This lake
Acting as a mirror
Reflecting all the good times
The sunshine
The peaceful times
The moon light
All the recklessness in the summer air
Placed in your memory with joy and care

Fish swim
Where ravens swarm
Where the sun is watery and warm

You'll be spending your days
Defending this place
To which
You have no ties
Defenses are weak
People are meek
You'll be spending your days
Defending this place
Covered in lies

Matches
Cigarettes
Knives and bottles
People's addictions
People's models

I know why the caged bird sings
It sings of help
It sings of being set free
It sings to tell its story
One of injustice and immorality
It sings to plead to passers by
'Oh please set me free'
It sings to say hello
It sings to say goodbye
It sings to congratulate it's brethren who have reached the sky
It sings to mourn for those yet unable to fly
It sings it's song all night and all day
In hopes Someone would understand
In hopes someone would relay its words

On the other side
The secret side
Where I reside
My secret place
The only space
That I have
To myself
I live like there's no tomorrow
I live like life is just a dream
I dream like life's worth living

Out of ideas
Not out of words
Words written down
With no connection
That is what fills this collection
A collection of thoughts
Jumbled in my head
A collection of words
That shouldn't be said

Careless and sloppy
Bland and choppy
That
Is what
This
Has
Become

I'm trapped in a box
Dark and cold
I'm trapped in a box
My time running out
Trapped in a box
With barley space to breathe
Trapped in a box
With no body else
Trapped in a box
Screaming for help

An empty house
Desolate and lonely
Waiting
Breezes carrying dust through
Tearing down cobwebs
Sweeping away memories
When the house is empty
When the house is cleansed
Free of every reminder
Of your painful past
Will you return?

Like dust we settle
Like leaves we fall
Scatter through empty rooms
Through the vacant halls

One night
Just one night
One night
To be free
One night
With a Warm summer breeze
One night
With a group of friends
One night
That will never end

Pretty eyes
Pretty smile
She'll be in love with you for a while

I'm sad
I try not to show it
And if I cry I just might blow it
The truth it lies behind my eyes
Under my sleeves
My friends
They stop me
I am loved forever and always
By them
I will be happy I will show
These little things
They are not worth it
So ill try to be happy
Ill try to show it
But if they speak to me again
I just might blow it

Masquerade of hate
Revenge is my favorite game
Don't forgive
Don't forget
I have no regrets
I am the king of remorse
Though I don't  feel a thing
I'm sorry that I'm not sorry
I don't know what you're talking about
Swear I didn't do a thing
Perfect angel child
My past isn't far behind me
Ill go back someday
Ill play
Ill play
All of your stupid little games
Ill try and ill try
I will get by
Rise to the top
I believe
I believe
I will accomplish my dreams
I swear
Masquerade of hate
Success is my favorite game

Though I may not know you
I want you to know
You're beautiful
Inside and out
You're amazing
You're loved
Don't worry
Everything will be alright
You're sick of that line
But it's no lie
Heart ache will heal
Bones will mend
Night will turn to day
Memories will fade
You will be loved after your end
Even if you think you don't have a friend

You are amazing
In every sense of the word
Every step of the way

No words
Can describe
What people
Feel inside
Lost to thought
Lost to time
No word seems right

There is no remedy
This will be the end of me
My worst enemy
Trapped in my head
Everything said
Only to myself
A danger to everyone's health
Repeat
Replay
All night
All day
My insanity
Has no remedy
It will be the end of me
My worst enemy

Empty
Drained
Forgotten
Strained
Pressure
Mistakes
Death and
Fakes
Life challenges us
To face
That in which
Lay behind and ahead

Dust
It settles
Dust
It flies
In swirling waves
Up to the sky

A gunshot
That your body caught
Fell to the ground
A ringing sound
Pool of blood
A heavy thud
Empty eyes
Silent cries
Wasn't ready
Hold me steady
Flashing light
This isn't right
Sirens screaming
No more dreaming

Your heart may break
Your bones may ache
At least you did
What you knew
Was right
Fair
Just
And kind

