LIGHT

Happiness is real

It's something I can feel

I missed the feeling of sun on my face

I missed the feeling of having a place

Light was shining through this doorway

I walked into it's warming ray

Laughter should be more than an echo of the past

Chilling our bones for as long as we last

Laughter is real, pure and good laughter

The joy is begining to fill us faster

Silence the voices which should not speak

Forget the things that make you weak

Life is too short to live in despair

Freedom awaits you. There are those who care

Light, life, freedom, joy

All these things are possible for us to enjoy

So put down your weapons, take off the masks

All this pain is worthless, for the short time we last

Hiding

My mind goes back to a time so distant

When the air was heavy with the load of whispers in it

Every truth, every lie, every hidden thought

All the hiding, all the searching, the confusion it brought

Oh how the silence screams the truth

In the sickness of our youth

A pair of eyes spoke of a worry

Another soul learned of a pain

Inside a heart, feelings grew blurry

A spirit tried to hold on in vain

Hidden thoughts drown our freedom

A black umbrella hides my face

So many truths. I don't want to see them

Memories have a bitter taste

Mouths say so little. Eyes say so much

So many secrets I fear to touch

That is why I am contented abiding

In this place that some call hiding

Nobody can see me, nor do I want to see them

If knowing is poison, then seeing is its stem

Some say I'm just fearful. I say I am fine

I close my eyes and leave the memories behind

Water

Life, they say
Has not a way
To exist a day
Without water.
Water, its said
Is life's bread
And we'd all be dead
Without it.

A thirsty child
Frail and mild
Who has been dying a while
Is saved by a pure drink.
The glass reaches
His parched lips and to us teaches
And beseeches
To love the saving of lives.

Another boy far away
Won't live to see another day
For while swimming he did pass away,
Murdered by the water.
Ironic how life
Can cause death and strife,
How it can take away life.
And so it is with water.

A mother at home
Sits alone.
Through the window is shone
A fast approaching flood.
Her heart fills with dread
For soon she'll be dead
Water killing her instead
Of saving her.

And so is life unfair
When we get to where
Our life source is bareof love.
It kills us to see
What it can really be
A murderous sea
We can't live without.

So were her thoughts
With sorrow of lots
She to the room brought
As she took a glass of water,
Next came the pills
The bottle did spill.
So much of thrill
Of living.

Her body fell cold.
The lies had grown old.
What was real had been sold
By the liars.
What seemed all good
Didn't do what it should.
This truth has still stood
About water.

What keeps us alive
Stabs us from behind,
Makes us helpless and blind
Like water.
It gives us life and takes it away
No brighter days.
No other way.
That is water.