After all these years
finally leaving home
going into the unknown

Looking forward to this
making new adventures
finding my own loan

can't wait to go
never looking back
my time has come

I sit next to Sally and watch the sun set,
here in this life, where I'll always regret,
leaving my home; moving away,
for here is where my heart will stay.

I live in a shoebox all alone
It's the size of a nutshell I call it home
Here just me and my white walls talk
if they get too close I take a walk

A bed, a table, a chair, a sink
makes me happier than you would think
I took a chance on a crooked floor and  an un-open-able door
how could I ever ask for more.
  
So here I sit and write and to whoever that might read it
I hope you have a place just as magical as mine
and that you never want to leave it.

She closes her eyes to
Block out the fighting, the hating,
The abuse and the lies.

She closes her eyes to dream
Of a place majestic and beautiful,
A place surreal and peaceful.

She sleeps to hope
and hopes to dream.
Dream of a place
Where she can be
At rest.

take me to the stars
forget all of life's scars
oh in space we will roam
and we'll finally be home

I fade a little more
I don’t want to disappear
But some of us are special
And some can’t belong.

There are thoughts burned in my head.
I wonder what they’re made of
I wonder if they’re real.

I’ll never know the truth
There isn't any truth.

We’re all just misfits
And we don’t belong.

© Ben Ditmars 2014