Dancefloor Beauty

You left me on the dance floor,
but I can still feel the beat.
I'll keep swayin' and I'll keep prayin'
that someone will sweep me off my feet.

Hands up in the air
like we're touching the sky.
Like a cop and robber climax,
hold em' up there, keep em' high.

With my feet on the ground
and my head in the clouds,
I just can't help
but to feel so aroused.

You've never looked
so beautiful before
out there movin'
all over the dance floor.

With your fish-nets up
and your high heels on,
baby, you look
like you belong.

Come back to me,
I'll show you how
this dance is done,
I'll make you proud.

Trust me now
like never before,
and maybe I'll show
you something more.

How this is done,
I'm not so sure
But baby, I'll try
not to lose my words.

Because you've got
me speechless now.
Let's take two steps
and turn around.

Let's start over
and try again,
because I have
messed up, my friend.

Take my hand,
lets dance again.
If you don't trust me,
at least pretend.

Because you left
for some other guy.
I thought it was just
you and I.

But alone, I stand
in the club.
As the lights
flash from above.

'Cause you left me out on the dance floor,
but I can still feel the beat.
Baby, baby, rock my world.
come on over and dance with me.

Maybe This Time

Maybe this time, it'll be different.
Maybe this time, it'll be real.
Maybe this time, I'll think.
Maybe this time, I'll feel.

Maybe this time, I'll laugh.
And maybe this time, I'll cry.
Maybe this time I'll feel
comfort in you and I.

Maybe this time I won't need a wish,
because maybe I'll already have mine.
Maybe this time I won't have to wish
upon airplanes in the night sky.

Maybe this time, I can forget them.
And maybe this time, I can focus on you.
Maybe this time, I can look into your eyes.
And maybe this time, you'll look in mine too.

Maybe this time, we'll slow down
at all of the good parts.
Maybe this night
we could spend under the stars.

Maybe this time, we'll follow through.
Maybe this time, it's our cue.
Maybe this time, the spotlights on us.
And maybe this time I'll be there with you.

Maybe this time I'll be happy
Maybe this time, you'll stay mine.
But that's what I say
every time.

Alcohol

Alcohol
can kill it all.
Kill your words.
You won't recall.

Alcohol
can kill the mood.
But I'm just fine,
you assume.

Alcohol
is death with a bite
death of relationships,
or death of a life.

Alcohol
can take it all
and crumble it
into a ball.

Alcohol
on your breath.
Make your lips
taste like sweet death.

Alcohol
makes me want to cry.
What it makes you say
say about you and I.

Alcohol
masquerades the pain
but only for a while.
Then truth will remain.

Alcohol
turns you into
someone that I
never knew.

Alcohol
will slur your words.
So I won't understand,
but I'm concerned.

I am concerned
That the next two
things it will ruin
is me and you.

~ ~ ~

Seeing you
intoxicated
is something I
really heated.

And intoxicated
is one thing I
won't ever be
after tonight.

Rejection

For most of my life,
I've been content
with all I have,
even lonliness.

Its not something
you get used to
in as little as
a day or two.

For years and years
I've fought the fears,
saved the heartbreak,
saved the tears.

From the chance
of being rejected.
Its like a bite,
and I'm being infected.

But when I see your face,
butterflies flap their wings
one hundred miles an hour
inside of me.

I never knew
your brown eyes
and your black hair
would be a suprise.

A suprise for me?
Or perhaps a clue.
Maybe something
thats long overdue.

Or just another dream
I've wished to come true?
And another dose of rejection
will be issued.

I'd prefer all of these
lonely nights and TV
over you and your sweet
rejection to me.

But please tell me
I'm wrong about you.
And just maybe
you're thinking of me too.

Glass Heart

Things go up.
Things come down.
But things don't shatter
until they hit the ground.

Red like blood,
But breakable like glass.
When you speak
It beats too fast.

Too fast for you.
Too fast for me.
Too fast for us.
Too fast to dream.

To dream of love
between you and me
under the stars
for eternity.

It's easy for you
to do this to me
to shatter my world
and leave it be.

Life is sweet,
Be not too shy.
Tis hard at times
to keep a head held high.

Quiver thy lips.
Open thine eyes.
Hold thy heart
toward the sky.

I'll hold it up
where you can't reach
so you can't tear it
piece by piece.

It's not that I don't
have the tape or glue.
Its just that I've learned
a thing or two.

Not enough truths
to so many lies.
Can't be too careful
in this life of mine.

I've tried it all
to be with you.
And now I know
one thing thats true

Limits exist
for you and I.
I don't give up.
I'll try and try.

I'll fight it out
to the end.
just to see
you my friend.

And sometimes things
aren't what they seem.
Like I'm stuck
inside a dream.

Hope is all
I can hold.
Just until
truth unfolds.

From this, I
have something learned.
Something dear,
I won't return.

Something about
you and I,
promises,
as well as lies.

