Politics
Gross and painful
To watch and see
That one will be powerful
Making us want to flee

People
Smart yet ignorant
To listen and hear
That they make the difference
Making us want to disappear

Progress
A gift and a curse
To feel time pass
That it might get worse
Making us want to pass

Us*
Alone and scared
To fall and bleed
That we may never be spared
As we watch the corrupt lead

I'm miles away
And can't focus
Girl I love every day
Dealing with life's circus

I wait for the time
When we can hold each other
Making you leave a crime
Keeping us from one another

When our eyes meet
And our noses touch
The moment so sweet
******* it, I love you so much

Sometimes you'll just be running
Life's path smooth and solid
Then you see a wall oncoming
Have to slow down and stop before it

It looms over, you casting a shadow
Going through is impossible
If you can keep going, you don't know
Can I overcome this obstacle?

If I were to scale, I'd fall
It endlessly spans left to right
Maybe this is the end to all
Over is my life's fight

But instead of looking at the height
I should look to either side
To see those with me in this blight
I gain hope I thought had died

Hands grabbing and pulling
Together we begin to scale
We find a view most fulfilling
At the top, ready to continue our tale

Can we rise without falling?
Or is it a necessity?
Idea of stopping now, calming
Yet we move forward endlessly
No matter how hard the climb
It's always one step at a time

Sometimes all I can see is darkness
That there's no hope left
But stars shine the brightest
With the inky black abreast
To achieve a life so sublime
It's always one step at a time

No matter how scary the future
Or how dark the unknown
Even if the path is rougher
And I am left alone
I will make life mine
And take one step at a time

Tick Tock
Clock hands move on

Drip Drop
Rain falls down

Scritch Scratch
My heart drawn

Tip Tap*
I wait till you're back around

Speak my mind like I'm preaching
People listen because they can follow
I speak loud and true as if teaching
Their faults and insecurities need to go
My voice revealing a new path to travel
They realize they're not alone in the fight
Hearts beating, life's woes to unravel
Taking surer steps as if given new sight
Unknown to them I keep my struggle
Deaf to my own life changing advice
All my problems and pain, I juggle
Preach without practice, stuck in a vice
I wish I could make my own choice
To wake up and listen to my voice

We believe life isn’t enough
So we create a new reality
A world free of life’s handcuff
Whatever we want we see
Easy to get lost, don’t you agree?
We’re living in a fantasy

Everything falls into place
We control the outcome here
Any misfortune leaves no trace
New forms of happiness always near
I want this to be life, but in actuality
We’re living in a fantasy

To live here is sad and ignorant
As it’s not life, our senses fooled
But reason to live is found absent
So we go back to where we ruled
We want to let go of life completely
We’re living in a fantasy

But really life’s not what we want
Then it’s up to us to change it
Take risks and walk confident
Because it’s our job to commit
And make this fantasy
Our new living reality