A stubborn piece of clay,
that's all I'll ever be.
But you are ever faithful
to shape, push and mold me.
Scrape me from the earth
and put me on your wheel.
Change all that I know,
teach me what is real.
Put me through the fire
and take me out again.
Show me all the cracks
that started from within.
Your hands are always working,
never ceasing to create.
Create in me a heart
that thrives in correction's wake.

Words can do so many things that we'll never understand
A heartbeat won't make you come alive the way one word can
The pictures that they paint can take your breath away
Goodbyes that they whisper will make you want to stay
When they are laced in hatred and fight to make you cry
You find that rhyme within you and realize it was lies
That words would never hurt you, only sticks and stones
Well now you're a few years older and left with broken bones.
When sweet words are spoken from someone that you love
You feel cupid catch you and carry you above
When words are hard to come by because your tongue is tied
It always seems as though your missing an important part of life
When words are placed in music, your soul is pierced within
Whether it be happy, sad or tragic, your heart is singing till the end.
Words can do so many things, and I've only said a few
But put thought before your speech because the power starts with you.

The odds were against the man from the start
The devil’s hard hand had a hold on the hearts
Of the family that raised him in a smokey old home
An absent father left him feeling alone

Lost and neglected is all a child could be
When a father drinks whiskey instead of sweet tea
The kid was determined is what they all say
He decided that in this life he’d find his way

He found a father that gave him his life
Trusting He was bigger than his family strife
A few years later he got a degree
The first in his broken family tree

Alongside this man came a beautiful wife
That gave birth to four more beautiful lives
God gave him a chance to show three men
That your future counts, it doesn’t matter where you’ve been

The last child was a little girl
Raised by a father who loved her like a prized pearl
She didn’t deserve it, none of us did
But God had his hands on the heart of that kid.

you took your hands and you took my heart
you ***** liar you tore me apart
gave you a chance, from the start
i didnt see this coming, now im left in the dark

There is a boy, who was a man
till like a child he got sticky hands
Silly me, with my heart on my sleeve
easy access to steal and deceive

where do i start from here, it’s hard to see
the tears have blurred my vision, how could this happen to me?
don’t expect payback, revenge isn’t me.
but i hope you realized that i’m what you needed

you’ve burned that bridge, no you cannot cross
how does it feel to be at a loss?
you’ve played your cards, you reap what you so.
better watch out boy cause cupid lost his bow

There is a boy, who was a man
till like a child he got sticky hands
silly me, with my heart on my sleeve
easy access to steal and deceive
i want it back, i want to put it in my chest
he took it, but i want to save it for the best

The song goes unwritten because you left me dry
the boy that im in love with’s in a different state of mind
i tried to wright the song to say how much i cared for you
but when you left you took my heart and all my kind words too.

I love you.
I will spend my whole life learning what that means.
But I know I love you,
It's obvious to me.
I know that love's a choice
more often than a feeling.
I know that love has swept me up
and sent my heart reeling.
They say when you know, you know
And I know I know with you.
I know that here in 50 years,
We'll be enjoying that front porch view.
And so I boldly say
with out a hesitation,
I love you with all my heart,
I have no reservations.

She walks with grace and Dignity
Because she knows her savior.
She knows that life's a gift, you see
It shows in her behavior.

She always has an ear to hear,
She thinks before she talks.
But every word she says is wise
I hope my stride will mimic her walk.

For freedom Christ did set us free
She lives this verse out infinitely
I look at her face and don't see her
But the God who conquered death and hurt

You see, her face is like a mirror,
It reflects what she's been staring at.
I look to her but see my savior,
His steadfast love she does not lack.

I say all this because she showed me
Something that can't be taught with words.
My mother's love is the closest thing
To Jesus on this earth.

She loved me when I was young,
and small enough to hold.
She loved me when I woke her up
and didn't do what I was told.

