Sitting in my void with thoughts as dark
As night.
Looking for an exit not knowing which one
Is right.
Running around in circles trying to reach
Them all
But in my minds confusion I just find a
Brick wall
I think the voices from the darkness are getting
In my way.
Should I stop searching or shall I search
Some more
And in time I might find the exit I've been looking
For.
Life
We question our existence
Driven by Natures insistence
That we all go the distance
But we don’t know how
Running around in circles
Like a bunch of comic Erkles
The dinosaur is purple
But we don’t know why
What are we becoming?
The music starts humming
The drummers are all drumming
But we don’t know where
Soon it will be over
Lying in the clover
Next to an old friend Rover
But we don’t know when
Oh it’s 3 am
It’s just the hour for crazy;
meowing so loud
Running around in circles
Party, nocturnal felines.
And the Scriptures told
of a man on a donkey
they told us how he
would free us from tyranny
What they didn't say was
that he may get lost in time
running around in circles
looking for mountains to climb
and the mountains he found
all forced him back
to wander again
on an unknown track
thus mankind lives
his life in dreams
never knowing where to go
or that's how it seems
There is this pearl of a treasure that I longed to find
Entombed inside the cobweb of my human mind
My automated eyes have conceited to the ways of the world
Frankly, I have doomed myself to the sins of the old
There is wisdom in clarifications; that I’ve yearned to see
That I’ve even questioned my lawful genetics to my own humanity
And my reflections has spoken with so many different things
It rumbles and tumbles down through the puniest end of a string
There is a lot to be said when one knows not what to do
Running around in circles over the things I never knew
But the pathways have been paved and the seed has been sowed
So it just amounts to discovering as to how much I’ve truly owed
And so I found myself at the end, where journey was just beginning
Faced to face with my soul and both of us just decided on digging
To my surprise, the treasure was real and it was always there all along
I just needed to open my heart, to see, the kingdom where I belong
Wilbs-5-18-16
You say you will, but then you won’t
Say you do and then you don’t
I’m running around in circles all the time
You tell me that you’re feeling low
Saying maybe I should go
Then the next minute you’re saying
You feel fine
It’s a catch twenty-two
Whenever I’m with you
I’m damned if I don’t
And damned if I do
I’m walking on eggshells
When I am with you
I can’t do right for doing wrong
You make the days so very long
It’s like I’m constantly trying
To swim against the tide
First a happy, then sad face
A simple word said out of place
Then suddenly it is 'pity poor me' time
It’s a catch twenty-two
Whenever I’m with you
I’m damned if I don’t
And damned if I do
I’m walking on eggshells
When I am with you
It doesn’t matter what I say or do
I’m always walking on eggshells
When I am with you.
got me running around in circles
dont know when its going to end
confusion at a all time high
to understand ...I pretend
to be confused is enevitable
but denial usually falls apart
and to live with your eyes wide shut
is like a cancer straight through the heart
a illness that cant be cured
healed or even helped at all
Its one big psychological mess
where I am meant to take the fall
to save me from this soul smash
will be the hardest thing i need to do
because In denial or reality or not
I am still in love with you
Celestial wisdom; the mother of a precious starving infant, knows no shame!?
Transcending; as the father of an innocent war torn child, knows only pain....
Watching this world from afar these eyes, while it turns atop the bed of sorrows
Burning and yearning yet never learning; as tears keep falling, from broken hearts ~
You frankensteins; you hypocrites; you beast of burdens; you cannibals; you zombies
Lost and running around in circles while poisoning, tormenting and killing one another?!
Gnashing emulations; abominations, fulfilling the prophecies of its own saddened tales....
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....“Terrestrial Journals” *
This emptiness falls deep from my mind.
The sanity is out there for me to find.
Countless thoughts that stress to the max.
A soul that never get’s a chance to relax.
Endless words that continue to wander.
Myself I will then start to ponder.
Pain that taunts and sticks around.
Silence that fades and is never found.
Running around in circles until I am weak.
Guidance is now left for me to seek.
Raging thoughts that need to escape.
My life, I am trying not to break.
Words are seeping deep in my brain.
Myself I try not to drive insane.
“Back off world, Leave me alone”.
My heart lets out a final groan.
“Get out of my head, I didn’t want you here”
I grab my life by the wrist and begin to steer.
Trying to swim in my river of tears.
Still staying above my countless fears.
These thoughts seem to follow me wherever I go.
Myself, I fear others will get to know.
Haunted by thoughts that don’t know how to leave.
Still thinking the truth, no one will believe.
time to take tumbles,
time to mistakenly make mistakes,
and not worry.
time for tag,
and tagging onto friends,
rightfully running around in circles until you're dizzy.
wondering "why" every second of the day,
why friends favoured fudgesicle over creamsicle,
why you couldn't and grown ups could.
time to be carefree and curious,
and wonder about the little things.
amused by the little things,
and by the simple things in life,
only wishing to stay seven forever.
I wait around for days and days and days
I wait around for the phone to ring to ring to ring
I never hear the phone at all
Cuz you never call
Chorus
I don't want to wait forever
I don't have that long
I don't want to wait around for you to find out you were wrong
I just can't wait this long
You have your life and I have mine
We're wasting precious time
Running around in circles
Over and over again
I'm in over my head
Repeat Chorus
Are we falling harder?
Or just falling apart?
We keep going slower
You're making this too hard
Repeat Chorus Twice
Just beyond your focus, came a fallout of rage.
There was a silance that had ended by the look on your face.
And I could swear_____ I saw you fall apart, your strength
had turned to weakness as you through up your arms.
I CAN tell when your losing your way.
And it's not fair that your running away.
Your dispositions faded like the jeans that you wear,
and by this challenge thats forsaken because you really don't care.
It's about this matter of dependance that you've already scathed,
so lets head back into the silence so that we don't BREAK away.
And just follow me if you don't know your way,
and I won't tell...........when your running around in circles.
My Lord, my Lord,
i'm crying out to you!
Look down on me,
and wipe the tears from my face!
It seems i'm lost,
running around in circles,
Please lift me out of this miserable place!
I've put myself here,
because of the fear of this world all around me!
Please help me to see your glory and peace,
and know your love will always carry me!
You are my light!
You are my salvation!
The salt of the earth!
The bread of life!
If i put my faith and my trust in you Lord,
i know you will always win the fight!
My Lord, my Lord,
please help me to be strong,
and let me feel your presence all around!
I will stand in faith and trust in YOU with everything i go through,
and one day, i will be HOMEWARD BOUND!
What’s your problem?
You’re running around in circles,
Looking a little lost to me,
You’re walking down the tracks,
On a one way ticket,
You sure are a mystery.
I’ll probably meet you one day,
I’m sure you’ll be heading my way,
Your life is a story,
And maybe I’ll feature,
In one of the ending’s someday.
What’s your problem?
I haven’t been seeing you lately,
I’d sure like to know,
The direction you’re heading,
You’re a part of my history.
I’ll probably meet you one day,
I’m sure you’ll be heading my way,
Your life is a story,
And maybe I’ll feature,
In its nice happy ending someday.
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