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Door To My Mind

There is a door to my mind
It is open all the time
Waiting for words of kind
Hoping you say you’re mine.

As I travel through rivers of sleep
Hearing you call from the deep
I sweep up the words you speak.

When I am alone I peak
Through the door I seek
These words from you I keep.

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The Voices Oh the Voices

Understand, they tell you lies
Make haste when you hear their cries 
Don’t take them to bed
Let them go
They do not know
Nor do they care if you are dead
Nor do they care if you are well 
These voices in your head
Sinful, vicious lies they tell
Always keep you in a spell
They are the jackal of hell.

Make up your mind
Now is the time
Show a strength to them instead 
Do not take them to your bed 
They will spread their dread 
These voices in your head.

There is goodness in your heart 
The voices tear you apart 
Come out of the dark
Make a new start
Do not struggle lest them outsmart.

To the world you pretend
With a wonderful show
No one would know
These voices lay low
Internal games and condescend 
And will ascend if you try to defend.

Let go their foul play
Thinking the same thoughts everyday 
No longer delay
Take courage I pray
And feel how you grow
Life will echo a brilliance of glow.

I have them as well
Their yells and their spells
Though they are meagre and stray 
I live without this worry and doubt 
And so I say
You too can live this wonderful way

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The Waters Edge

I sat down by the waters edge
Felt the breeze against my legs
Dipped my toe, dropped my head
Deemed I’d rather be in bed
How is it so, I just don’t know
Where did my whole life go?

I question everything I think is mine
Always looking for those other times
Where joyful memories are not dead
And why I keep on feeling dread.

Silence creeps up from behind
Gently comes into my mind   
To a loving I have longed to find   
Here I treat myself so kind    
No more hanging down my head
No more wanting to be in bed.

I capture a glimpse of what it's like
To love myself and not be so blind  
For I have lived all this time
Wanting you was my only crime.

Now, I go back to the water's edge
Feel the breeze against my legs
Dip my toe and raise my head.

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In My Own Way

How many times have you heard someone say 
You take my breath away?
I would never recite such a cliche
Lacking in rhythm and rhyme
And is hardly sublime
No, you are worthy of greater for sure 
You, the only one I adore
Deserve words of beauty pure and raw 
Neither would I give you anything poor 
Wanting in elegance and so much more 
I promise to pledge a greater array
Of a beautiful phrase not dull or grey 
And you will exclaim, tell me again 
Hence, I shall convey in my own way 
Powerfully elegantly I will say
My Breathe You Take Away.

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Life

Seek your dreams and let them stay 
Don’t allow them to fade away
For your mind can run astray
Into another lifeless day
Many people constantly seek
Yet they always seem to repeat 
Hanging onto beliefs of defeat
Feel yourself strong do not retreat 
Let go your lingering doubts and grief 
Harmony will no more be brief
Nor the reality of misbeliefs.

Lift your head up evermore
Dry those tears dripping to the floor 
There is no need to play it meek
You can be strong and be unique
Don’t be the one who always critiques 
Keep those tragic thoughts asleep
Look out onto the vast terrain
See yourself no longer in pain
Feel the strength to help you gain 
Understanding there’s no need to strain 
How wonderful it feels to stand in the rain 
Let go your flaws and the stupid laws 
Better days are on the way
For life is now a huge buffet.

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Show Me Your Heart

I can't thank you enough
You buy me plenty of stuff
Yet, sometimes I feel this isn't real
I know you mean well
But hey, can't you tell
A loving embrace
A touch on the face
Kind words instead
Of that denim and lace.
 
A look in your eyes
When I'm walking by
What I see only
Makes me want to cry.
 
And I don't know why
You brush off with haste
Every time, I come to your place
Bottle of wine
Singing great times.
 
Oh, yes you say
Changing is near
Tell me I pray
What I want to hear
For I am meagre
Feeling this way
Show me your heart
So we can start
On a new chapter
Our love shall not part.

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Society Sheep

Not a sheep
Nor do I bleat
Yet you ask of me to follow
What it is you say
I quietly push away
Begrudgingly however
I appear to walk the same way.
Afraid to speak
For anger rises to a peak
Therefore I reluctantly pretend to be a sheep
And it seems as though I bleat.

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I Wish, Imagine, What If

I wish I were a rose
My petals I easily dispose
The ones that no longer brings
Loving fancy to all my whims
And keep the parts I love and adore 
Asking of life for nothing more
Stretch myself toward the light
Feeling gay and beautifully bright
And underneath the radiant sun
I glow a brilliance of dazzling haze 
Living life in a wonderful way 
Embracing and chasing incredible days.

Imagine if I were to become a tree 
Experiencing life how I want it to be 
Steady with my earthly family
A gentle sway on a windy day 
Never being led astray
Always rooted in the ground
Where I can be relied on to be found 
Powerfully being in my life 
Everything always going alright 
Love and energy from the sunlight 
Living a grand life dignified
All the days and all the nights.

What if I were a bird
Above the Earth I play and pert 
Flying freely from my perch
And when I am in flight
Never losing sight of where it is I land 
Life is lived so very unplanned 
Unrestrained always in a joyful way 
Excitedly living come what may 
Singing gaily with all my friends
So honest and true with no pretend 
Rain or hail I remain strong
To mother nature I belong
I flitter about always in song
Carefree happily I wonder along.

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The Soul Knows

Where did all the sunny days go?
I feel my Soul tell me it knows
Howbeit I’m constantly chasing shadows 
Through bravado and deepening sorrows 
Endlessly I hear life's soprano
Though it sounds empty and disturbingly hollow.

My Soul tells me which rainbow to follow
Daily however, I live in this empty burrow
Not listening to you tell me which way to go 
For I am lost in the depths of my restless mind 
Mine eyes are blind as I push you behind.

This is the life I created with strife
Running away and bitterness rife
These are the times I chased after to find
The challenges constantly here in my life
And I hear you speak to me in the night
For I feel a trembling and I see the light
But I question is this even right?
How do I know you my Soul knows?
When I have been playing this Comedy Show.

How I live my life the same everyday 
Look at the people around me I say
They also travel over shameful and blame 
Nothing much changes
This is no hall of fame.
Spinning on wheels of empty emotion 
Trudging and turning over spills of devotion 
For should I let be all this tribulation
What will I do, if I listen to you?

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Will I Feel

I sink deep into your eyes
and I can’t let go
Fall through dimensions of your soul
I want to know
if I stay here will I grow
Will I feel the love you never show?

I swim through rivers of your mind
I try to find
reasons for the times you left me behind
And I just want to know
will I feel the love you never show?

Apart of you flourishes in my heart
each day brings me a brand new start
forever hoping we never part
And all I want to know
if I stay here will I grow
Will I feel the love you never show?

Pauline Downie