As I look at the world what shall become of the poor
I know that things can’t be like they were before
But where you live shouldn’t determine if you die
My heart goes out for all those tears cried.
I wonder if any one of us really can change
I view change in myself and it feels quite strange
I feel like the same person in different shoes
I wonder how long I shall have to pay for the clues?
Is there anybody out there to hear my voice?
I know that I will always have to make a choice
But what you didn’t hear may get you in the end
All that you see is a result of what you send.
Colors splash against my black and white
What appeared as darkness now is light
Everything you see and everything you do
All join together and become part of you.
I look for answers yet come up with none
Still I prefer to stand in the warmth of the sun
What good are the questions if the answers aren’t right
What good is the sun if you can’t see the light.
The sunset comes and I shall retire
I find comfort here beside the fire
You can’t change anything if you really don’t try
You can’t see the truth if you live in a lie.
Hard to look at yourself objectively
So very average in so many ways
But perhaps my heart is where I shine
A soft and loving image to portray
With empathy, my tears quickly come
Worrying about creatures big and small
Always willing to help whenever I can
Trying to help others when they fall
If I could I would change some things
A more beautiful face that might beguile
But I would never change my soft heart
Or my ability to make someone smile.......
For Kristen's contest
Times of change become unknown,
faces of many alternately shown.
A cycle of change remaining the same,
steps to embrace life's unfilling game.
Feelings discussed revealed in silence,
overburdened in stress causing violence.
feverish sweats burning my eyes,
a second voice echoing cry's.
a chance presented perhaps to fail,
ultimately begin your self made hell.
Never deserve peace upon slumber,
haunted by a darkened number.
prophecy begins most regret,
things in motion permanently set.
succeeding in failure is all that remains,
one that destiny never tames.
1 October 07 9:15
Faded hopes and memories float aimless on the sea of our dreams
Gales and hurricanes of emotional storms mixing and churning tranquility
Dark clouds of the sins of our past gather
With thunders of worry of what must come to pass
Life fast as lightning dives into the earth
As the winds of time usher forth change
Life is not the way it used to be, nor is it always the way it should be
This is why the present time, is so important to your life and mine
The past we can not change and the future we do not know
It is in the present moment that we all must change and grow
I am someone
Though I am not sure Who
I change the color of my hair
& I change my Mood
I like to get lost
In a really good Song
Many things I do
To you
may seem Wrong
I don’t hurt anyone
& I enjoy a good Smile
I will never judge you
I have not walked in your shoes
The First Mile
Life is the sum of choices that are made
Some handed down to us others are all our own
They shape us and mold us
Choices make us who and what we are
We think we can change moving forward
Can we ever change who we were meant to be
There is no right or wrong at any moment
We can only judge looking back
Are we not remembered for the choices made
By then it is to late for change
So live each day by what your heart says is true
By choice those who love you always will
All you need to know is that things change
But it isnt just things that do it, its everything
No matter the size or depth normal becomes strange
And its always for the better and worst despite hoping
In our reality there is no black and white anymore
There is only change and influence and pressure
History may repeat but it will never be exactly like before
Though there is stability in change that comes in a certain measure
One can fall in and find something that makes them climb out
It feels so heavy to the individual yet its just change to the population
And dont expect this to tell what all this change is about
Because there are no specifics or generalities just a sensation
The hardest thing i think is the acceptance in this instance
Being okay with what is different seems impossible
But i think that in the end we will see its true importance
Because with age and wisdom everythings somewhat plausible
Or maybe understanding of change comes with thought
All i know is my life still has many twists and turns ahead
But i hope that this true love in the end is what i got
And this is actually all i really wanted to be said
It's been a long time hoping
But trust it change gone come
We didn't have those leaders step up
So their energy and soul would be wasted
We didn't have to see that many deaths
To become visual once again
It's time to unite and bring change once again
The past few years we have seen the changes
Witnessing the first African-American
To take place as out president
Witnessing a cop be charge for
Killing an innocent citizen
These are the changes that begins ours
It take more than one person to make a change
So it's now up to you
To put away the thought of our differences
Grab a hand and unite
To make a change we all can be happy with.
life can change in a few seconds... i didnt realize that my life could change until someone
close to me went to sleep forever to not be awoken ever again when you think about it you
cant belive you just saw them a few days ago and now you can never see them again.. im
only left with memories.. memories that in a couple years you could forget about them and
never remember them again..
just step back
take some time to think
searching for the missing link
didnt know before
and now I do
cant change the world
just make it through
cant change the world
the life I knew
the one in store
wheres it heading
Im not sure
I have searched
long and hard
a journey that
has left me scarred
broken beaten
bruised and battered
just to see
what should of mattered
what I know
what Ive found
just cant let life
drag you down
just cant ever
lose the fight
chase the dreams
escape the night
dont wish you may
dont wish you might
just see yourself
taking flight
only we
have what we need
only we
can set us free
a child in the depths
of a heart pumping 18 years of old.
no form can slide in between it
neither am i worth anything to be sold
for priceless thoughts, memories, and dreams
are the costs of my life; or so it seems.
for what is worth a broken heart?
just another person to be set forth apart?
humor me in riches and things,
because items are indulgence of temporary bindings.
in the eyes of this brown eyed one
there is the ray of the blistering Sun.
For change is change and nothing of worth,
but life in a soul is beauty from birth.
Being sarcastic, hiding my pain
Without facing will always remain
Smile when I’m happy, not often truly felt
Playing my cards just as they’re dealt
Look beyond the obvious reasons
Why things change a lot like the seasons
Summer is full of enjoyment and play
Autumn sneaks in without any delay
Winter creeps up teasing us all
With very few warm days for us to recall
Spring is the beginning to start over once more
To prepare for some fun we missed out on before
If we keep looking back at what we did wrong
Healing and growth will take way too long
Feelings will change and the pain will soon fade
Just love who you are and the friends you have made
School small, but big ways,
Difference is as difference does
Same in and out
Change can change a changed man
Its up to you to hit the wall
And bounce back
Easy is as easy does it.
Do this, do that
Leave that there, pick this up.
Back and then Forth again,
Left and Right, Up or Down
Life is your decision,
so what direction will you take it in?
Change can change any changed person.
Pondering pools of serenity
Graciously placed upon the rocks
Undisturbed, until the tides rise above
Forcing change upon them
Peaceful civilizations, momentarily interrupted
Using adaptation for survival
For change is inevitably thrust upon us
As often as the rising tides
If you could change anything in your past, would you?
Give up that kiss you had with the boy on the porch,
Give up the anger you felt towards someone you worked with,
Give up the love you felt, or thought you felt?
If you ask me if I would change anything, my answer would be NO
Your past is a part of you.
My past has brought me to who and where I am now,
I wouldn't change that for the world.
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