Here's the thing
I've held onto.
The only thing
that is true.

It's that my heart
is just too
breakable for
someone like you.

Eyes for You

If I know
one thing thats true
Its that I only
have eyes for you.

It may not
seem like I do,
but baby I promise
it is true.

The first time
that we met
is something
I won't regret.

I like you more
each time I see you
But I'm not sure
if you really have a clue.

Heartbreak, pain
and teardrop stains.
Trouble, lies,
and crying eyes.

None of this
was ever worth the risk.
but I'll seal these words
with a kiss.

If I promise
one thing thats true,
Its that I only
have eyes for you.

The Date That Never Came

Two weeks ago
I came to see you.
But two weeks ago
I didn't have a clue.

You'd leave me on earth
Without saying goodbye.
The oxygen told me
something wasn't right.

No food no drinks
just a dose of morphine
you took to ease your pain.
So helpless and vein.

At that moment,
I would've given my life
to switch places with yours,
so you could be alright.

But powerless I sat
beside you that day.
And hopeful I was
that you'd be okay.

Inside I burned,
Inside I screamed,
Inside I cried, but
Inside I dreamed.

That in two weeks time
you'd be fine
and we'd be going
out to dine.

Just like we planned,
a date for dessert
After doctors finished
internal revert.

Two weeks later,
it was going good.
Doctor was on top
Everything was understood.

But just as I feared,
something wasn't right.
As the oxygen said,
the end may be in sight.

I've never had
a happy ending.
This is not an exception,
unfortunately.

Your time had come
to say goodbye,
to leave this earth,
to be alright.

I lost you that day,
and I don't know why.
But I do know
you're up in the sky.

With the rainbows,
and the clouds.
where everythings better,
with everything sound.

A date that never came
for you and me.
But a date that forever,
will be in my dreams.

In loving memory of someone special. ♥

Love may not be Forever, but Smiles Are

Smile to me
I'll smile back.
Because thats all I can do.

People come

and people go
thats just the life we go through.

I tell it short
and I tell it sweet.
So maybe you'll listen.

It's no big secret
I like you
and the way your eyes glisten.

I hope you know
I'm no different
than the next guy.

I'm here for a second
and then I'm gone.
I'll have to say good bye.

Not now, but soon this time will come.
and while I'm still here,
I hope we have fun.

I hope you know
that I won't forget.
any of this, not ever, not here.

But for your own good,
I need to spare you the heartbreak
and spare you the tears.

You're way too good for that.
I can't stand to be the one
that holds on tight, then breaks your heart.

I can't ever watch you,
because of me,
fall apart.

I can't lead you on
for something I can't
forever hold on to.

So, smile at me
and I'll smile back,
because that's really all
I can do.

Shout It Out

Bend it.
Break it.
Take my heart
squeeze and ache it.

Put me up.
Tear me down.
Wear your smile.
I'll wear my frown.

Make fun.
Have fun.
Either way,
you've won.

Shout it out
So I can hear.
But shout it out
in the mirror.

Does it sound
good to you?
Do you even
have a clue?

Leave me out,
and let them in.
Now where
do I begin?

Shake my fears
out of me.
Cover my mouth
so I can't breathe.

Hold it shut.
Hold it tight.
Hold it there
with all your might.

Shut me up.
Shove me down.
I'm better off
when I hit the ground.

For the Angels: Part One

Lonely lonely little boy
had no place to go.
His sisters gone and his father hits him,
and his mother, he doesn't know.

For weeks and weeks, he tries to sleep.
But only ends up in tears.
If only he had a loving mother
to care and hold him dear.

Run away little boy.
Its the best thing you can do.
You can't stay home, and nobody knows
what you are going through.

With the rain,
he cried and cried
all that's left
of whats inside.

No one there
from the start
to help the boy
torn apart.

And no one could tell
anything was wrong.
He's just a little boy
singing his goodbye song.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Final Words:
Nobody else could tell the tale
of the boy, so cold and pale.
And nobody knew from the start
about the boy torn apart.

Fourty Nine

49 above your eye
and 49 below.
I counted your lashes over and over
until asleep I'd go.

I stayed up
to watch you dream
that was the most
beautiful thing to me.

49 days have past
since I seen you last.
and in 49 days to come,
I wish you were still the one.

Knowing that someone
could be happy in my arms
was like the next chapter in life
had finally begun.

In your arms,
I drift away.
Everything is gone.
I feel no pain.

I fall asleep
and wake up next to you.
Its the best feeling in the world
to know someone loves me too.

Its been 49 days
since I could look at myself;
and you right there beside me.
I didn't want nobody else.

But in these 49 days,
I've been on my knees,
reassembling my heart,
picking up each piece.

I've tried to forget
through the past 49 days.
But I realize that's impossible
in every single way.

I've grown and changed
in so many ways.
I've become a new person
in these 49 days.

I've come to my senses, though.
If my love for you is true,
I've got to let you go,
and let you do whats right for you.

