High school life makes me quite weary, history can be quite dreary,
More than once the class has given me a cause to snore,
While I sat there, fingers drumming, some modern tune I started humming,
I didn’t see the teacher coming, coming in the classroom door.
Normally, she was quite cheerful, humming from the classroom door,
But today she gave a roar.

All the class sat still and silent, knowing that she could turn violent,
And all fearing lasting indent that she could leave upon their head.
All that time I watched with worry; - wishing I had thought to scurry
Out the door in fit and flurry - flurry from the pending dread -
From the sure and ceaseless source of impending dread -
I hid ‘neath my desk instead.

And the roaring, raving, ranting teacher started in on chanting;
Save me - brave me couldn't handle this kind of class;
Now I sat there, my mind wandering, all my thoughts were set on squandering
All she spoke, my brain was pondering, my attention couldn’t last -
As she spoke my brain was pondering and my attention couldn’t last -
I could never hope to pass.

All around me kids were shaking, but no move toward freedom making,
I began to wonder if they had a clue what was in store;
Maybe they had heard her coming, while I had been busy humming,
Fingers on the desk were drumming, drumming so I wouldn’t snore
Maybe they had had a warning - of whatever was in store; -
I hoped that she wouldn’t roar.

Sitting there in constant terror, worried I would make some error,
And thus bring about her wrath upon my mortal head;
But she made no move to strike me, showed no sign she planned to spite me
I doubted that she’d think to bite me, maybe growl at me instead?
This thought made me shiver slightly, i’d rather her roar instead -
At least I could keep my head.

She began to motion towards me, I knew it wasn’t to award me,
Perhaps she had noticed that i wasn’t wide awake?
Either way, She’d given order, so i began my journey toward her
Maybe some day I’d adore her?  How many classes would it take?
How much of her pitiless lecturing would it take?
My own life was now at stake.

Now that I had done her bidding, she was at her desk, just sitting,
Watching me with those eyes and her never blinking stare;
Never once her gaze shifted, the corners of her mouth weren’t lifted
It was as if a sense of humor had never been formed there -
As if her face had never shown the signs of laughter there -
I pretended to not care.

All the while, my thoughts racing, I was at her mercy, pacing,
The room of classmates I was facing, but they had begun to snore;
i thought she was a fluke in staffing, until i heard her laughing
Now her sullen, cold, and serious mood I had no reason to deplore -
Those heartless hoards of homework were no reason to deplore -
I  was scared of her no more!

There is, at least in my mind,
Some sort of expectation for the children of the forsaken world.
That someday, we should be the ones to bring it back.
We, us, the ones who never lifted a single finger
In this forlorn world’s demise.
It is us that the former generations calls upon
When their energy has been spent
Destroying the thing that they ask us to fix.
And I ask you, what makes this fair or right?
That the innocent shall wait on the guilty?
That the ones not born yet should pick up after the ones long dead?
That the elder asks the younger, does that make it right?
Where is the justice?
And I ask you, with tears streaming down my face,
Why should I help those who would hurt me?
Why should I cry for the ones who shed no tears?
And when the young are done toiling to repair the despairing world,
They will have grown old.
Their childhood stolen from them, just as their masters’ never were.
And this is the cycle of the world,
That the weak shall prey on the strong until there are no strong left for the weak to devour
And then the weak will be gone too.

Some say
That love is an illusion,
But someday
I will prove them wrong;
In some way,
I will show the world the truth

Because when I fell in love with you,
Everything was beautiful,
And I knew it all was true,
And it was true love;
I heard the choir singing,
And all the church bells ringing,
And I spent my whole day thinking
Thank you angels up above

I knew I could find happiness
In some way;
I know it could be gone
Someday;
Nothing lasts forever,
Some say;
But I will show the world the truth;
I will prove them wrong

I questioned you with pleading eyes;
you gave me truths, I gave you lies,
because of me our trust now dies,
and it is me you now despise.

I look at you through teary haze;
you don't return my saddened gaze.
My feelings nothing but a maze,
I go about my silent days.

