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Behind closed doors
A lioness roars
Behind the facade
An angel’s ignored
Lack of sleep
Or bloodshot eyes
They’ll come a time
When even the truth tells lies
No friend nor foe
Can ignore your cries
Wipe up the tears
Step outside
Lift up your head
And walk with pride
This can’t be what’s really going on now
Taking it in, slick grin, mixed in with the same scowl

None of it matters,  
What’s done is done
I could’ve tried harder
I could have won

It’s time to save, or give away freely
It’s all insane, please stack it up neatly

I can be wrong, darlin’, I’m only one man
It’s borderline freezing
Come, take my hand

They swept you away, and let you down easy
To my dismay, repeating, exceeding  

Every single day I live, gives away it’s true meaning
Left alone in my bed, could be self defeating

I raise up from my bed, tell us what you’re feeling
I’m in need of aid, to begin the healing

All that is important,
Under the stitching and the seems,
Is a vast, solemn assortment, of runaway dreams
Dog snores in a dim lit room
His coat is shiny
Just got groomed
He wakes up from a noise downstairs
His curiosity peeked, leads to an inquisitive stare
He hulks up like a pit bull, with nothing to fear
While he’s softer than a teddy bear
His eyes are brown,
round, not square
Shifting himself into 2nd gear
A bark so loud, it fills the air
Danger, I sense danger,
Of that I’m well aware
Times like these are seldom
Times like these are rare
A little like a scare, in a dogs nightmare
Protecter of his masters care
And the noise downstairs
He likes his toys
He’s debonaire
My best friend, with room to spare
Intelligent, would describe him fair
With so much love to give and share
Not everyone can feel this way
Of this, I am gratefully aware
The dogs real name is JJ
He is not my dog, but my roommates
Life’s too short, and so am I
I’m vertically deprived
I’m king of self denial
And I’m awkward when I lie

I’m hard to reach, a recluse
Who runs away to hide
Less and less curiosity
Attendance on decline  

I haven’t got a gimmick
I won’t win you any prize
Just get used to losing,
And take it all in stride

I’m not the one you’re after
We cannot coincide
There’s no need to act humble
Or be overcome with pride

I asked a real tough question
I made Mother Nature cry
The question wasn’t who or when
Not even where or why

I have a plan to resurrect my life
I’m running out of time
It’s what’s gone wrong
Since I’ve gone numb
That’s keeping me alive

No one to answer every choice
That’s too hard to decide
But if I had the choice I’d choose
On how our worlds collide
I was told I had potential
That I could do great things
But nothing has transpired
Into the glory that it brings
And so the bar gets lowered
As far as it can go
Until, it can get no lower
To the depths of the unknown
Perspective is welcomed greatly
Opinions come and go

Focus is elusive
As well, the ebb and flow
Focus is elusive
As well, the ebb and flow

Now I'm stagnant without direction
As the years pass and I grow old
The consensus is its never too late
At least that's what I've been told

It's far, so far beyond my vision
Down that long and winding road
I thought I held it in my grasp
But it slipped right through the fold
Perspective is welcomed greatly
Opinions come and go
Focus is elusive
As well the ebb and flow
Focus is elusive
As well, the ebb and flow
I see my reflection in the mirror
I see others holding hands
I think I found out long ago
I’m not your average man

I’ve missed opportunities a plenty
I've had more than my fair share
Great tragedies have befallen me
And have caught me unprepared

My ineptitude to reason
Is what’s breaking in my heart
It’s left me pondering the future
That has torn my life apart

I’ve not yet recovered
My inner cupboards are all bare
My bleeding heart feels for another
Even though they're unaware

As I take steps in moving forward
Leaving my sorrows in the past
I’ll trade grey days into colored ones
While lying on the grass

I'm picking up the pieces
Where I once felt solid gold
A melting *** of memories
Some new as well some old

I cast shadows in the bright lit sun
I set my bar too high
My feet are knee deep in the sand
And I have no reason why

I conjure up some courage
From where, I’m not too sure
Maybe hidden in my reflection
Or whom it is I’m waiting for

I’ve taking steps to forge a bond
I’m bound to see this through
With the waving of my magic wand
I’m relinquished and anew
He was just a roaming man
With nowhere left to go
Turning down a winding road
Searching for his home
Staring at the lives of which
He will never know
Wondering how he ended up
So lost and all alone.

He hadn't had a sober day
Since the third day back in June
So lazy he couldn't pray to God
So he settled on the moon.

This man he had some big ideas
But he never set a goal
He waited too long to face his fears
The opportunities he’s blown

Some days are transparent
Others are cloudy filled with smog
This man, he never had a friend
Not even a dog

He just went through the motions
Alienating everybody within reach
Making mistake after mistake
He was one you couldn't reach

He wasn't very stupid
He wasn't very smart
It was clear that he was suffering
From a broken heart

No way to fight the pain and strife
Disappointments just a way of life
Which direction leads to change?
Running around in circles
Stuck inside a maze
Which I knew and I’ve been eluding to,
for years and not for days

Smothered in ambiguity, hidden in the leaves
Layers upon layers, peeled back to the seeds
Exposing new beginnings, an apple in the tree
Living off the fruits of labor
What more can one man need?
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