She loved me when I wasn't small
and WAY too big to hold.
She wrapped her arms around me,
And told me I was beautiful.

She loved me when the boys did not,
But told me that they did.
She loved me even when we fought
And my stubborn streak was worse than I thought.

She loved me when I was anxious
to leave the nest she made.
She understood that time would come,
And loved me anyways.

She loves me when my life is crazy,
and I don't get a chance too call.
She loves from across state lines,
In the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.

My Mother loves like Jesus does,
her love is unconditional.
I love My mom with all my heart,
and in the deepest depths of my soul.

The only reason I can love,
Is cause she taught me how.
She showed me Christ exemplified,
So I will love my little one like she loves me now.

I'll set my eyes on the flame eternal
For what is seen will not sustain
Jesus burn the world inside me
For me to die is gain.

Hope,
be the anchor in my soul.
I'll tie me to you and never cut the rope.
Trust,
be the thing that I know best
with the enemy and his tests I'll stand up strong.
Burdens,
I'll lay them at your feet
cause my strength can't compete with your mighty power.
Fear,
be of my ancient past.
With this flame I won't look back into the darkness.
Love,
It's something I can do
because you did it first and I'm forgiven.
Praise,
I will praise your holy name
cause your eternal flame has put the enemy to shame.

I'll set my eyes on the flame eternal
For what is seen will not sustain
Jesus burn the world inside me

For me to die is gain.

My lips pressed to your lips
Your hand on my bare back
I know tomorrow I'll regret this
But right now I'll forget the facts
Your tongue tastes so sweet
Though I don't know where it's been
I told myself I'd never do this
leave my heart left to defend
Something down right senseless  
It's hard to justify this sin.

Why do the wrong things
Always feel so right?
Why do our temptations
Always win the fight?
The child always reaches
For the kettle when it's hot
One day the burns and scars
will show her she should not
So foolish I was to think
That lust was not my sickness
Because an unguarded strength
Is really a double weakness.

Two states over your heart is beating
that fact alone hinders my breathing.
Sometimes I wish you didn't exist
so that my heart and my soul could be through with this.

His eyes don't effect me the way that yours do
though nothing was established between me and you.
He told me his heart while keeping his soul
and time keeps on passing, you've yet to be bold.

The hands of the clock are moving the time
and if you don't hurry I might change my mind.
Maybe my words are to convince my own head
maybe I've imagined all the things that you've said.

If you were only fiction
perhaps I could see his eyes.
The reality of you impairs my vision.
I feel like i'm bleeding, waiting for my own demise

Get in or get out, the boat is leaving the shore.
But it would leave and float nowhere, you are the oars.
Enough of your talk, I know now it's cheap
Just show me I am the person you'll keep.

You looked at me so earnestly
You knew what I was thinking
There was something different in your touch
I didn't feel like I was sinking
You pull me up instead of down
With you, I'm 10 feet off the ground
It's a curious thing that you are mine
Because I told you no the first time

I contemplated our compatibility
And I came back eventually
But holding fragile hopes inside
Cause they never really treat me right
But my fears just seemed to dissipate
The second your eyes looked past my face
You tilted my chin as if to say
"This isn't just a momentary phase"

If reading this it sounds so fleeting
Know I am attracted to your heart, not just its beating
Different is your touch, of course...
But if you had no hands, I'd still feel its force
Something in your soul draws me in like fire
I'm a paper lantern and you only take me higher
Floating in the air, but not without a destination
I'm hoping that our future will become more than my imagination

when my mind runs away restless
i feel that i must catch it
but the only way to reign it in
is with yellow paper and pen

it runs away from the chaos
that has turned into its home
it tries to find its peace
but can't seem to get alone

the only way the chaos sifts
is through the ball point pen
and when it hits the paper
i begin to breathe again

I did it again  
This heart's bound to loose
Before it can win
So pack your bags
And cover your eyes
I don't want them to
See me cry

Why do I fall like the water from my eyes?
Why do i crawl for the ones that tell me lies?
This is my new point of view:
I'm better off without you.

