Sometimes

Sometimes I sit alone and cry

when no else can see

Emotions bottled up inside of me

I have to set them free...

Sometimes a daydream carries me

to places far away

Where dreams become reality

and lovers come to play

Sometimes I'll look up at the stars

and count them one by one

The glory of the universe

displayed for everyone

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It's Time

The back roads now my chosen path

It’s time to slow things down

The madness of this anxious world

Its victims all around

For years my pace was unrestrained               

I lost out on so much

The friends I cherished from my youth  

we soon fell out of touch

I can’t go back to yesterday

no matter how I try

That chapter now is lost in time

those facts I can’t deny

I’ll settle for some piece of mind

enjoy the simple things

I’ll share my life with those I meet  

and what tomorrow brings

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I Wonder

A thousand opportunities

I never took a chance

The time I spent on chasing dreams

left little for romance

As years passed by regrets appeared

old memories filled my mind

A lover that I used to know

so gentle and so kind

I wonder what her life was like

and did her dreams come true

I wonder what we could have been

if I had chosen you

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At Last

I watched you from across the room

I couldn't turn away…

Everything within my heart

demanded that I stay...

I tried so hard to catch your eye

but others took your hand…

My chances seemed to slip away

I had to take a stand...

I walked up to you with a smile

my heart was beating fast…

I asked if you would dance with me

let's make this moment last...

You took me gently in your arms

and whispered in my ear…

I've watched you from across the room

at last you're standing here...

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