People come in
and out
of my life
like millions of
little leaves,
skittering across the sidewalk,
in late autumn.

And I,
I am the tree,
who always knows
when things get better
the leaves will return.

Fairweather friends
and leaves alike
will always return
but I,
I am the tree,
and I am still strong
without them.

-t.b.

"I'll be stopping by tomorrow with something"

I ask if it will explode when she leaves.

"No not  a bomb, just a box"

I wait and worry regardless,

"I'll be there in ten"

I brace myself as the blue Toyota pulls up.

"I don't think we should talk for a while"

I struggle to respond as her tears begin.

I am helpless to stop them.




She walks off and the car drives away.

I open the box and it explodes,

In it is every gift and every card I'd given her.

"How can you be hurt? You broke up with me."

Maybe she was right,

Maybe I didn't know the pain she felt before



But now? Now I know.

"I couldn't bear to see these around my room"

How the hell am I to live with them?

A necklace I had crafted,

Her favorite candy,

All gifts to her, now punishment to me.



But the bomb,

The true explosion,

Hits me with a blast I dare atoms to match.

An insignificant little plush toy.

A beautiful little Orca,

Soft as her caress once was,

Silky as her hair in my fingers,

Murderously painful like a knife in the gut.

The little card dangled innocently,

"Happy Anniversary Honey! XOXO"

It would have been today.

Sometimes it feels you are somebody else
Hiding behind a pillar, to show your shadow
The place where we met, a lost story
but again sometimes I feel you are my life

A love gone wrong in the world's eyes
Strong, steady and silent...
tears, weeping and violent.
The best, the worst...both you and me

Sometimes I feel what did I get out of you!
The answer is a question itself!
My life my love all swimming on your thoughts
That's where I get to see a reflection of myself

Then a mirror becomes useless..
you describe me so perfectly
that I begin to love myself
No temper, no shouting

Sometimes you seem away from me
what would it feel without you?
Shockingly I twist and hug you
Where would I go without you

A night where we exchange our giggles
Where you softly whisper into my ears
Silent as the morning, busy as the day
Just don't go away...

Sometimes just thinking about you
A little bit of nothing brings a smile
A lot of everything brings tears
Sometimes...Just sometimes....

Life can be hard. Life can be confusing.
But know this
Life can be amazing and beautiful.
So don't give up and keep on trying
Beacuse one day your dreams will come true
And you will be free
To be what you want to be

I can't get you out of my mind
But I'm running out of time
What do I do
What do I say
I think about you everyday
My heart skips a beat when you walk into the room
I want to be the bride when you are the groom
Love is love
And that's what I feel
What I'm feeling is oh so real
I love you but you don't love me
Oh what I'd do if it was just you and me...

Walk, walk, walking, step, step, pace pace
Shoes wear down, I'm wearing my shoes.
Soles are all gone, those soles of my soul I sold to the devil for love.
Love to hate, hate to love.
The circle
The shape of my heart, my heart hurts
No pain
Paint the window pane with a picture so familiar just to hide the unfamiliar
Faces
Face the reality, they think
Thinking wrong.

TV isn't a reality, the news isn't real, new news is never news.
Just **** i already knew.
I knew we should have handed the gift  to give a gift of hope
For the best
Hoping for the world, a chance to rest
Hoping for peace
Hoping for more hope to hope the things that need the most hope
Hope, for a new pair of shoes