I did it again
I played with fire
And I got singed
Don't bring a bandage
I want to bleed
To remind me
What I do not need

Why do I burn for the ones that are so cold?
Why do I yearn for the story that's been told?

I did it again
That sweet talker
He lured me in
So quit your fishing
Cut your bait
I should have known
To hesitate

Why do I bite the ones that have a hook?
Why do I fight when I know I'll Just be cooked?

My heart is Clumsy
It tends to Fall
It makes me mad
It's such a know it all
The next boy
Why not tell me first
Before I fall prey to
Your own curse

This is my new point of view:
I'm better off without you.

They say it’s where the Heart is
And now I know that’s true
Maybe not the whole thing
But a piece enjoys the view

The air’s a little sweeter
The sky is brighter blue
The people smile bigger
To my town I’m always due

I left you for a while
But then again came back
It’s strange how with each mile
Returned the life I lacked

The threshold that read ‘welcome’
I now read upside down
I hold back tears of sadness
Remembering I’ll come back round

See that’s the part that gets me
That the doormat will do its job
No longer do I welcome
But stand before the doorknob

Driving home late Saturday
The sun is fading away
I thought my memory of you was fading too

In the cab the stereo plays
"It kills me when he's gone"
I never had you and I'm barely hanging on

You are iron, my reality is brass.
what do you wan't from me?
Why do I even have to ask.
I want you but I want to let you go.

I wrote you wouldn't call
But then i heard your voice
My mind chooses you because my heart won't give me a choice

Normally word's come easy to me,
when I sit here and play behind these white keys.
But I'm thinking of you and my tongues all confused,
boy you got me twisted.
I wrote down some words about another man,
but for some reason you're still inside my hands.
your the chorus to all of my songs,
and my heart just can't stop singing along.

You are iron, my reality is brass.
What do you want from me?
Why do I even have to ask.
I want you but I want to let you go.

The sky was falliNg
You grabbEd my hand
We ran until Our shoes were soaked
The city cRied
But we just smiLed
WE rode our laughter like a boat
They said the night wAs ruined
I doN't agree
It waS an unforgettable memory.

I must remind myself that you are human
And humans are made with imperfections
How unfair of me to think that you
Could fulfill all of my expectations  

I must remind myself that I am human
Also made of imperfections
But all I ask is that you hold my hand
and we can share a perfectly imperfect affection

I'm in love with a boy who doesn't even know
And love is not a word I use so casual
I don't want to love someone who doesn't love me back
But my feelings are too far gone to try and get them back
Red lips have made him bleed and only time will stop the flow
And for the time it takes to heal, it's hard to let him go
For now my lips are sealed, but the key has not been swallowed
Foolish i would be, keeping keys and secrets in the same hollow
For the secrets will get smart and find their way to freedom
And I am left empty, wishing that i hadn't freed them
The second case scenario, I throw the key away
But I'm hoping that I'll need it, to let them out one day.
The day that they'll escape is when his heart is healed
And only if he comes to me and tells me all he feels
I'm hoping that his feelings will be the same as mine
And the lyrics of our hearts will make a perfect rhyme

You said "write a song of me" in a joking voice,
but I knew I didn't have a choice.
Cause your eyes were laughing, and mine were too.
Oh I love the way they laugh when you sing John's blues.

Shades of grey were not around that night,
Cause I saw who you were in the dim street light.

Cause I like the way your eyes match mine
But you're the other guy
And I'm not supposed to fall for you
And his eyes were blue
And we all know I like the ocean side view
But on the East Coast the ocean is green
And that's what I remember when you told me what you mean.

You wore your heart on your sleeve and your soul was exposed,
and that means more to me than you'll ever know.
I'll try to keep it safe,
cause he's not gonna chase me home.

