Sunlight and Shadows


  • Heartbreak

    A broken hope of taken dreams

    The loss of worlds we make in dreams

    The truth I thought that I could trust

    Turned out be mistaken dreams

    The world is crumbling round my heart

    I fall beneath my shaken dreams

    I vow to never dream again

    Bury the past’s forsaken dreams

    My heart stands fast, will not let go

    Its broken shards awaken dreams

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  • Shoreline

    Cobwebs and petals suspended in time

    Caught in the rocks where the water can’t reach

    Waiting for something – someone to pass by

    New footprints in old, once more on the beach

    Footsteps of people traversing through time

    Following memories out on the pier

    A past child wading to sail wooden boats

    Feel that child’s hopefulness, helplessness, fear

    The past’s chilling winds blow strong off the bay

    Hold on, let it pass, do not be knocked down

    The clouds blow away, the sunshine breaks through

    Face toward the warmth and let healing be found

    The lighthouse stands strong, so timeless and sure

    Changeless no matter the darkness or rain

    Guiding the travelers to present from past

    Look up now to find the direction again

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  • Walls

    An avalanche of endless walls

    Everywhere I turn

    So many climbs, so many falls

    Will I ever learn

    A false façade of fake success

    Tempts me to keep on

    All hollow – break through and regress

    Just another con

    How bleak life looks if there’s no hope

    To escape these walls

    Reduced each day to try to cope

    With the pain of falls

    But there is still a lifeline rope

    Listen when He calls

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  • Waiting

    Waiting for a bus or train

    Waiting for the light to change

    Waiting for the rain to stop

    Waiting for the shoe to drop

    Waiting for a grade or raise

    Waiting on roadwork delays

    Waiting for another clue

    Waiting just to hear from you

    Waiting for the day to end

    Waiting to see round the bend

    Waiting for the phone to ring

    Waiting through the cold for spring

    Waiting for important news

    Waiting to see who will lose

    Waiting to prove if it’s true

    Waiting just to hear from you

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  • Nonsense

    I wasn’t really sure if I was right or wrong

    But the elephant in the room showed where I belong

    All the way to town I was looking for a shoe

    When all along all that I was missing was you

    The hardest way to go is to try the wrong way first

    You never get the tune til you sing the second verse

    You can talk to me til you are blue in the face

    But do not judge until you see the tortoise win the race

    Why is life so mixed up, I’ll never know for sure

    But someday it will all make sense if we can endure

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  • Faith

    Tell me, is there something out there

    I can find if I keep on?

    Tell me, is all that I worked for

    Still inside or is it gone?

    Tell me, where are all the people

    That I thought were friends of mine?

    Tell me, whether this direction

    Levels out on down the line?

    I can tell you, it’s not easy

    To have faith when you can’t see

    I can tell you all the times we

    Acted on uncertainty

    I can tell you, you may never

    Know why things were like they were

    I can tell you every detour

    Made us press on even more

    Faith is acting, not just hoping

    Things will work out down the road

    Live today with trust and courage

    Worry just weighs down your load

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