I loved you so much
that one day
when you didn't give any back
the flame just burned out
Bright is the night
And dark is the day
The world is now changing
The good will not stay
The stars have burned out
And the land has gone dry
Jesus we need a miracle
Just to get us by
Lord please show Your mercy
Breathe Your breath into our lungs
But God said no
And that was so
The awful end has just begun
My heart is a drum, it's beating fast
A rhythm of rage, a pulse that will last
It's pounding in my chest, it's burning my soul
I'm fueled by the fire, I'm in control
I'm a storm that's brewing, a tempest in sight
A whirlwind of fury, a force that's out of sight
I'm a machine that's pumping, a engine that's revving
I'm a force that's unstoppable, I'm not giving in
My voice is a scream, it's echoing through the night
A cry of defiance, a challenge to the fight
I'm a rebel without a cause, I'm a renegade on the run
I'm a force that's unstoppable, I'm having fun
I'm a warrior with a sword, I'm fighting for what's right
I'm a hero with a heart, I'm fighting for what's tight
I'm a warrior with a shield, I'm defending what's mine
I'm a hero with a sword, I'm fighting for what's divine
So listen up, you haters and foes
I'm rising up, I'm taking back what's mine to know
I'm beating down the doors, I'm burning down the walls
I'm taking back what's mine, I'm standing tall.
Burned out?
Tired out?
Turned out?
Fire out?
Time for a quiet time
In a quiet place,
For relaxation
And meditation.
Refresh
Renew
Refurbish
Your soul.
written October 9, 2021
Our minds can not help from reacting to the situation.
We’re buckling under this gravity of fear.
We’re becoming cold, sharp and quick to reaction.
We’re soaked in the cold of our tears.
Our minds now, they are changing.
Our songs now sing tunes to deaf ears!
The sun rises and then sets every evening.
The world seems to turn through the years.
The past tells us the stories of our treasons
The history books show us all the lessons we fear
The eyes of the children, they are still glistening
An innocence that age disappears!
We’ve seen love beaten, frightened and screaming
We’ve seen life saving angels needlessly disappear
We’ve seen the elderly left to die alone in bitter confusion
Love, burned out of sight with no tears.
Now, our minds they have started listening
To the fear and the anger in our screams
Our minds have started subconsciously preparing
For survival and the costs that will mean.
Burned out dreams
Lights strung above this out of place darkness
create shadows of an invisible existence
Filaments of glowing hopes and wants
droop towards empty heart beats
I am alone in this overcrowded nightmare,
checking the time on faceless moons
Floating in no particular sequence
like sentries on broken boundary lines
An endless runway of lifeless orbs
dot the landscape in Morse code warnings
As I turn away in a curved defiance,
unable to accept the words touching my eyes
And still, glistening drizzle falls from overhead wires
reflecting each tear drop of dampened descent
For even if I wake, screaming as the night disappears,
she will still be gone, like every other burned out dream
Burned Out Matches
Here I am
Trudging up a mountain
Littered with burned out matches,
Holding my hand high enough to keep the light on me
But out of the darkness
Words of determination run through my mind
Like a song you just can't get out of your head.
You can do it
You are strong
You will be okay
Here I am
Walking up a hill
Sprinkled with more
Burned
Out
Matches
I hold mine a little lower because frankly, I’m getting tired
My knees feel like jelly, but I keep on going
You can do it
You are strong
It will be okay
Here I am
Crossing a bridge
Covered in even more
Burned
Out
Matches
I hold mine by my side, not even trying to keep it out of the dark
Because, why bother?
I drag my feet along slowly
But I am still going
Maybe it’s meant to burn out
I am weak
I will never be okay…
Here I am
Blinded by perpetual darkness
By bosy is no longer warmed by the light
Because I am no longer carrying it
I never even crossed that bridge
Seeing, as in time…
I burned out
A race towards the sun
To become number one
Less congested
Can finally breath
Maybe teaching others of its kind
To be kind
Let your hollow heart keep the animals safe and warm
While intimidating predators
To block out the fun
Takes years of practice
To perfect patience
But whats the perfect tree?
Should it be cloned?
Breaking mother natures habit
Why judge
Just take in its fine qualities
That deep down we envy
Almost as green as ivy
That's trying for the race as well
Unfortunately always a few steps behind
But when the moon switches places
The trees go back to a humble state
No time to shoot for stars
Need to rest up for the big race...of tomorrow...
Just Another Burned Out Fire
Written by: William K. Kent
Somewhere a soldier cries tonight
But cries not for himself at all
It’s for his buddy who bought the farm
As he saw him slump and fall
The nights are long, time drags by
For a soldier so far away
Will he live, will he die
And will he remember another day?
He thinks of home and the girl left behind
And wonders if she’s really true
But duty calls and off he goes
For the good of the red, white and blue
No one back home understands
They try but they know not what to do
The soldier’s life is a life of goodbyes
To a friend who was faithful and true
Another leaves the band of brothers
And walks out across the wire
Never to return the way he left
Just another burned out fire
I never knew Id feel this way about you
Never knew I would have fell as hard as I have for you
I am still falling but are you?
I feel you are not and its killing me
I once felt the fire burn inside
but I feel it has died
I wonder can we relight the flame
maybe even set it ablaze like before
Or is it put out for sure.
I do not know but I will wait and see because I want you to be with me
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