Scars, like yours, mine, and ours
The ones that bled, now you can never discard

Scars, time to relive the past
It just happened to be,
Within in my grasp

Scars, a reminder of will
Remembering a loss,
A void to be filled

Scars, I’ll never forget
A map of the journey
No pain filled regrets

Scars, a feeling contrived
A time in my past  
Grateful; alive

Our creator, a leader of men
Scars are a reminder  
That symbolizes the dead

Scars, one last debate
How am I supposed to feel
When we can’t relate?
I don’t want to hear it
I don’t want to know
Don’t keep me waiting
With no dial tone

Scars, like yours, mine, and ours
The ones that bled, now you can never discard

It’s a badge of honor
I survived death!
A merit of completion
Having been put to the test
Got me in a fight for land
Where men now lay dead
Bloodied and red
These scars on my body
The voice in my head
Telling me you are the enemy
No longer my friend

Scars, like yours, mine, and ours
The ones that bled now you can never discard
Scars, yours, mine, and ours
Scars on your leg, on your chest, on your head

Scars, when you decided on ink
Instead of lead
Taking a bullet, they pronounced you as dead.
Scars

I saw you in the distance
You knew nothing of my existence
Until your arrival
When you offered me some assistance

I didn’t turn you down
My jaw fell to the ground
Not sure what I would’ve done
If you hadn’t been around

I suppose I’d still be searching
For connections far and wide
Millions of blank faces
That make up my paradigm

That’s just an example
For a length of time
New things to discover
Despite the daily grind

Being open to new ideas
It must have slipped my mind
I couldn’t decipher the hidden truth
From your creative lies

I’m not disappointed
The big picture’s by design
There’s no reason to deny it
No cause to be unkind

My heart is protected
By a force you can’t contrive
A thick steel door without a key
And no one there to bribe

I know the secret password
To go through the pearly gates
I was sent an invitation
Despite protesting my fate

Time is a fickle thing
The seconds so precise
Your adventure through this life
Has opened up my eyes

I have a new perspective
A new outlook on life
I have you to thank for this
Not once, not twice, but thrice

Don’t Be That Guy


I used to have a thing for you
With hair jet black and eyes of blue
I may have had a drink or two
What was it that you said I’d do?
I can’t remember, but hope is here
As we circle around the hemisphere
Don’t be that guy, don’t be that dude
You’ve got it wrong
He’s black and blue
Nothing could be done, just gloom
He had to go and be rescued
Instead I feel complacent and completely Misconstrued

How do I express
What's running through my chest
The beating of my heart
Awoken from its rest

My eyes are wide open now
I see what I've become
I’m no ordinary man at all
Just a soldier without a gun

I am a special breed
That lives without a need
In search of no new victory
But still destined to succeed

I'd given up without a fight
Turned mornings into night
Found out it didn't matter
Whether I was wrong or right

Now just the thought of you
Circling in my brain
Brings hope to a shattered soul
That words just can't explain

The darkness has turned bright
A future is in sight
Together we can touch the stars
Without ever taking flight

You are the warmth inside my fire
You are the shade beneath the trees
You are what's cool in frozen water
And the swooshing in the breeze

My heart beats for you
You’re in my sticky glue
You are all I've ever needed
You are my everything
So beautiful and free

Face To Face


I found the common denominator,
To defy the laws of life
Missing a ***** that holds me together
Could it be that you’re my type

Bouncing here and there
Inside this cosmic sphere
Never admitting anything
What you see, or feel, or hear

Detached from the world
Stuck in outer space
This is not some innocent girl
She suppresses her inner rage

Yet, her words were hypnotizing
I could not look away
I was entrenched while in her presence
Her beauty and her brain

She must find her happy place
Before things go to waste
I drive fast, speed, post haste
It’s only for the thrill I chase

Beaten up by the officials
Which leaves a bad after taste
This feels like a moment
For a little hope and faith

Let’s move on, know your place
Or combat with me face to face

I long to be free
A controversy of sorts
Follow my lead
I could use the support

I stand apart
From others like me
It’s hardest to start
I’m sure you’d agree

Alone in the dark
It’s true I can’t see
I’ll give you my heart
It’s true, yes indeed

I veer off course
It’s temporary
It’s hard to endure
Through the controversy

I’ll never give up
I’ll enter my plea
I’ll fill up my cup
And plead insanity

When I’m released
I’ll pretend to foresee
A future that’s bright
But that’s just a theory

There are things in life
That you just can’t unsee
Under the knife
Stuck in purgatory

There’s lies I believe
The time is fleeting
A fool for your love
In 100 degrees

Burning, not yearning
The red of my skin
It’s a little disconcerning
Of what could’ve been