It was worse
To say nothing
But now we have
Reached nothing
And the candle
Has gone out.

We're one step closer
To paradise
My darling
But one step back
And you'll fall
Don't trust the strangers
My darling
We're not one step closer
At all.

Mankind
The kind who love
We're kind
It's in the name
But, we're choosy
Picky
We've earned it after all
The smartest species
Who can outsmart themselves
For who needs to love
Or be kind
When hatred
Is stronger
Our poison
Fuelling us
Polluting us
Misting our eyes
How is it
That mankind
The smartest species
Could be so cruel?
Maybe we're not the
Smartest species
After all.

Oh what joy it is to lay
In lush green grass
On a summers day
And oh the pleasure of a summers breeze
Curling through hair
Like branches on trees
Oh how nice to feel the sun
Warm your skin
When the day is done
And oh how calm to be outside
Free from the walls
In which you had to reside
Oh how charming to admire the view
Watch the endless blue skies
As if the world was new
And oh the laugh of a barefoot skip
And crystal clear waters
In which your toes may dip
Oh the sweetness of a birds song
The buzz of the bees
Where the creatures belong
For what joy it is to lay
In lush green grass
On a summers day
When the world is full of glee
And time is meant for you and me.

Love blossomed like a spring flower
Small and hopeful
Like a promise of sunshine
Shielding the greys of winter.
And it shone within me
Like a candle
Flickering through the darkness
A ray of hope to grab onto
Like a safety rope.
But holding onto it was like
Hanging off a cliff edge
It burned my fingertips
As I stayed
So close to falling
And yet so close
To being saved
If only somebody
Would reach and pull me up.
But time went on
And the sun began to shine too brightly
Scorching me.
Yet, still I stayed, close to the warmth
As I was tired of the cold
And I was tired now
As it was just too easy
To shut my eyes
Lean back
And fall.

Speak up, speak out
They say
This is your chance.
But, I have no voice.
Mind full of thoughts
But no voice
In which to share them.
Around me
People are shouting
Screaming and banging their fists
But I am unable to share
a word or whisper
That will be heard.
Around me, the world is
changing
Evolving, growing and shrinking
My mind is filled with dreams and possibilities
But even in a land of free speech,
And empowerment
I have no voice.
So I keep quiet
As my mind screams
And nothing is done.

Your gaze searched
But never seemed to find
Mine in a room of so many others
As, why would eyes as real as yours
Think to look through the crowd
And down
To see a pair as hopeful as my own
That patiently wait
And wait forever
For you
When I, am nothing but
Small, insignificant, a waste.