Miranda

Miranda sits along the shore
and looks out to the sea
She needs some time to be alone
and find serenity

Her doctor's news was very bad
a dagger to her soul
Her future most uncertain now
the cancer in control

Oh how could this be happening?
Miranda cries aloud
It all seems so impossible
the truth is disalowed

The hours pass in solitude
she gathers strength to fight
Miranda walks up to her car
then back home for the night

Tomorrow she will try again
to find a better way
This battle will not end tonight
more options she will weigh

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Alone

She sits upon the hightest point

to deal with crushing blows

A place where she can be alone

and where no one will know

A place with perfect solitude

to contemplate her loss

Where she can cry or scream out loud

and no one comes across

She looks for meaning to it all

no answers can be found

She replays moments in her mind

but silence all around

The wind blows gently through her hair

some comfort from her pain

But soon her troubles reappear

and then it starts again

She knows her life is different now

but where to go from here?

This wasnt how it should have been

her heart is filled with fear 

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The Rose Of Avalon

Across the ocean far away

Angeles looks to sea

For weeks she's been expecting him

her prayers are anxious pleas

The winter season has arrived

an angry ocean roars

The other ships have come back home

and now securely moored

The only ship uncounted for

The Rose Of Avalon

Angeles worries desperately

her faith she falls back on

Each day her hopes are dashed aside

the image disappears

There are no ships beyond the sun

her hopes give way to fears

And then an image reappears

a mast with all its sails

It is The Rose Of Avalon

her guns begin to hail

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Your Locket

I keep your locket near my heart

your picture framed within

Each night before I go to sleep

I open it again

The day you placed it round my neck

and whispered in my ear

I fell in love with all my heart

a life with you now clear

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The Piper

The Pipers coming to your town

please have the crowd come out     

The politicians pass the hat

then leave to screams and shouts

Their hearts are cold and very dark

they grin from ear to ear

I promise you they say out loud

behind the smile they sneer

Slinging mud and digging dirt

we see it with our eyes

Behind the scenes they plot and scheme

then fill us with more lies

Oh won’t you give me four more years

I’ll give you what you want

The band begins to play their song

God bless you then they vaunt

Their truth is not reality

                  we're at their beck and call                 

Their legions of hypocrisy

are portioned out for all

Oh Piper I am here for you

you clearly have my vote

I know I can believe in you 

my hundred dollar note

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Geneve

Geneve lives in fantasies

her way to cope in life

Horrific tales of child abuse

great bitterness and strife

At times she tries to open up

but rage soon takes its toll

A wounded spirt trapped in time

her pain she can't control

A twisted mind destroyed her life

the scars are deep within

The battles rage within her mind

each day they start again

Its hard to understand just how

someone could hurt a child

A court in heaven will convene

the deeds are all compiled

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Jenna

Throughout the day I thought of you

I didn't get much done

Kept drifting off from time to time

strange looks from everyone

My day now gone I'm home alone

I still can't turn you off

I see your face within my mind

what next I'm at loss

I know we both decided that

we needed time alone

But I cant get you off my mind

keep looking at the phone

I've got to make some changes now

I need her in my life

Some things I have to put aside

she has to be my wife

Just as I'm reaching for the phone

a knock upon the door

Familiar face behind the glass

my hopes begin to soar

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Matters Of The Heart

Distant memories knock again

I open up the door

Familiar face from long ago

I'm there with you once more

So many words we didn't say

our flame burned out too fast

I wish that I could go back then

and make our moments last

Amazing how we carry on

but yet we circle back

We long to take just one more look

there's something we still lack

So why the longing for the past

and questions in my mind?

The answer now seems clear to me

I left my heart behind

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Each Day I Hope

Oh how I long to hold you close

and open up my heart 

To share with you so many things

and never be apart

I've dreamt of you so many times

and watched you from afar

A longing deep within my soul

you are my shining star

Each day I hope you'll notice me

but disappointment rains

I gather strenth within my heart

and pray to ease this pain

Oh surely there's a purpose here

a reason to believe

I'll go to sleep again tonight

and dream you're here with me

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The Long Way Around

Sometimes I feel that the journey I'm on

is bringing me home the long way around

I struggle to find the right path to take

troubles are many and so are mistakes

Each day I keep hoping soon I'll be home

to lay down ambitions and no more to roam

I'm tired and lonely just want to be free

to live life in peace with my family

Tomorrow I'll try to look for a way

to end this compulsion keep it at bay

I need to escape before its too late

I hope there is time to flee my sad fate


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Spellbound

Her eyes are amazing

they pierce to the soul

Her spell overcomes me

I'm out of control

She looks but a moment
and then walks on by
I sense she is waiting
approach I must try

This woman of mystery
is walking away
No mortal could have her
right here I must stay

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