No Regrets

You think you can hurt me? Not possible.
I’ve already been moved beyond any pain.
There’s no going back, not ever.
My heart can no longer be affected by the strain.

I won’t allow it…No, I won’t.
I’ve closed myself off to it all.
You can’t get through…Don’t try.
Nothing, no one, can climb over this wall.

The only pain I accept is physical.
That is the only pain I allow to be real.
If you try to offend me, you won’t.
It will be changed to the only pain I will feel.

Why do I strike out? Hurt myself?
Let YOU injure me? That I couldn’t allow.
So I hurt myself…physically.
That is easiest to tolerate some how.

You think you know me, really?
There’s only so close that you will get.
I’m not an open book…No!
Letting that happen would be of great regret.

Don’t come any closer. You can’t.
Don’t you understand what this is about?
This wall doesn’t have a door at all.
You can’t come in. And I won’t come out.

What Love Is

The senses know just what love is.
If you don't know, think about this:
Love is the touch of a rainbow's glow.
Love is the sight of a Christmas snow.
Love is the sound of a kitten's purr.
Love is the scent of a rose's whisper.
Love is the taste of the lips that you kiss.
Until you love, this is what you miss.

The Soldier Reborn

Several years ago
American soldiers fought and died,
Some with courage, some afraid,
But all were filled with pride.
In Flanders Field they were buried,
The scared and the brave.
Soon the red Flanders poppy
Began to grow above the graves.
With the blooming of each poppy
A soldier lives again,
But this time his life is painless
And he lives much longer then.
Several years ago
American soldiers fought
But the poppy keeps each one alive
And always in our thoughts

Remember

In Flanders Field
We bow our heads
In memory of our
Beloved dead.
During World War 1
These men had died
While fighting to show
The American pride.
The mother, the father,
the child, the wife,
All mourn for the loss
Of their loved one's life.
These soldiers were buried
In a land far away
Where they are still remembered
Up till today.
From out of the ground
Just above the graves
Bloom red Flanders poppies
To remember the brave.
How did these poppies
appear in the land
is something that no one
will ever understand.
It was a miracle of life
After many passed on
As a symbol of remembrance
to honor those gone.
When you see a poppy
Bow your head low
And remember those soldiers
That died long ago.

In Love With You

Hand in hand is how we walked.
Sometimes we just sat and talked.
You know I love you and always will
From when time began and forever still.
I see your face; I see your smile,
I wish it would stay for more than awhile.
I wish we were together and never apart,
Because I hold you deep within the walls of my heart.
I know that things are no longer the same.
I know how you feel and the sound of her name.
I can forgive you, but why is it so
That you cannot forget it though?
It doesn't matter, what happened in the past,
All that I know is my love for you will last,
No matter what you say, no matter what you do,
Because I know forever, I'll be in love with you.

Choices

How can you say you care about me?
How can you tell me I matter,
When you're in love with someone else
And just keep me hangin' round?
I'm not the one you call up,
I'm not the one you take out.
I'm just the one who helps waste time
When she can't be found.
I'm not your first choice,
(Probably not even second)
But when there is no choice,
For now, I'll do fine.
And just when I think I'm beyond you
'Cause you left me alone for awhile,
That's when you act different again
And keep me hanging on the line.
It's not your fault.
Maybe it's mine.
I let you get away with this
And keep coming back for more.
But I just keep thinking
That maybe this time
You'll stay with me.
Don't walk out that door..

Never

Another moonlit night
And I'm all alone
Without someone
To call my own.
Why can't I find
Some "Mr. Right"
To hold me close
'til morning light?
I'll never find him.
No, not me.
In love
I was never meant to be.
Why should I fight this?
What good will it do?
I'll always be one
And not a part of two.
I'll never find anyone---
I'm not good enough.
I know for sure
I'll never be in love.
"It's better to have loved and lost
Thank never to have loved at all."
I'll never know the truth of that
Because in love I'll never fall.
I know it huts to be the odd one
when everyone's in pairs.
It's hard to pretend it doesn't matter
And that I just don't care.
I try not to let my pain
And disappointment show.
No one would really care
So why should I let them know?
I guess I'll have to accept it,
I'm just not good enough.
I'll never find anyone-
I'll never be in love.

Sunsets

The beauty of a sunset,
The hues so golden bright,
Is something that I love to see
While on the beach at night.
The colors of the rainbow
Parading in the sky,
I wish that I could touch them
As they pass me by.
As the moon rises up
And the sun settles down,
The colors are fading and
It causes me to frown.
I cannot wait until tomorrow
To see the sunset again.
But now I'll go to sleep
And dream of it till then.

A Petal

The touch of a petal
In the warmth of Spring
Is delicate to touch
But a dangerous thing.
You can damage its beauty
With the touch of your hand.
And some acts of nature
It cannot withstand.
But it can make you smile
or put a tear in your eye.
It can brighten your day
and make spirits fly.

Love

Being in love is like a rose that never dies.
It is something we'll remember for the rest of our lives.
It is hard to be without you; I always want you near.
I want to be with the person I hold so close and dear.
I hope we stay together and should never part.
Even if we do, you'll always be in my heart.
I guess I'm just a romantic. I want an everlasting love.
But for whatever you will give me, I will thank the Lord above.
Because if you weren't with me, I could never live
Without having someone special to whom my love I could give.
Though love may be this precious, it may make you shed some tears,
But our love I will remember throughout the rest of my years.

I'm Gone

Watching the sun rise at 6 a.m.
Is something I'll never see again
When I'm gone.
There's just one thing I have to do
Before I find my life is through
and I'm gone.
I just want to be with him
before life's light begins to dim
and I'm gone.
He turns my dark clouds to light.
When I'm with him everything's all right,
Until I'm gone.
When we are together, all time stops.
Sometimes it's so quiet can you hear my teardrops
Until I'm gone.
Now I hear the beats doing more than their part.
The speed is getting rapid in the chambers of my heart.
I'm almost gone.
The beat gets very fast,
Then slows down until the last.
Now I'm gone...I'm gone.