The energy put into negativity
Is something I don’t have.
With the way things are today,
I spend my time looking for laughs.
So laugh with me, have fun.
Enjoy the time you’ve got,
Because there is enough misery,
And much time we have not.
When positive energy is given,
It spreads like wildfire.
Life becomes so fulfilling,
And is something much desired.
So smile with me, feel good.
Let all the walls fall down,
Because there is a smile for you.
Yes, there are plenty to go around.

I didn’t have to let you know who I truly am
I can pretend I don’t care if you laugh at me
I hate being alone is something I don’t admit
See I pretend to keep my face like stone
Truly I search day and night to be happy
My pretty invisible mask lets me hide
From the world keeping all my secrets
It is always the same this feeling
That way there is not regret
But today I make this clear
And I say I am here
Right over here
I AM HERE
Do you see me now

Have you ever waited to hear the voice of God
Knowing you have tried everything you can
When all strength is gone, no will power to stand
Pleading your case for things to change
You know that what is wrong lives inside your being
Spun out of control praying to stop feeling
Caught up in a loss of self-control
That sinful pleasure starts playing its role
Leading you deeper as you follow
A flesh made shell that is hollow
Down the path of life that is a slippery *****
To the point where you feel you have only one hope
Realizing the line between life and death is there to provoke
You to wait to hear the voice of God

I will work for food
The sign he held in his hand
As the cars drove by
Giving nothing in his can

Thinks of his children
At school learning ABCs
Wondering tonight
What food will we have to eat

A passer by yells
Get a job you piece of crap
Times used to be good
Then economic mishap

Tears well in his eyes
Because he did think the same
Now on the corner
Wondering who is to blame

It will be simple
If the sign says I will work
The pain is the same
Makes him want to go berserk

All day he holds it
He tries to think how to change
Things for his children
Get things back to being plain

Time to get the kids
Tonight they have a burger
Reaching the shelter
He looks after their hunger

Tomorrow looks bright
He has money to start with
Looking for a job
Gone is his faith in the myth

The myth that is told
If you keep on working hard
Life will be better
Living without being marred

No matter stature
Could happen to anyone
Have it all today
Tomorrow it could be gone

A jack of all trades and a master of none
That is what people called him
Always tinkering with a smile on his face
Helping others seemed to be his place
So when the last chance came to say goodbye
Many people wondered why
Had such a man as this
Who touched all walks of life
Have to die

As busy as he was he always had the time
To stop and talk with the town drunk
On the corner where he stood
Often about a wonderful boyhood
Then in his pocket he would reach
Without a judging eye
Give the man some money
Shake his hand and say until next time
So when the last chance came to say goodbye
Many people wondered why
Had such a man as this
Who touched all walks of life
Have to die

Always willing to share his skill
If you had the ear to learn
Teaching how to do a thing or two
He would give that value
With anyone who would listen
He would make it his business
To share his knowledge as if he was a chieftain
So when the last chance came to say goodbye
Many people wondered why
Had such a man as this
Who touched all walks of life
Have to die

A husband and a father
His wife and children miss him the most
He was a hero to them
Through his children his story will never end

Walking in a minefield of self-destruction
Not knowing that I was being watched
On a path that was so uncertain
As love of self was being botched

Bound by images of life’s path
The stronghold of the enemy in me
At every turn releasing it’s wrath
And growing more and more crafty

As I added to the scars Christ bore
Thinking this is the way life will end
Lead me to the gates of death's door
Pleading to start over again

In the middle of my own *****
Sinking in was the reality of my world
I no longer had a say or control of it
Everything in my life was in a swirl

Created for a degree of excellence
Something drew me to find meaning
Love was watching being patient
So close to me just waiting

To say one yes was all I had to do
He took control of the situation
In my life Love came to the rescue
Saved my life and soul for certain