When the sun is shining bright
And butterflies fly around,
The birds whistle with delight
And kids roll on the ground,
So innocent and carefree.
But soon when clouds hide the sun's light,
the butterflies go unnoticed,
The bird's sounds unheard,
The kids, grown up,
Get involved in the real world.

You became too crucial,
Key word being  too
Too essential,
Like the air I breathe,
But of all the things you can do,
I should have known,
You could cut off the air,
Leave me to suffocate

I've been lucky over the years
And I've saved enough money
To last for the rest of my life
As long as I die on Tuesday
                                
                                      By Phil Roberts

I don't think I can take it much longer,
I did think I was a little stronger,
But this warped world, and its warped inhabitants,
Have left me dumbfounded,
Running behind immaterial materiality,
Leaving behind priceless pursuits,
Seems I am trapped,
Doomed to be here,
With no room for my overwhelming fear,
Already left behind all that counts for anything,
Only to count all these countable things,
I know this doesn't make much sense,
But this is reality with no pretense,
If I could, and I wish I could,
I'd end it now, gladly,
Sadly, our beginnings and endings are never ours alone

When your footsteps falter and slip
Hold on to me
If your eyes fill with tears
And the future seems blurred and distant
I'll be there to take your hand
You may not see me
But you'll feel me there
Right beside you
Always
So hold on to me

                        By Phil Roberts

I just had to get out of there,
She was too much,
She loved me, no doubt,
But we often hurt the ones we love,
In the very name of love,
I tried,
I tried hard to work myself around her ways,
'Cause I knew she meant well,
But the hurt was getting too much,
In my life that's out of control,
And what was worse,
I found myself comparing her to*  you
The only one I ever loved,
The only one who knew how to love  me,
*She was a friend,
But not that perfectly fit piece,
To fit the empty space in my jigsaw,
Taken away with you

Sipping coffee,
A break from the books,
Coldplay's Gravity playing on loop,
Peacefully lonesome,
Read a Rumi quote, "don't feel lonely, the whole universe is inside you",
Last sip of coffee,
Didn't find you inside,
Oh wait, you're there,
Just a little deeper