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The Way

Earth revolving, spinning relentless
Like my mind around these problems that are endless
Just when I think I can solve them 
They keep growing and changing,
Falling just outside my reach like a dream that I’m chasing

Searching for a way out, but still scared of these changes
Feeling like I’m trapped, like the mice in their cages
Looking for the truth but nothing in this world can make a difference
Living a life filled with emptiness
Where else do I turn? Please help me put an end to this

All the world looks to themselves, thinking they can find the answers
We have to cut it out, have to get rid of this cancer
Money, power, greed, people think this makes the world go round
And that’s the reason why all the murder, rape, and lies abound
But I can tell you something so just listen up, don’t make a sound
That Jesus is the truth, the only one, no others can be found

Hung up on the cross, bullied beaten killed, all for our sins
But no one seems to care, we’d rather dwell on all our worldly things
He wants to save us all, we just need to let him pull the strings
We’re puppets in his world, not the leaders, he’s the only king
Salvation is his goal, into heaven, as if we had wings

So lay your problems at his feet, once bloodied hands will guide your way
With all that’s black and white, and all those many shades of gray
He’s the only one who won’t lie, will never lead you astray
If you want to see the light, and make the darkness go away
Then listen, close your eyes, and get down on your knees and pray

Copyright © Michael Picardi | Year Posted 2009



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Shattered

Wake up in a cold sweat, trying to make it till morning
Can’t forget all you’ve done, it came without warning
A tidal wave through our peaceful village, tearing and destroying
All we’d built up and cherished, but there’s no ignoring

The stillness beside me as I fight these battles alone
Your silent dreaming as I try to restore our home
Filled with all this pain inside me, you used to be my greatest strength
But now I hardly recognize you, you breathe on me with stranger’s breath

I lay there in our bed, shaking and crying
Waiting but no relief comes, I’m slowly dying
Just wanting to be held by you, but there’s no denying
The frigid air that floats between us, after all the lying

Our once proud union, slowly washed away
All those memories now only fade to gray
So many things I hold on to dearly
Now through the tears I don’t see you clearly

Could it be we’ve had our time?
That this path is yours, and another is mine
But these thoughts of you still haunt my dreams
Lying next to you, holding back my screams

Of fear and doubt and guilt and shame
Could a hug from you now possibly change the game?
Or are you sleeping just as well
As the night we heard our wedding bells

So still I lie here all alone
In this house that used to be a home
My tears they lessen every night
You lie there asleep after another fight
All I wanted was to be consoled
By the one with whom I wanted to grow old
But now I’m not sure it even matters
Can we still be whole again, or has it been shattered?

Copyright © Michael Picardi | Year Posted 2009


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