I started life out as a seed Been mistaken for a weed Waited in the lilacs shade There I wish I could’ve stayed

I bloomed too bright and caught their sight My doom I could not foresee Why can’t we just let beauty be

Thorns can’t pierce a garden glove Say goodbye to the place I love Even roses will have cages Cut and placed in porcelain vases

Sunny some days sleeping in Now I can begin

Thinking thoughts to try tomorrow An act so hard to follow

Usually uttering unrealistic urges Concerned emotion surges

Voiceless victory’s vying vehemently For the day to be

Walking witlessly while wanting warmth Getting coffee henceforth

I stood by the waves Explored all the caves Whispered my name And that whisper became An echo that traveled out to sea

In response there was thunder From ships pulled far under An omen of doom My possible tomb Something from my depths now set free

Simple words, a beautiful song Saying I do not belong Calling me to abandon this life Filled with unending strife The ocean waves called to me

I soon began to hum this tune Looking like a common loon I followed the sound Abandoning the ground I walked right out to sea

Stars seems so close together But they’re very far apart Trapped alone forever And framed to look like art

They are sewn into the bleakest skies To help us guid our hearts So without wings we try to fly Ignoring all the charts

I work in a museum A museum filled will crumbling statues Statues still alive Alive but returning to stone Stone eyes that seem to know To know who they are They are lost in the past The past filled with life Life seems so slippery now Now it’s hard to remember To remember who they were They were once free Free to love their families Families are fading in their minds Minds that spill out memories Memories that they live out every day Every day I try to stop the crumbling Crumbling that will never end End the fear within their hearts Hearts not made of marble Marbles just a rock Rock can’t feel their pain Pain that stiffens until they die

That’s where I work

Thanks for nothing It’s truly a piece of mind No frills or Lace Just empty space Nothing to remind

Thanks for nothing I’m fine on my own Content to be free Happy with me See how much I’ve grown

I walked into a cafe And Ordered up my drink Mocha latte’s help me think After all the exam is today

Sheltered in the corner On the velvet couch Looking like a grouch Feeling like a foreigner

But with caffeine My minds is free Ready for my test

Praise that bean ! I got a B And am ready for some rest

The absence of fear and gloom Remembering flowers eventually bloom

Getting out of bed with something to do Having friends to take care of you

Keeping pace with the world around Not letting anxious thoughts abound

Returning to clear blue skies Just one day that no one cries

Hobbling away from tears Keeping warm despite the jeers

More of absence from the pain On days that depression begins to wain

We breath We try We hope But die

Till one day, the wind is shifted And our hearts again are lifted

Mixing pieces of my soul Sacrificing to the goal

It’s not mercury I want bind When love is very hard to find

Displaying words as if I care Conjuring hope within my layer

From the mess within my mind Something useful or Something kind

From a stone I try to make A heart that does more than break

I breath I try I hope But why

Deep breath People lie Doesn’t mean you’ll never fly

Keep you feet On thé ground You are still Adventure bound

Work hard Roots will grow Give it time They will show