"I love you"
"I promise"
"You're everything to me"
"You're perfect"
"You are the one"
"You're everything I need"

I trust few, love easy and never let go completely
I hold secrets, but if you stare long enough you could read me
I like tulips, write poems and dream about things no one knows of
I like to push the envelope
I like my music loud
I always lose the remote
But I don't believe in doubts
I'm complex in many ways
But my heart is quite simple
My thoughts are always circling
And some days I am mental
I know what I want when I see it
I get what I want when I try
I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve
And I always question why
I'll believe you if you tell me
And I'll listen when you talk
I'm considerate yet selfish
But I'm humble when I walk
I seek progress not perfection
I admit when I am wrong
I admit some days I cry a lot
But deep down I know I'm strong
I'm a positive and caring
Naive yet unafraid
I'm a little on the wild side
But I am daring because I'm brave

She has a big heart
And when she smiles I know
All the reasons that I'm alive
Without her I'd never grow
Without her I feel lost,
and sometimes I'm afraid
I need to see her darling face
Just to make my day
She sparkles when she dances
Her eyes light up a room
Her kisses make my heart melt
And I live for her "I love yous"
She has the key to my heart
When there's nothing more to give
I just want to see her happy
She's the reason that I live

Where are these mythical creatures we call men?
I have yet to meet one
I have stumbled upon many animals and a scared little boy
I have touched a soldier
Loved a hypocrite
I have held hands with the spawn of Satan
I had beside me a chameleon
Even danced with an ***
But never have I seen this wonder we call a man

I was somebody else not that long ago
Today I am someone who is brand new
Who are you?

Are you holding a grudge that barks at your ego?
Do you criticize because you have expectations?
Do you make mistakes yet seek forgiveness in yourself?
I guarantee--
You are human like me

I guarantee you can point the finger
Yet the mirror holds a stranger you see everyday
I bet you have burdens and shame on your conscious
With secrets in the form of tears that fall down like rain

I bet you a dollar there are some things you wish you hadn't done
And friendships you've burned because fighting wasn't worth it
I bet you you've said some mean words once or twice
And sometimes it's just to painful for you to be nice

But who are you to hold grudges when you've done so much wrong?
Who are you to point fingers, when the monster is you?
Do you wish for forgiveness but can't give in return?
When will you be willing to learn?

Who are you?
Resentful, angry... broken?
Or are you brand new, like me?

We are all travelers
One in the same
With different perceptions
Lacking compassion

We don't know what we don't know
But we feel,
And sometimes it hurts too much

Sometimes we wish others more pain and suffering
Because we feel disgusted at what we were handed
And being nice is just a front
So we twiddle our fingers and bat our eyes

We spend too much time worrying
Too much effort trying to control things
Trying to out do one another
It is easy to point the finger
And keep all focus off our own problems

So easy to be caught in the eye of a devil
Yet we are quick to pray when we want something
It is so easy to stumble off the path
And so hard to wipe away the tears we shame

When we know right from wrong
We still make mistakes
We learn the way we need to
Yet we forget
We are all just travelers
One in the same

Parallel to the walls of silence
Absent minded
Shallow hearts that bleed
Discontinued
As the weather's changing
Rearranging, muted subtleties
Voices tremble
Disassemble facts from fiction
Hear them?
Listen
Blinded by a shimmer
Hiding in the winter
Angry at my mother
Blaming someone other
Than myself,
Even when the war is over
Still I can't grab on to help
Holding on to madness,
Claiming there is hope
Giving second chances
For fear of being so alone
Maybe there is still a chance at life
Maybe you'll forgive me if I lie
Maybe if I had just one more night
You would understand the reasons why
I'm insane
So insane, it hurts