You continue on with graceful ease,
ignoring my incessant pleas.
With one motion my heart you seize,
I'm locked away leaving you the keys.

You are an angel in my eyes,
my golden trophy, my perfect prize;
I thought we couldn't break the ties,
but it's too late to apologize.

I am but a clone
I am not real
I am a dream
Of what could have been

I am a nightmare
A thing of smoke and mirrors
And I won’t bring
You happiness

I am the opposite side of the mirror
The monster left in the dark
And locked away

I am not meant to see the light of day

I am the one that you once dreamt of
When you awoke from your sleep
With a cold, clammy sweat
Covering your body

You hope to never see me again

I am the thing that lurks in the shadows
Spurns the light
I am the thing that only holy words can banish

But above all
I am what everyone else is

I am human

I'm lost again
Tossed away again
Lying here in waste again
Betrayed again
Sent away again
And still I wonder why
Why do I even try?

Hurt again
Burned again
Insulted, scathed, and spurned again
Wrong choice again
No voice again
To defend myself
Mend myself
Maybe even end myself…

Lied to again
Spied on again
Never should have tried again
Here I am
As I am
Just a sacrificial lamb
Bye again
To die again
I fear it is this time again
Farewell…

Somber silence,
The simple sound of violence;
And truth be told,
It's my desire

So let it be
More than a memory;
As it fills your soul,
Feed the fire

Tempting flames,
Chaotic games,
Made insane,
And left in pain

And isn't it so beautiful,
And isn't it so right,
And isn't it pure justice
To watch them burn at night?

So light your matches,
So grab your torches,
Man your pitchforks,
We're gonna play;
A night of flames,
A night of games,
A night of pain,
It's all to gain
Until break of day

And when the sun beats down
Nothing is left to be found
Not a single silent signal
No evidence around

Nothing like sweet revenge

Won't you come and touch me,
Be the one to reach me;
Don't let me stay here lonely,
Help me to live on

Your arms they are my solace,
Your voice the reason I can say
That I'm regaining balance;
I'm fighting for a better day

Don't you try and tell me
That you do not know me,
You'll always be my only;
Help me to live on

A thousand voices of shattered dreams
As endless nights fill with frightened screams
Not from my lips, for from yours they'd have to part

I'd show a side to you I've never dreamed show before
But let me stay, just one more chance to be the one in your arms

Live on, live on,
There's a place for everyone
Beyond, beyond
What you can imagine;
Who knows how long
Until we can achieve it,
But stay strong
And together we can make it

I used to be you; I wasn't myself
you are not me; you're a ghost.
You impressed them by deeds,
but i know your failures;
I know your secrets
the lies, and the doubts.

I'm headed toward the light,
but I'm caught in the darkness;
lost in the shadow cast by myself;
haunted by my own dark past.

I wish upon a million shining stars
That I was yours again,
But you are where you are
And that won’t ever change.
Will it ever feel quite right,
This pain of separate place?
Or will my heart always be in pain
When I see your face?

I know that I cannot expect
To be the center of your life,
But would it be so selfish
To wish for just one night?
To simply lie beside you,
And have you hold me one last time
Before I say goodbye.

Would it be so wrong
If it made everything seem right
To wish for a place
Directly by your side?
I would give the world
To look into your eyes
And see reflected all the love
That I feel I’ve been denied.

Maybe I’m the wrong one,
Maybe it’s a lie,
Maybe I don’t understand
The way things change with time.
Maybe I’m just fooling
My heart, my brain, my mind,
Or maybe I’m just trying
To find a place to hide.

I know that I am young,
I have my entire life;
I’m looking in the wrong place
For my Mr. Right;
But everyone has left me,
I’ve nowhere else to go;
I can only think to go to you
And now, you’re not at home.

No wishes from a genie
Can bring the kind of cure
That makes this kind of heartache
Not hurt me anymore.
The most I can expect
To find within this time
Is a way to forget
That you were ever mine.