You aren't a failure
Just because you fail
You don't break bones
Just because you fall
You don't die
Just because your heart stops

I'm leaving behind the fun and joy
The sunlit trees and rushing river
I'm leaving behind the stars in the sky
The waving shadows and purple sky
I leave behind
All to me that is dear
So when I leave
I won't fear
Losing it

A child has everything to give
A child can't run out of words
For they have yet to say something truly important
A child is an unsuspected weapon
A forgotten source of innocence
Of insight
Most of all
Pure humanity

They say I'm just a child
That my words will run out
That I'll lose all sense
Lose all meaning
They say I'm just a child
I have nothing to lose
Nothing to give
Nothing to regret
They say I'm just a child
That I'm blind to the world
Though I see more than they think
Because they think I'm blind

Demented?
Crazy?
That may be
But if you were
Eternally happy
Wouldn't you be?

Ideas flow
Rushing like a river
Rushing around our heads
We write to let that river escape
Always another
Shall take its place

Empty pages
We must fill
We write and write
Not of our own free will
Ink stains our hands
Ink stains our face
But at least we've filled
An empty page

Marionettes
All tied to the stage
Battered and broken
Begging for every token
Puppets for our masters
Walking disasters
Refusing to fall down
Standing on The stage now
Don't forget to bow down
You don't wanna stand out
Long to be free and roam out of your skin
But you would be punished and further broken
Beggin
Pleading
On your knees repeating
Marionettes all tied to the stage
Battered and broken
Begging for every token Puppets for our masters
Turning into crawling disasters
You long to see
What's on the other side
Could there be a good side
After all this time
How could it be
So hard to find
Yet so easy to see
But your broken
Bleadin
On your knees repeating
Over and over again
I am a marionette
Tied to the stage
Battered and broken
Begging for every token
A puppet for my master
A walking disaster

Disgrace you say
To who?
To you?
It's okay
You don't have to worry
Not anymore
I disown you

From your own little disgrace
From your own little mistake
You disgrace me
If I disgrace you

If you're lost
I'll lead you home
If you're lost
I'll lead the way
If you're lost
I'll help all I can
If you're lost
I'll follow you
If you're lost
I'll be lost too

My dear silence
Can you be broken
My dear silence
Can you end
My dear words
That go unspoken
Can you be heard
Not just in my head

You think darkness is peace
It's just the unknown
It will turn on you
Just like the world
You want the the world to remember
It want remember if you hide
You're shy?
I hate you
Just be you
I love you
Don't smile for others
Finally you see
You still hide what you feel
What you think
Say you'll destroy everything around you
So you pretend
You fake
Say everyone's ambitions are at stake
That's not true
Nothing will fall apart around you
You can show your real emotions
Doesn't matter what others think
I know you don't care
I know no matter how much you promise
You'll never tell me the truth
Because you know
I know
Nothing about you

Drip
Drip
Drop
Onto the floor
Have you seen this before?
The cuts and burns?
Scars and bruises?
Have you noticed?
Have you seen?
Did you think you could end my suffering?
No my torture
It never ends
This pain
Is my prison

Stormy eyes
Wore a disguise
Hid everything inside
Time to time
To feel relief
She'd think about her coming sleep
Not now she said
Not yet
Her pain was growing stronger
Now there's nothing left
Finally she thought
As she took her final breath

I fly high
I fly free
Why are you trying to trap me?
Why can't I follow my dreams?
Have a choice?
Have a thought?
Have a voice?

Everyone knows
Everyone sees
No one cares
No one believes

Our minds are corrupted
Our hearts are dull
Our souls have been taken
Far beyond a wall
We are stopped far away
No one thinks its okay
So secrets we keep
We lie to ourselves
For no reason other
Than people think we'll go to hell

In the clouds
They met as they did underground
Lonely and lost
Devoid of all thought
Nothing changed
Yet nothing was the same
They walked and slept
Forever
In their lonely eternity
Soulless creatures they lived
Soulless creatures they died
Everything they knew was a lie