Like a shadow, fox
Skirted across the road, sly
Dark and beautiful

Today I met Bruce
He is a big, dark brown moose
He was a cool moose

Majestic Mountains
Grand Tetons stand tall and proud
Against wind, sun, sky

Big fat Buffalo
Sometimes fast, though, sometimes slow
Bison knows no foe

The river swells and breaks before the plunge, plumetting down, down far below the ledge of my vision where you can hear the mighty crash and roar of water on rock and you can feel the rushing power of it all beside you, wondering what it would be like to be swept away...
And this is just a small reminder of how small and incapable I am, and how vulnerable I am to natures whim

Frightened,  timid, and cautious I may appear
But a coward is something I will never be
Unsure, hesitant, and thoughtful I may seem
But weak is something I will never be
Confident, proud, and unashamed I admit
But arrogant is something I will never be
Lies, cheats, and thefts I have done
But a sinner is something I will never be
Weakened, humiliated and kicked I have been
But disgraced is something I will never be
Unwilling, unjust, and mistaken I will say
But dishonorable is something I will never be
Cowardly, Weak, Arrogant, Sinful, Disgraced and Dishonored these are the things I will never be.
And These are the things you have always been
These are the things I will never be
She said, as she died slowly
These are the things I will never be

I don't feel safe she called
Between giggles and squeals of delight
And It took everything I had
Not to tell her she wasn't

She lie dying in the hospital
Liver failure of the most innocent type
Not two days old and she had a foot in the grave
The doctors tried, and tried
UV, IV, Lights and drips and even ***** donations.
The nurses came and went
And the mother was worried sick
And then they prayed.
The father and his father
The mother and all her friends.
Her grandmother, her aunts and uncles and cousins.
And the grandfather prayed. He stood over her as she laid in the cradle and crossed his hands in prayer; head bowed humbly before his God.
And he called her his Little Kestrel.
The pastor's prayer did the trick
And she recovered nice and quick.
The baby grew and grew and continues still to grow
Making everyone who prayed thankful and proud for all she'd become.
And soon she will be a full grown Kestrel; ready to take flight with full fledged beauty for the world the behold
Ready to take flight and show her grandfather
What a Kestrel she had become

The night stars twinkle like the spotlights I used to know
Clear and fresh the silent air stirs with wind
Pierced by struggles and cries of innocence
The rush of Justice kicks in
And the night is quiet again
The night is mine to seize as I choose
Through training and greif I sprouted wings
And in the night I soar
Like the Bat himself

It's just a grave
Of a soldier, young and brave.
No body does it keep,
And few visit or weep.
I alone,
Sit by this stone.
And yet I know,
Though it brings me greif and woe,
It is not he,
Who lies beneath me.
There is no soul
For me to love and console.
Sadly, I must admit
With all my clever, all my wit
There is nothing here, save
This lonely old grave.

I've carried it.
The burden of my house; it's gone.
I burried it.
Far down the road; It's wrong.
I've been wary.
It's a curse, a nightmare and song.
I've tarried.
And for that my days are long.
I was married.
Until the curse found them; drug them along
The consequence varied.
But no one escaped; the curse is strong.
The sin plauged all who carried it.
Its been the burden of my house for too long.
I've burried it.
Down in my grave where it belongs

Sometimes I feel empty
Empty like this bottle
Laying at my feet
Empty like your smile
Worn and beat
Empty like the land
Desprate in the heat
Empty like the city
Not a friendly face to greet
Empty and alone
My fate is obsolete
I'm sorry
For the emptiness in me

Coffee burnt breath
A Chocolate twinged touch
Strawberry kisses
And this is a bit much

Idle day dreams
A Careless scribbled note
Roseberry glances
And you gave me your coat

Dizzy drunken stares
A table for two
Blueberry whispers
And Its just me and you

Dying old age
A well placed blow
Blackberry wishes
And my love  had to go

Coffee burnt breath
A chocolate twinged touch
Strawberry kisses
And alas it was never enough

This is sappy
This is weak
But I can't help it
You just make me so happy

This is cliché
This isn't me
But I'm baffled
You can make me feel this way

It's been two weeks
Or maybe a couple days?
I've lost track
It's too soon for this speech

Maybe I'm too fast
Or maybe I'm too slow
But I'm bewitched
By this spell you've cast

This is stupid
It's gone too far
I'm sorry
I'm done playing with Cupid

I want this to last
Don't we all?
It has a great view
But a terrible fall

It happened so fast
I had to make a call
Can it be true?
What happens when I scale this wall?

Tie me to the mast
Tell me I have gaul
For falling for you
You were fake after all

But thats the past
Shattered in the hall
Made of China new
Like a fragile doll

How could it last?
No ones immoral after all
I guess it's over, guess we're through
How could I be so stupid to fall for you?

Talking to her and all I can think of you
I want to feel you, want you close to me
This is wrong and new
But I feel so free
I want to say something, some words, just a few.
In your arms, your hands on my waist, no other place I'd rather be
Taking a test and all I can think out of the blue
I want to see him, I wish I could flee
I'm giddy, oh so giddy to be through
When he looks at me, what does he see?
Closer and closer still to you
I want to be with you, I'll pay whatever fee
Does he love me can it be true?
I can't believe you chose me
Do you love me sincerely the way I love you?

As my blood trickled
Down to the place where no one lived
Down into the place where people layed down their hopes and died
I heard the roar
Raging beneath the bodies
As they fed on my dreams and my goals
They rose up above me
Trampled over my corpse
And greedily took from the life that was mine
Through breath of my lung
And strength of my blood
I awoke the graveyard of quitters
And through my sacrafice they ascended to achieve a greater life
And to say I redeemed so many souls
To say I saved so many lives
I guess it was worth it
My little sacrafice
Or so I thought
As my blood trickled down to where no one lived