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2.4k · Dec 2018
Redeeming Gaze
Danny Dec 2018
Your eyes, much like magic, put me under your spell
They see to my soul. They puncture my shell
Truth's all they know. Their never deceiving
They give me the answers that I'm often seeking
And whisper the words that I need to be well
1.7k · Nov 2018
Grounded
Danny Nov 2018
Room was so messy
Friends sadly waited outside
Better decisions
1.4k · Dec 2018
Unforeseen Expenses
Danny Dec 2018
They don't make a sound
Creeping out from the darkness
To cause suffering
Scrutinizing fortitude
Never traveling alone
1.2k · Dec 2018
Vulnerable
Danny Dec 2018
Throughout my whole life I was taught not to feel
Discouraging put downs had first spun this wheel
Later the numbness extended to violence
Inequity towards me was stuffed until silenced
This armor had left me with no wounds to heal

This type of existence proved no way to live
My walls were torn down by my wife and my kids
Sensing such weakness and seeking to profit
She sunk the knife deep into me and she lost it
With shoves from my daughter to anguish I slid.

A child gets the access to do the most damage
Her taking advantage of weakness was savage
The lies and deceiving had gone on for years
Once I could see that it brought me to tears
This wound that she made will take so long to bandage
960 · Nov 2018
You Are Not Alone
Danny Nov 2018
Sometimes I see a deep concern in you

Like you wonder if your ever gonna make it through

Events seem big, and at times they may weigh a lot

Often feels like too much but you know its not

So much in life is only temporary

What hurts us one day isn't always something we will carry

So Son if you can hold on through the darker times

Know they don't last. Your on the wake of what will be sublime

Sometimes its hard to see the love that's all around you

Reach out your hand and you will feel it grab and pull you through

See sometimes in life we need to have blind faith

Till desperation fades and shows we have a better fate

Always know I love you more than words could ever say

I see your struggle but just know I think your doing great

And you know we may not always see eye to eye

I'm not perfect but you know that I would never lie

So when that anger rises up inside you

Please believe me when I say that feeling isn't true

Its a response to how your seeing things at the time

Take a breath, step back you'll see that things are fine  

You know your Mom and I will always have your back

Through thick and thin were at your side when you feel attacked

So rest assured when there's something that's concerning you

You're not alone, were always there to help you make it through

No matter what gets thrown at you all throughout the day

Take rest in knowing you are ours and we are here to stay.
To my middle child in Jr High
698 · Nov 2018
Cookies
Danny Nov 2018
Plunge into coffee
Softening to perfection
Love me some cookies
696 · Nov 2018
You Left Me Again Today
Danny Nov 2018
You left me again today
Drifted deep into darkness
To a realm absent of beauty or love
Where forces impel you to swallow lies


My voice, muffled by wretched thoughts, fails to find you
It has no authority where you reside
Powerless to unchain you, I can only wait
In another dimension I hold you
Patiently awaiting your return
Living with a loved one who suffers from depression.
463 · Nov 2018
Skinny Dip
Danny Nov 2018
Dive so refreshing
Free of all inhibition
Pure without constraint
271 · Nov 2018
Perfume
Danny Nov 2018
She passes me by
Her scent makes me ravenous
dangerous perfume

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