room
Called Heaven

I don’t know how you do it
But somehow I always go back to you
I told myself you were the perfect fit
After a décor of broken love before

Sitting here all alone on this bar stool
I drink my pain away
I smile to myself as I lift my glass
And begin to say

Cheers darlin’,
Too you and you’re lover girl
I’ve got years to wait around for you
I lied when I said I was ok
I’m so shy
I should’ve kissed you
When we were alone

I don’t know her
I don’t know what she does for you
But I don’t like her
She stole you away from me
She loosened up the *****

I leave this bar, into the cold rain
I swear I can hear a wedding bell
When I feel like I can’t hold it in anymore
I curse the world, look up, and yell

Cheers darlin’,
Too you and you’re lover girl
I’ve got years to wait around for you
I lied when I said I was ok
I’m so shy
I should’ve kissed you
When we were alone

You act like you don’t know me
Now that she’s in your life
She made you look the other way
and forget all about me

Leave me be
Set me free

Cheers darlin’,
Too you and you’re lover girl
I’ve got years to wait around for you
I lied when I said I was ok
I’m so shy
I should’ve kissed you
When we were alone

I don’t know her
But I don’t like her
Cheers darlin’
I’ve got years to wait…