Don't **** up
Because
They will see
And judge you

Do not cry because the day is over
But smile because it happened
The sun hitting your face when you wake
And the smell of food on your plate

Be happy that you can see
And run around amongst the trees
The friends you’ve made past and present
And the carefree future promised in heaven

Take note of the world happening around you
The sun, the grass, the sky, and animals surround you
Make the most of it because soon someday will hit
And make you old, grey and tired without wit

The birds will not sing for you anymore
And suddenly life becomes a chore
The ever-bright world that we live in
Is now a giant hollowed can cage of tin

You’ll live on love and hospitality of others
When you really don’t care 'cause this place is a bother
So make **** sure that you remember
What life’s light was like before it became embers

We sift for love
Like it is gold

Avoiding

All of the rocks
And dull-looking things

Sometimes

Gold can be found
Inside those rocks

Sometimes

Love is silver
Or platinum
Or bronze

Love is not face value
It's what you love to love

As I lay here underground
With bones, dirt and bugs all around
I wondered why I ever frowned

To think that I was once above the earth
With ego, clothing and jewels as my girth
That life material and without worth

I missed what really mattered
The way the wind made the trees chatter
The animals around me with their paws a-patter

If I could just take things back
And give away the wealth I never lacked
Then I could’ve had a heart less black

As a lonely, rotting corpse I lie
In a deep hole waiting to fully die
For beyond my body my spirit still cries

Sometimes she sits
Lips pursed, with
Pretty fingertips
Gently pulling at my hips

I want her more than
Anything in the world
I’d give up the gold pan
Or any other girl

Sometimes she thinks of me
And all that we lost
If I could tell we’re meant to be
It would set my heart free

I wanted love and she didn’t
So I braced for impact
It seems the sky is not the limit
I’m grounded here I won’t submit

Sometimes I see her
But does she see me?
Her beauty and loveliness together
Wreaking havoc inside absolutely

She may not feel my pain
And I wouldn't want it
She's the only one I want to gain
For now I'll hold my heart and sit

Who are you
To know my every secret, motive, and move
And to leave me lying like this
Alone again in the universe?

To once touch
Every part of my now cold skin

To once breathe
Every breath entering my now deflated lungs

To once feel
Every beat of my now silent heart

And then drain
Every ounce of my fragile being

And to
Watch without sorrow
As I am falling
Apart.

Piece by piece
Losing my love
My world
You.

I was that ghost who held you close
In the best and worst of times
You were the one I loved the most
Despite your despicable crimes.

You built me up, you took me down
Cheated, lied, and wrote my part
All I could do was give you a frown
I was a ghost who lost his heart

You made me tremble with feeling
And I never wanted to let you go
And then you ended up stealing
Every ounce of love I used to know

Without my heart and without my soul
I am a ghost forever with no love to dole.