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Matthew Nichols Oct 2013
This is a story I wrote
Of a man so alone
All he needed is hope
So he can find his way home
He's got his heart, he's got his words
He plays it smart, he won't get hurt
All he wanted is to be heard
But he's afraid of getting burned
All he's known is so much hate
So much pressure to be fake
Turned his world into grey
Can you take it all away?
Never had a real model
Someone who knows him like a father
Why would anybody bother
He'll never be like the others
Never let anyone see
What he really wanted to be
He hides behind his smiles
Suffocating all the while
If you looked what would you see
A soul fighting to break free
Or just a sad comedy
Only I know because he's me
I wrote this story
I made this for me
I set the demons free
Locked my heart inbetween
Set fire to the fuse
Said I had nothing left to lose
But nothing is was I was afraid of losing
A slave to my fear of choosing
Now my shackles are weightless
My demons are shapeless
If I'm going to face this
I'm going to have to replace this
I'm not writing in blood
Not writing in stone
It's never enough
And I'm not writing alone
This is a chapter of war
A story of more
A legacy at the core
Won't stop till I'm sure
Lets burn these pages and breathe the ashes
Echo through the ages when this sky crashes
My words shake the ground where I shout
Watch your ears when I come screaming it out
I'm not backing down never letting go
Never going back till I put on a show
So sit back and watch me light the night
You're coming for the ride so hold on tight
Cause this story is for you and I
I'm writing the words to make it right
I hope you've got your pen cause you're not staying here
It time to run for our lives till there's nothing to fear
I'm swinging these bars wide open
And I know I've got you hoping
So just let everything go
And soon you'll know
You'll never hurt again I promise you so
Spill your heart and let your ink flow
Matthew Nichols Oct 2013
I know they hurt you
Cheated, burned, and caged you
I'll be just like them soon
Only with a twist or two
I can't wait to cheat
It won't be fair
When I make you laugh
Even in your darkest despair
Can't wait to burn you alive
With the passion that consumes me
Can't wait to tell you a lie
When you ask if I know what we'll be
Can't wait to make you hurt so much
With a smile to burn your cheeks
For all you'll be wearing it
Every time I dare to speak
Can't wait to cage you up
No freedom in sight
From a loving embrace
Holding you through the night
How many tears you've cried
I will never truly know
How many more will spill the night
I vow to never let you go?
How many lies have been told?
But the truth always hurts worse
You're the most beautiful being I've ever known
Oh how will you live with such a curse?
Matthew Nichols Oct 2013
I can't say I know how
Neither that I know why
But I feel it even now
Wings lifting me to the sky
Can't explain how you do it
Can't say you even know
How you break me bit by bit
Then build me up from below
Why do I get so nervous
When the weekend draws near?
Do you do it on purpose?
Letting me hope you'll be here
Do you mean to make me smile so?
To melt my heart with a glance
I wish you could only know
So I could someday have a chance
I know I shouldn't feel this way
Hardly know you in perspective
But I'm sorry I'm not sorry
It would all make sense if you'd let it
Perhaps I'm a fool
And you're just playing itĀ smart
But to know someone's perfect for you
Isn't that how true love starts?
Matthew Nichols Sep 2013
I try to keep my words modest
But in my heart the flame burns the hottest
If I were ever honest
I would say you're a Goddess
Matthew Nichols Sep 2013
Painted through the ether
Like a spray of stars
****** if I'm not a believer
Someday I'll be where you are
In the dark peace of space
Floating so slowly
Shining beauty on the face
Of I, so lowly
Burning yourself to light the world
No one else knows what you are
But I'll pull you down to earth
My beautiful shooting star
Elegant skin
Like the silent moon
Slipping through my hands
For dawn is coming soon
You may be so far away
Peeking from the twilight
But for me gravity holds no sway
I will take my flight tonight
Dive into the black unknown
I don't need the light of day
All I need is you alone
And I will always find my way
Matthew Nichols Sep 2013
I feel like you're the girl I never thought I would meet
I've spent years thinking I was being unrealistic but I believed
Now here you come showing me I've spent my entire life settling
And that is something I won't soon be forgetting
Matthew Nichols Sep 2013
Have you ever seen a swan cry?
No? Always so graceful?
A rose turn unpleasant to the eye?
No? Always so beautiful?
Has there ever been an ugly rain?
Just drops of water so dreary and plain?
Maybe you'll see a frightful sunrise someday?
Or perhaps you only chose to see it that way
Beauty is all around us
For those with open eyes
And with eyes so beautiful
Surely it's no surpriseĀ 
You cant have missed the best of them all
The very thing for which beauty was named
Surely your face can't always fall
Too blind to accept the blame
The rose is a rose
Day in and day out
The swan never knows
Of any thing called doubt
The rain falls whenever it please
Ignorant to the likes of you and me
But one beauty is a work of love
A fluid mosaic of life and song
Not born perfect like the wing of a dove
But shaped by years so very long
Highs and lows of every day
Like valleys and hills in your soul
Everyone come and gone away
Love and loss taking their toll
See, unlike the swan, rose, or rain
You could choose to be grace or pain
You became something amazing
Not a product of nature
You can choose to take today
And love despite the danger
You chose to weave voice to melody
Not like a bird oblivious
You chose to make someone smile
To be the best of us
So when the world seems so dark and grim
If into despair you're gazing
Remember the beauty of life is within
For you my darling are always amazing
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