I'm not holding you back
from your life;
Because watching you dream
taught me to chase mine.

Shooting Stars in Empty Skies

All it took was one starry night

to tell me you love me.

And all it took was just one thought

to crush it all. To make my heart bleed.

-

Crimson red keyboard strokes.
Wet cheeks and aching throats.
Choking over my shaky words.
Can't see whats happening. My vision is blurred.

-

Several silent nights follow.

Open the doors

to the thoughts

I'm not able to swallow.

-

I couldn't help but to fear

that somethings wrong.

That someone else is in your arms

where I belong.

-

Because you forgot to tell me

we were done.

All you said is you need to be free

to live your dream and go where you want.

-

I can't read your mind.

You've got to tell me your true thoughts.

instead of leaving me hanging,

with unanswered questions and fear of whats lost.

-

You never said anything.

about your feelings changing.

So why should I fear the worst? Why should I torture myself?

If you just wanted what was best for you and me?

-

Does that make sense in your mind?

It does in mine.

Just as long as that's clear to you,

I'll be fine.

-

I didn't think your love for me instantly disappeared.

I thought you just wanted to take the labels away

But every night to God, I'd pray,

that in your life, I would stay.

-

But I must be doing something wrong,

because you're no longer there.

This is what I feared worst,

that you'd vanish into thin air.

-

I'm getting better.

I'm making progress.

I'm fixing my negativity

so please don't give up yet.

-

I'm still here.

And I know you are.

Please don't get lost again.

Don't stray too far.

Kisses after Nightmares

Each sundown,
you take over my thoughts.
Tossing and turning
Thinking of what I've lost.

In the darkness of my mind,
you've left your silhouette behind.
For me to see and cherish every night
what I once had, and your words will recite.

A black and white rerun
of you and I.
You follow me to the door,
and kiss me goodbye.

I drive home
with you on my mind,
and how I didn't want to leave.
Forever I would stay behind.

But all alone,
I leave you
standing in the dark.
Hoping you miss me too.

And another time
flashes before my eyes.
Looking up at the night sky.
and then into your beautiful eyes.

That was the best moment of my life.
And you gave it to me.
Theres no way it was a lie.
I'm sure you'd agree.

But then I wake up to nothing.
No reason to get out of bed.
Nobody to make meel special.
And I dread the day ahead.

I'm a dreamer,
but this is a nightmare.
Please wake me up.
I'm dying inside here.

I close my eyes.
You're nowhere to be found.
You've left me here.
I don't know my way around.

Nobody has wanted me like you did.
Nobody kissed me like you kissed.
Nobody has spoke the words you spoke.
But was this all just a joke?

Becase your care for me suddenly disappered.
And you moved on to better people.
Do you know how much that hurt to see?
Do you understand my jealousy?

I can't just find someone new
right away like you can.
I can't fly away again.
I have to start over with my future, and find a new plan.

Hopefully that one day,
where I can wake up and feel this way again.
Will come sooner than later.
And give me a happy end.

I'll dream forever
about the day.
Where I wake up,
and It'll all be okay.

Sweet Lies

When you speak,
music fills my ears.
Your words so sweet,
It brings me to tears.

Remembering what you told me
made me feel so warm and safe inside.
But who really knew
those sweet words were lies?

I'll do anything to hear again.
Oh, the way those sweet lies mend.
A broken heart that loved you.
And so far down you had to pretend.

Bury me with sweet lies,
and lower me into the ground.
But even though it was the death of me,
6 feet under, I'll stay sound.

Lie so sweetly.
Lie over and over so I knew.
After all, what could a lie hurt
when I don't know its not true?

Bend me and break me.
Let those sweet lies overtake me.
Shape my heart with them.
Show me love within.

Look me in the eyes
Tell me your sweet lies.
Make me feel special again.

Lay me Down to Sleep

I gave it all to you
because there is not
any other person
I'd rather give it to.

You swept me off me feet
and took me to the stars.
Oh, you're words so sweet
Amazed that this is ours.

"I'll be here forever."
"I'll stay if you stay."
You're talking pretty big, there.
and talking honestly, I pray.

Of course its not forever,
but one day shy
of three months, that is,
and the time flew by.

All of the love I had for you
couldn't be given in that little of time
There are so many things I wanted to do
for us to make our love shine.

So you want to go away
and not be tied down.
By someone you have to love
You want to be free to move around.

But not for a few years will that take place.
Why cant we enjoy the remaining time we have
to hold each other
in love's embrace.

I don't expect you to answer this.
I'm sure you have your thoughts.
Its just with every kiss
my stomach tied in more knots.

Butterflies now flutter inside.
They can't understand what went wrong
Neither can the tears I cried.
I'm speechless, but must remain strong.

I would've been happy
with the future we planned.
Until you kicked that fairy tale ending
into the sand.

We've lost our way in this love
Now were just friends,
But I'll eventually be okay with that,
just as long my heart mends.