Please take caution
My heart's a work in progress
I'm falling... you've detached me
Make sure you're there to catch me
Because when the ground hits
My heart splits
A million tiny pieces for the world to see
This crystal heart shattered so easily...
Too easily...

I am always alone
Never with another
I built this wall on my own
Trying to run for cover
I keep away from outside
I live in constant fear
So I cower and hide
Life is dropping bombs out there
When the smoke clears, I walked among the debris
I see the mother's tears
Her hungry child on her knee
I asked her why she's crying
In this Land of the Free?
Sad eyes looked to me replying
"Is it free? It is hard to see...
My child is hungry
She has no food
No one will help me
Why should I brighten my mood?!"
"Run" she said, "Back to solitude...
Because Life is dropping bombs out here
And God forbid one falls on you "

Today has arrived
Tomorrow is yet to come
Yesterday is gone

Mommy, you're crying
Your sadness brings Me sadness
Look at me... and smile

Look at all the pretty people
With external features so fair
Better not utter a peep though
Or you may witness their withering glare
Their distorted souls scream to harm you
And whisper their Ugly into your mind
A trap laid to disarm you
Caging your confidence, never to find
They are so wonderful to see
All these pretty faces
Just remember how careful you should be
Because they can take you to pretty ugly places

Today the wind came
And it blew me off my feet
Made way for heavy rains
Now I'm drowning in defeat
I wasn't focused on surviving
Until the water started rising
That's when I sunk deep
And I could have just kept falling
Get away
From the everyday
And just keep stalling
But I've never been a loser
Pride: My deadly sin
I'm not a beggar, I'm a chooser
Today I chose to win
So I kicked with all my might,
And swam until I was free
The rains put up quite a fight
But they were no match for me!

I saw a rose today
It stood alone on the sidewalk
I wondered of it's thoughts, and what it had to say
But too afraid, I didn't talk
Bewildered the rose looked stunned
It wondered "Why would you desert me?"
I replied to the rose I have shunned,
"I can see your thorns, and I don't want you to hurt me."