"I gave up freedom for life" I gave up freedom for life I pleeded for mercy to know prevail There's know sunny days on the horizen now Just another humdrum tale Now the beauty of nature has left me a-stray The clouds came and wept for years For they know what lies ahead in this miserable world Filled with guidelines and rules to adhere I can only hope one day i'll look up and once again be able to see the sun For he who gives up freedom will be he who gives up life be versed, the two are one. "Betty" Betty walks down the twisted path and sleeps on the pillowed leaves Awakes to the mornings singing birds, passes the old man on the beach Searches her pockets and finds a nickel Sings to a stranger who offers her food, smiles and excepts the gift. Walks to the ocean to talk to the breeze then she starts to swim Winds up on an island of a dancing tribe and joins them for one song Then it's off to the world which she's made her own to travel the mystic unknown. "Blue" Read the fine print defined by accurate flaws Blowing down the freeway at rapid speed Let it contradict it's meaning and slowely pass away as one more street light dims out on the highway. "Welcome to homedale park" Color and beauty sun rays and warmth a pretty flower sits in our garden for the summer to have as a gift sometimes i like to help it grow it sees me and shines like the sun I give it my love and it pays me back by it's magnificiant radiant glow Concrete and misty walking through the alley I walk away from the green grass sometimes i feel like a lonely flower sitting in the sun. "Walking The Path" Snowy circular walking path found in the lonelyness of our minds We'll reflect on ourselves as we pass eachother signalling only with a faint smile "Is the path clear ahead?" a man asked me for the snow lay packed and high "I think you can make it" I replied as his feet sank into the snow.
I enjoyed the vibe from this one. Seems like you have returned to polish it more than once. Great rhyming scheme in the 2nd stanza. A couple of commas would help to sharpen its radiance, but all in all the essence is truthful and kind.
"Dear Solace" Oh what can i do? Please tell me the secrets My pen yearns to write them, my ears wish to here them Oh now, what did I do? I, Alone I may wish to kill or spill, the anguish inside me I'm the match you just lit to bad, i burn flaring sins breaking moods I hurt within So please, how can I act when my eyes torture me into believing life is pretty brilliantly sad and please, what do i do when my mind corrects my eyes and casts it's daunting dreary vision such somber, wistful lies All alone i'll walk with the wind by my side hugging the rain, as it falls from the sky lonely, drifting through these empty days please, solace, please fine your way. "The Beach" Do we have the pleasure of ones company with the mid-summers orange sky above where the ocean sprays it's cool mist upon us and the sand tickles and rustles under our feet A lonely umbrella and blanket lay quietly as we pass by taking a picture of life on a coastline painting The waves crashing remind me of childhood days as her arms swing and run though the sunset As the night unfolds, it reveals itself to me It's flaw is that it ends, to quickly, to frequently the big yellow school bus picks up it's children as the beach stands alone on the canvas we can run, lay, swim, sing or dance to the sounds the birds are singing As the seagulls dive for fish, we chat about our lives and the weather has never felt more perfect Then we drive into the black starry sky, as the night falls alseep, never to be seen again "Dead Letter" Fluffy and white, dark and grey floating by in the sky in a plain, on a train it's a mountain it's my pain whisper to me through the air tell me how you got up there it's my size and my shape floating on i just can't wait together forever drifting forever wanting forever craving forever we wont be together not now or wherever the answer is never all ties have been severed goodbye my dead letter "Sweet Serenity" Soft weakend body knows know sun eyes stare blindly forward Five thousand pounds hold him down or is he just a coward He travels down nostalgic roads acts in his own plays Forgives the leaves for falling down grows weary of his days And when the sun comes up tomorrow still stares blankly at the wall His movie screen of life where angels fly and devils fall And as the car drives waywardly past destinations unknown He sings quietly to himself and feels sudden tranquility The serene sky is all there is the air, the clouds and the sea to stare at life through your window of hope and feel sweet serenity. "A Storm and i'm a Stick-Man" Alone, I want to be alone but i need people around the halls are cluttered with wolves and men i'm sitting still in my corner I think someone got to close theres a spirit flying high I can see him with my eyes To keep me company along with my mind It's this problem i've had for a lifetime now a colorful sky in an ever depressing mind I let the walls know i dont feel right anymore A day blinks by again, then goes right into the next The years blend together and i'm stuck in the past The past is gone, i wish forgotten Sometimes i wish i could have nothing The heavens are calling, the earth is tempting I'd kill to feel them.
