Looking for love above your heart,
In your head,
In your mind,
Looking for what you cannot find,
But it's okay,
Calm yourself down,
This is love lost and found,
Honestly it's as deep as the sea,
Searching for what you can only be,
Something much more than skin deep,
It's what I need,
But it's okay,
You're safe and sound,
You're in the place called love lost and found,
Looking for love when love is blind,
Does that mean love cannot find me,
I lay myself down to get my heart to sound out the words,
And let it be heard in love lost and found.

My head throbs hard with every heart beat,

Pumping with pressure as I fear defeat.

The pain starts to numb as the moments progress,

My mind rests in silence though severely distressed.

The warzone around forces its cry for battle,

As my weakening body prepares its death rattle.

My arms grow heavy as my legs both tire,

I struggle to stand steady as I slowly expire.

Everyday I'm here, every day's the same,

Everyday it feels like I'm playing a game.

An unfair fight where swords bare no power,

Where an extra life is sour and a moment's an hour.

Another barrage prepares to attack,

Bringing in their gear and cutting no slack.

Choking on my aspirin as my teeth begin to grind,

I clear my throat and say, "next customer in line."

Two girls, both fifteen
To one life is kind, to the other life is mean
The first is an average girl, going out and having fun
The second girl is pregnant, learning to raise a little one.
One goes shopping, she can't wait for the dance
The other cries herself to sleep, praying for a second chance.
The first girl is a size zero and has a beautiful smile
The second doesn't feel pretty, she shops in the maternity
aisle.
One gets dressed up, it's finally prom night
The other heads to the hospital to put up a fight.
The first girl has fun, she dances night till day
The second makes a decision, she'll give her baby girl away.
One girl goes to bed after talking on the phone
The other won't sleep until Lacey has a good home.
Seasons change and years go by,
It's amazing how fast the time can fly.
One girl raises a family and directs the kindergarten play
One thinks about her baby and wonders, "Where is she?
Is she okay?"
The first girl has all she ever dreamed of and lives with no
regrets
The second's past still haunts her, she tries but can't
forget.

I wait for an hour, I wait for a couple more.
The horse track was not good to me today, I spent my last ten dollars on a favorite to show, he neither shown nor shined. nothing but cigarettes.  Oh the ache, oh the routine.

Only yesterday
Did I get to know your heartbeat
Only today
Did I become familiar with your breath
In
And out
A stable, rhythmic second hand
On the clock of our time together.
And tonight I will learn
Just how perfectly our bodies become one
But that second hand keeps ticking
Who knows how long it will last

I look across to you and think,
Of all I should like to say.

How much aching has come from knowing
You’re part of her ‘nothing to live for.’
In your hands is her son she did tell,
All the secrets best kept behind lips.
In your arms is the boy who hid keys,
To save Gums from the pain of her wreckage.
In your eyes is the look that feigns hope,
Just to keep him from living in real.
In the room there’s the man in the suit,
Breathes in deep and darts out the door.
To chase her on trains and carriages,
To love her, to watch run away.
And yell back the ways that you wronged,
Her sweet-kissing rises and falls.
In your city is proof that it’s bread,
Not blood that does impact a soul.
In your mind you know that her too,
Is hurting ‘til stars meet their end.

I look over to you and say nothing,
For it’s what you already do know.

in the shadow of your wings,

there i sing.

in the mighty palm of your hand,

there i dance.

under the gaze of your loving eyes,

there i stand.

in the comfort of your strong arms,

there i am relieved.

standing beside you,

forever holding your hand,

there i am.