Your radio plays Christmas in November,
and I bet he won't call even in December.
I'm not using you to waste time cause your always on my mind,
but I wish he wasn't there so you'd be the only lines.

A break in my writing, I think you took me on a date.
Oh no, oh no now my heart is at stake.
North Carolina blows away with the wind.
Now I'm dreaming of you, and what could begin.

On the East Coast I can be myself.
On the East coast I never feel alone.
On the East Coast they take me off the shelf.
I know where I'm setting up my home.

Every 'i' dotted and 't' crossed
Every word written and key thought
Every idea and random inspiration
Every tear dropped from sudden consternation
Everything always comes back to you
No matter how hard I try to make it through
You remain in the barracks of my brain
I wish your memory would stop driving me insane
But then again, you are what inspires
Don't leave, my pen would be without a writer.

Idle minds
Make idle hands
Idle time's
In high demand
I thought I needed
to relax
But now I'm begging
Take it back
The time
I wasted.
Time spent well
Is time in use
Not standing still
On an excuse
Idleness
A dreadful trap
Your heart begins
to form a gap

"TICK TOCK!"
The clock screams loudly from the wall
Everything in me wants to answer its call
It hears the silence and asks me why I sit
When it's busy ticking and tocking and pitching a fit
It tells me that there's only so much it can say
Before his arms give out and its voice goes away
He tells me that sitting does him no good
I could do so much more if only I stood
So stand up for something while you still have time
Because purpose makes life  a lot better you'll find

If flight is taken from the bird
So also is her unique beauty
Now she is beautiful, so you've heard
But to take her flight is to take her passion, her duty

Her colors are as bright as day
But still somehow they've lost their fire
She walks the ground aimlessly
defeated by her own desire

What makes this creature captivating
Is not the colors of her feathers
It's the wind beneath her wings
How she flies above the weather

A bird was made to fly, you see
And I somehow relate
It lost it's fight with gravity
I should learn from her mistake

I'm not a feathered creature
but I was made to fly
Yet only metaphorically
And I've been sitting still a while

You came to give me flight, or life
And life to live abundantly
If I stand by and wait for more
I'll lose my fight with gravity

Like the bird has it's flight
I also have my own uniqueness
It's what you gave me called new life
And to waste it would be foolishness

The present only hurts when I think about the future,
the future that I thought about in the past.
Not my future, but our future in particular.
It hurts because I am finding out you wouldn't last.
I am mad because I went there, I went there in my head.
My reality got blurry, imagination jumped the gun.
Unfortunately, I picked the wrong present to look ahead.
I made up a love that hadn't even begun.
Moral of my story: to have a brighter future you must live in the now.
Don't ask me though, because I can't tell you how.

You tore me down to build me back up
You’ve emptied me to fill up my cup
I was broken, scattered, tattered and torn
And from my chaos a new life was born
You already lived inside my heart
But my foundation had shifted and was cracked in parts
A city can’t rest on uneven ground
My buildings were standing just to fall down
The skyline was real and so was my view
The sun would still set, just right, on queue
But pastel painted tricks in my mind
That my soul was great and my foundation was fine
Then the storm came and I fell to the earth
My chin scraped the ground and I tasted the dirt
This brought my eyes to the floor of my city
For the first time I saw the cracks, they weren’t pretty
And in that very moment, I knew
You brought me down to see a different view
It was time to rebuild and I’d start at the core
Cause when you are the center, the foundation’s restored.

Have you ever stood beside the ocean and closed your eyes?
Just breathing in the quiet wind and white noise of the tide.
YOU are my ocean
Your waves wash over me and at last my body is at ease
I breathe you in deep, because you are my release
You wrap your arms around me, whole
But you don't just cradle my body, you hold my soul
There in the silence, you hold a fragile being
But I trust you're strong enough, cause I hear my heart beating
The ocean is vast, and scary at times
And I'm submerged underwater, yet I'm breathing just fine.