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The Black Butterfly

A Black Butterfly
A black mist glides off its wings
It is all alone

It is always sad
Never greeted with a smile
Black and Beauty don't mix

It can find no love
In a world of bright and free
It always feels the chains

The chains of anger
And of seeping depression
Butterflies can't cry 

A black butterfly
Flies away searching for a home
But it won't find one

But I will fly still
Hoping that things get better
Hoping not to fall

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Chance

Another wave crashes
And I hold on tight
Don't know how many tears
I may have to fight

So many emotions
That I have to sort through 
So many things to question
So many things to do

I never really thought 
That it would come to this
I always had suspicions
But never made the wish

To see the bond of marriage
Broken so suddenly
Though it happened to all my 
friends
So why not me?

Oh what can I do
Now that I am here
Should I just run away
Or face all that I fear

But the only thing I fear
Is for my own sake
Because you see the thing I 
fear...
Is that chance I might Break

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If You Really Knew Me

If you really knew me
Would you be surprised?
Could you make yourself gasp
If you saw beyond my eyes?

Will the truth startle you
And scare you away?
Or would it welcome you
And ask you to stay?

Would you yell at me 
And call me a fake?
Or would you look closer
And find nothing to take?

Can I ask you to believe me 
And say everything is fine?
Or would try to save me
And help me not to hide?

Hide whined all these years
Of weak strength and despair.
Hold me up with your faith
And prove to me you care.

All I really want is
For someone to dare.
Step outside the boundaries
And prove the world is fair.

But if you really knew me
Would you be surprised?
Would YOU take the chance
To see beyond my eyes?

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Understand

Understand

You are sweet, gentle, funny, 
and kind
You are one type of boy not 
easy to find
Whether I am happy, sad, 
moody, or wild
You follow my mood
Even if I act like a child

Your eyes are deep
Your smile like a dream
Your skin soft
Your style with no theme

You doubt yourself highly
And feel hated by all
And don’t understand
That I fall,

When I hear your voice 
And you say you’re free
Or the feel of your arms
When you hold me

When I was sad and alone 
You came along
Made my world brighter
Helped me be strong

So please just understand
That all I’ve been through
I haven’t loved anyone 
 The way I love you

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Who Am I?

Who am I? 

Who am I,
Does anybody know?
Do I hit every bump, or go with that flow?

Do I really like this,
If I’m more into that?
Can I say that im lost,
If I know where I’m at?

Should I say that it’s black,
When I know that it’s white?
Or risk everything I have,
To say what is right

Should I cry in the dark,
And keep it to myself?
Or do I reach out to someone,
And get some help?

Do I say that I love you,
When I don’t really do?
Or move onto him,
And completely forget you?

Do I know who I am,
And know what to do?
If I said that I did,
It would be untrue

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Don'T

Don’t

Don’t say that I can when I can’t

Don’t say I will when I won’t

Don’t say I shall when I shall not

Don’t say I would if I wouldn’t

Don’t expect more than you see

Don’t wait for results you won’t receive

And don’t blow up when you don’t

Don’t say it was my fault

Don’t tell me you didn’t know

Don’t have high expectations

And I won’t say I told you so

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Falling

When I first saw you
In that morning class
I didn't think I would fall
This hard this fast

Whether its your 
Eyes, heart, or smile
You can make my heart
Run a few miles

I remember when
My world was gray
I dug a dark hole
For there I could stay

Now my world is bright
So hard for it to true
And all you had to do
Was stay honest and be you

I couldn't ask more than
What I have now
An amazing friend
That has shown me how

To love and to lead
All my worries to stray 
To live in the now
And cherish each day

My world seems complete
Whenever you're here
I never want you to leave
Please stay my dear

For you are my sunshine 
On a cloudy day
The one to whom
I want to say

I Love You

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Change

Shades of orange
Fall into my hair
Though it may be summer
Fall is in the air

The feeling of an ending
And sudden change around 
So quick and so hard
My knees hit the ground

Amazing to think that
So much can happen
Months ago, this situation
I never thought I'd be in 

But when life hands you lemons
And you make lemonade
When life hands you hell
There are debts to be paid

Though I'm not certain
If my strength will stand
I will walk with the fate
None the less, hand in hand

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I Don'T Care

I don’t care
Not about the skies
Nor about the stars
I don’t care

I don’t care
Not about the tears
Nor about the fears
I don’t care

I don’t care
Not about your feelings
Or how you can make me feel
I don’t care

I don’t care
That they world doesn’t care
That I’m all alone
I don’t care

I don’t care
I don’t care
I don’t care
I DON’T CARE




But the problem is….I do care.

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To Hold On

Love is not a game
that anyone can play
Love is an adventure
for each and everyday

Love can sometimes be sweet
but also be sour
And though we say its nothing
we wish for it every hour

To fall in love is not all bliss
Nor something easy to do
But a challenge to try your 
hardest
To prove that it is true

Some may say the hardest part
is falling out of love
To fall apart and say goodbye
to the one you call your Dove

But I don't think that you can
stop loving anyone
You never really walk away
and say that you are done

For they stay in your heart
till your dying days
Staying alive through your eyes
and through your prays

Thought it may hurt you
To Hold On to it
I would rather keep my love
Then lose it bit by bit

So don't worry Darling
through all that we may 
weather
You will stay in my heart
Now and Forever