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Jamie L Betts Jun 2011
Everything I ever wanted, you held tight in your hands,
And you pressed your heart into mine and said, "Don't let go."
I tried; I promised you that I'd never hurt you,
But now you're standing in the rain, mourning my retreat.
My dear, I never meant to betray your heart so coldy,
But you and I just weren't what my soul craved.
I tried to return to you but my weariness won,
And so I left you all alone, with no one but yourself.
Jamie L Betts Jun 2011
Let’s take a trip down memory lane
Throw our cares into the wind and say it’s all okay
We made it this far now there’s no turning back
So stay here with me, just a little longer
I’ll kiss your fears away
Just hold on, don’t say goodbye just yet. There’s so much we haven’t seen, so much love left in my heart for you, so just hold on.
Can you see the stars they shine
Just for you and I tonight
Hold my hand now, just stay strong
Cuz you’ll make it after all they say
Can you make your heart keep beating just for me?
Am I asking too much?
But I love you, now we’ll make it till the end.
So just hold on, don’t say goodbye just yet. There’s so much we haven’t seen, so much love left in my heart for you, so just hold on.
And if you stay
Here with me
I won’t let go, I’ll keep your heart
Safe inside my soul
You’re the one I won’t let go
And I won’t let go, now I won’t let go (just hold on)
Just hold on, don’t say goodbye just yet. There’s so much we haven’t seen, so much love left in my heart for you, so just hold on.
Stay with me tonight
The stars are shining bright
In my eyes
Stay with me tonight
Stay with me tonight
Forever…
Jamie L Betts Jun 2011
I must have been stained with all the words you left behind
Your freezing heart nearly stole my summertime.
I watched you rise as the leaves twisted through the air
Falling short of the ground perhaps because you were there.
The sadness that overtakes my heart fades only when you’re near,
Yet somehow you only seem to crush me when you’re here.
I can’t save my sanity, and you won’t let me be.
When stars no longer shine, what then will we see?
A vast sky devoid of all humanity; bleakness leaking through the earth,
But was my heart really ever mine? A small tragedy, for all that it’s worth.
And I must have been scarred from all the pain you threw my way,
For in their eyes and in your hands, I lost my life today…
Jamie L Betts Jun 2011
You can run away with me, anytime you want.
We can chase the stars together, find a soul to haunt.
Running down the memory lane, pocket full of dreams,
I lost you on the wayside where nothings what it seems.
I left you there to slowly fade, a masquerade at most.
And though I’m hardly fit to speak, I’ll break you in a boast.
From crashing waves to moonlit fads, let’s have ourselves a feast,
And though you think I’m just a *****, I’m really such a beast.
You broke me down and stole my heart, and I did not fight back,
But now it’s time you see the fight, and courage which I lack.
To shut you out and break your walls and tell you I’m okay,
When really all I needed was for you to make me stay.
And leap into my mind, its dark, but soon you’ll surely see,
You give me just a glimmer of light, a tiny hint of glee.
But you won’t run away with me into the blackest white,
And I’ve no choice to accept that this won’t ever be alright.
Jamie L Betts Jun 2011
Catch the stars as they fall –
One by one from the vast blackened sky –
And hold them in your heart for tomorrow’s hope.
I heard them say,
“You’ll make it if you’ll just hold on.”
But where were they?
When the heavens lost their light,
And smothered us with burning whispers?
The clock rolls backward now,
But time still moves forward,
Leaving us in the shadows of yesterday.
We are all so mislaid today,
But we’ll hold on for tomorrow’s hope,
For tomorrow’s hope is all we have to cling to now.

— The End —