Sometime lay your weapons down,
To think of peace and no more fear,
No longer will the young ones die,
To fight for what is so very unclear.

The roar and rant of bombs alone,
Enough to cause the strongest to cry,
The battlefields so littered with youth,
Can't stop my tears from flowing down.

We start our lives with hope and dreams,
Learning to love and have playful things,
With our eyes fixed  solid on many days,
There comes a joy and peace within.

But leaders can't learn how to share,
They want the power and glory there,
But war is nothing so glorious to see,
When fears and tears outnumber dreams.

I say no longer should people blindly follow,
The leaders who seek to destroy the world,
Instead we should fight them where they stand,
Deny the leaders their quest for destruction.

No more should soldiers die so suddenly,
We hope no more the mothers will cry,
No one but God can take a life we say,
Except in times of self preservation.

So despots where you slither and slide,
Destroy your madness no longer the lie,
Push those who seek no peace of mind,
Until they are gone from all humankind.

They say that I will soon forget,
The way you use to fill my soul,
They tell me no more will I know,
How much I lost when you go.

Some tell me to stay away,
From the places we use to go,
To no longer picture your face,
Your eyes and hair,  I know.

But, somewhere deep inside me,
I hurt like no other hurt before,
Remembering what we knew,
Is gone and can never again be.

I walk everyday all alone,
Thinking of how you touched me,
How much we were one in love,
Now gone, but fresh in my mind.

Seeming to think my life is over,
Because you gave me such love,
Like I had never, ever known before,
I cry and can't see to stop the tears.

I thought, just the other sad day,
I'd call you and we'd laugh again,
Just like we used to want to do,
But now I can no longer call you mine.

I just try and pretend that I'll be ok,
While all I want to do is hide away,
Thinking of how you were once here,
While the walls just tell me no.

Somewhere deep in mountains,
Tallest pine trees still do grow,
Is the place she still is living,,
Mystery Princess Evening Flow.

Hear the streams swift flowing,
Where clouds still hang and go,
Deep immersed inside the forest,
Lives the lovely Evening Flow.

High are the gods and heavens,
Where we still can touch the sky,
Icecaps cover on  the mountains,
In this the very few know.

Traveled far in hopes to find her,
Wanting to see where she lives,
Comes a broken man still searching,
For the Princess Evening Flow.

In the chance of finding the magic,
Where the fairies still live and breathe,
Just around the corner is she coming,
To let us see what legends unfold.

Once a lonely, lost man stumbling,
Once a drifter so cast out to sea,
Now this time to like a hunter,
For the mesmerizing lady Flow.

When I find her how I'll shutter,
Just to have a dream come true,
Nothing lost if all we find there,
Someday seeing a world unknown.

Evening Flow who lives in legends,
Must now live deep in my soul,
Someday I will behold her essence,
Princess beauty Evening Flow.

Why do you do the things you do?
Why do you say the things you do?
I just don't understand it,
Can't get my head around it,
How you can say that we are through.

Each day I see you standing there,
I try to act like I don't care,
But, deep in my heart I'm crying,
Feels like a part is dying,
How can you hurt me like you do?

Whatever happened, I don't know,
It's hard for me to watch you go,
If I could change it and start again,
Maybe, this time we'd start as friends.

I see you looking more at him,
I know you're loving only him,
Just try to believe my crying,
Is part of me just denying,
That you are going home with him.

When I drive by and see you there,
I'm just pretending I don't care,
What will it take to love you?
Is there a chance to see you?
Now before both of us end.

Whatever happened, I don't know,
It's hard for me to watch you go,
If I could change it and start again,
Maybe, this time we'd start as friends.

If love is to begin its course,
We must then tell the way we feel,
Because in love no minds will know,
Unless the head and heart do tell.

Life is too short to stand unseen,
Just take a chance and love another,
But we must first share how we feel,
Or love is gone and no more seen.

I knew a girl who stirred my soul,
Each day I longed to be with her,
But being shy I stopped my desire,
To watch another go quick to her.

I vowed to never let someone I loved,
Be gone before my heart revealed,
How I would live and die for one,
No longer chancing a love so sweet.

So, now I say be bold and brave,
If so rejected, then life is such,
But never hold your words at bay,
Even if it means such a heartfelt pain.

Another girl one day came dancing,
I took her hand and body near mine,
Then whispered my love into her ear,
Until the time she smiled agreed.

I am no longer afraid to love,
Then this is how my life unfolds,
Be bold and shout your passion so,
When a beautiful woman comes along.

Yearn to be free, to have a voice,
That someone will notice and rejoice;
To stretch my dreams so far they go,
That everyone will now hear and know.

To stand amongst the crowd and sing,
We'll hear the sound of freedom ring;
Let loose with breaths of joy and hope,
No longer strangled by society's rope.

We'll share our feelings and desires,
To live unhindered most every hour;
Discuss whatever our lives contain,
No longer in shackles, or in pain.

Stand up and lay our lives to bear,
If we're to triumph and truly care,
Stand tall along the shores and say,
Today is all our independence day.

In my hand I held your heart,
Saw it beating slow and sweet,
Held my breath at such a sight,
Drew your image in my mind.

Held your body smooth delight,
Walked across the room for you,
Looked into your eyes so deep,
Longed to kiss you on your mouth.

Smelled the rose upon your skin,
Ran my fingers through your hair,
Felt your breathing deep in my soul,
Danced the dance of love tonight.

Held so tightly your loving grace,
Wished for now to never go away,
Slowly caressed your skin on mine,
Kissed you finally for quite a time.

Wisped you off in a swirling dance,
Across the room we glided so,
Dimming lights and stars above,
Made a spectacle of evening time.

Couldn't stop the mad revelry,
Wanted time to stop and be still,
Pictured you with me at home,
Needed you to be with me.

Counted the luck I savored now,
Loved you long and bewitching now,
Stared so soft and with beating heart,
My heart you now held in your hand.