We walk,
We run,
We beautify,
We cannot help but strive to fly.

We laugh,
we smile,
We mystify,
We cannot help but live a lie.

We dream,
We talk,
We justify,
We cannot help but reason why.

You are my one believer,
True love that cannot fail,
Forever here beside me,
Through every storm we sail.

We’ve never had it easy,
So seldom cut a break,
Forever chasing shadows,
For dreams we hope will take.

The road gets ever harder,
Each battle barely won,
Forever forging forward,
Just like we’ve always done.

You know my darkest secrets,
And keep me going strong,
Forever standing by me,
Through all that I’ve done wrong.

We’ve never fought or argued,
Both know just how that goes,
Forever growing stronger,
Through love that ever shows.

The road seems ever longer,
Each step an uphill climb,
Forever moving forward,
Just waiting for our time.

And so the wheel turns again,
Once more we greet the night,
The shadows of the past return to show us all their might.

And so we tightly close our eyes
Once more to mask our fear,
The secrets deep within our soul to be drawn ever near.

And so the darkness closes in,
Once more the nightmares reign,
The armies of despair to swarm the heart we hold in vain.

And so we pray for dawn to come,
Once more the Sun to rise,
The demons crawling back to hell before our tear soaked eyes.

And so with nothing left to lose,
Once more we raise the call,
The angels of the love we've known to give this fight their all.

Another journey travelled,
A step along the way,
A different road to travel as we conclude each day.

Another challenge levelled,
A hero from the fray,
A darker time to follow or so we hear them say.

Another dark cloud battled,
A force we cannot sway,
A demon rising deep within just sizing up its prey.

Another dream unravelled,
A blink in time’s decay,
A distant past forgotten in the memories we betray.

We’ve never been called normal,
Always a different breed,
Before we met we stood alone,
Oblivious to our need.

We’ve always been quite different,
Never a textbook case,
Before we knew what we’d become,
Or all that we would face.

We’re never sure of what will be,
Always just scraping by,
Although we know we’ll make it through,
Together- you and I.

We’re always hoping for the best,
Never ones for giving in,
Although we fight for all we have,
We know that we’ll still win.

We’ll never be celebrities,
Always lost in the crowds,
But we stand firm in who we are,
Our heads not in the clouds.

We’ll always be as we are now,
United hand and heart,
But we grow stronger every day,
And never shall we part.

We ain’t chilling on a Nashville night,
No Daisy Dukes or G.R.I.T.S in sight,
A couple beers and country sound,
Still keep the vibe around.

We ain’t ever been to Tucson,
No dirt roads we’ve been on,
A cowboy hat and Southern smile,
Still kick it for a while.

We ain’t even American,
No drawl or sun-kissed tan,
A memory in every song,
Still keep us Country strong.

She woke to sunlight streaming through the curtains of her room,
Another day beginning- far from all the doom and gloom,
A different world surrounding her from what she once called home,
More grateful now than ever that her dad forced her to roam.

She'd never had an easy life- not one you'd call care free,
Each day a mix of fear and pain that no one else would see,
Too weird to be the golden child- too strong to be ignored,
Forever in the middle of the anger he had stored.

She buried all her feelings and she scarcely shed a tear,
But still she smiled for all to see regardless of her fear,
No one to share her secrets from the few that she called friend,
Although they told her fervently they'd love her till the end.

She never had a misspent youth and seldom broke a rule,
But rumours were spread far and wide at home, in town, and school,
She couldn't be a rebel, she scarcely had the chance,
Just longing for an outlet so her broken soul could dance.

She found a little heaven- a moment of release,
An escape from her hellish life she wished could never cease,
Each time the cold blade softly touched her warm but worthless skin,
She felt alive and safe at last with her immortal kin.

She knew this peace could never last as each new scar was made,
Another vein to open long before each cut could fade,
To meet her fabled maker would be no escape at all,
So courting all her demons she refused to hear their call.

She battled on until she couldn't face another day,
Her hand was forced and so she chose at last to run away,
The time had come to make her mark and leave this hell behind,
To walk that road to somewhere that she knew they'd never find.

She looked out at this new day as she laid the past to rest,
Despite the fears her broken heart replayed within her chest,
A second chance before her far away from all the pain,
Though in her heart she hoped one day to find home once again.