Pale Sun

One star filled night a long time ago.
When old friends still lived.
And what the future held, we didn't know.
Surrounded by people we knew in a place
which now no longer exists.
We had the times of our lives.
Young and still unbound by love and work.
Back then we had nothing but certainties.
We'd never walk alone,
come together every week.
And the sun would always come up the next day.
Now that sun looks pale and worn out.
Time's passed on and certainties long gone.
The hardest part in all of this
is the fact that only I remain.
And I face this every day
while I still speak your name.
I lost a brother in you my friend,
may I see you again in the end.

Crawl Out

All this violence and misplaced hate
in the world today.
And everyone who's confronted
with it just turn and run away.
No one dares to make a stand,
afraid of the consequences to their precious selves.
So we just give the go ahead
and let the malignant have their way.
An unimaginable number of people don't
even know the scale of it all.
If they'd just look around and realize
how fucked up our society really is.
Crawl out of your cocoon and start
to make a change.
If we don't do it ourselves,
then we've given up on our futures.

Greed

How come we always seem to want more?
There's nothing to gain from the things we can not use.
Still the greed pushes us forward
into every direction in search of satisfaction.
A satisfaction which can never be obtained.
To bask in the riches is hardly enough.
Why quit while there's so much left out there?
Taking everything untill there's nothing left.
But society has us wanting even more.
Who cares about the poor?
Only the individual possessions matter.
It saddens me to see us destroy ourselves.
While we're too blinded by the riches to notice it.
And nobody cares while we pry
the money out of the hands of the dead.

Dedication

I didn't notice the urges and cravings.
Constant and instant satisfaction was never a problem.
To reach out and take as one wanted,
even though it wasn't what one needed.
As the consumption was gently
massaged into our brains,
we never questioned the motives or consequences.
No longer will I tolerate this without question.
So I analyse myself and ask:
is this really necessary?
Trying to attain a better life,
to be the best that I can.
Questioning my own life with a fierce dedication.
I will rise above and achieve my goals.

Never Surrender

Ten years, a constant struggle for life.
Each battlefield different and filled with strife.
These emotions run deep.
And the prices paid often too steep.
Unbound by a world of hate,
he carries on, that is his fate.
His story is one to which I can relate.
Never to surrender,
and fight the good fight.
Untill exhaustion with all his might.
Whether the odds are up or down,
and he's left all on his own.
He will never cease.
He just keeps carrying on.

Failure In Life

It wasn't long ago,
a complete failure this life of mine.
And I did nothing but look and stare.
Always wondering how this all came to be,
how this life slipped away from me.
Lost sight of the important things
which coloured my grey past,
and kept me going on.
So I sat around and waited
for the day that never came.
Thought it could all change
if I just locked myself up inside.
Accompanied by that unnamed feeling,
loneliness was my part.
Ever waiting for someone
to come and find me here.

Sanctuary

Lay me down to sleep,
because I know this is where I need to be.
My sanctuary in this world full of hate.
You prove yourself every day.
Justify the trust I put on you.
After all this time you still
amaze me with you hidden faces.
You know me like I don't even know myself.
I find everything I look for embodied in you.
I just hope you feel the same way.
And know I'll stay true,
no matter what comes my way.

Into The Night

The sunken summer sun leaves the day behind.
Its presence still lingers on as the
sky takes on a darker shade of orange.
Soon I will have to say goodbye.
But for now I just hang on to
these last hours with you.
It's always the same routine,
everytime again since so long.
And I wouldn't want to trade it for the world.
As the hour turns late and you gently fall asleep
I savour every moment.
One last kiss and I turn my back,
step in to the dark night.
Every time it swallows me whole
and I enjoy the long way home.
Still under your influence I make
my way through the darkened woods.
With a brilliant star to watch over me.

Cursed The Day

Your thoughts and words still linger in my head.
After two lifetimes and countless hours,
I still carry the weight of my decisions.
It took me a year to understand.
Yet I still feel like I failed us then.
So young and inexperienced,
often acting too rashly.
What else could I do but fall face down?
When I heard you said you
didn't love me as much as you used to.
How could I rise above this
when my heart was too heavy to carry on?
I cried and cursed the day
my star fell from the heavens.
For I had no more guidance
to show me the way
in my starless existence.

Inhumanity Of Man

Divided between the things I know
and the things I know to be right.
To be blind with all facts in front of me.
With glasses and candle so I could read,
yet I'm still somehow refusing to see.
How can we pay for cruelty
when it stares us in the face?
Most of us remain ignorant,
turn a blind eye.
While we consume and savour every moment.
Is this what makes us superior,
intelligent and human?
Or are we just the cruelest beast there is...

Virtuous Patient

Virtuously patient among the sickened and diseased.
An uneasy silence is kept while childrens whisper fill the air.
The chairs moan under the burden of weight.
Everyone secretely stares at eachother
trying not to get caught.
Meaningful boring lecture resides in the room.
Nobody but the curious dare to read any of them.
Patiently I bide my time untill the turn is mine.
Can't quite put my finger on all my symptoms.
Only the pain seems an indication of my disease.
Unfortunately everything in my body aches,
even my beating heart and soul.
Someone comes to pick me up,
takes a look and stops.
He spoke as he turned away:
there is no fix for a broken and beaten heart.

Worlds Collide

I take a look in despair
at the distance between us.
Two worlds apart that no bridge
could ever connect.
From here everything looks like fun and games,
Perfection in every single way.
But I know nothing ever is as it seems.
And though I would want nothing
more than this,
I can't risk to lose it all.
Some promises could never be kept,
so I don't want to lie.
But somehow I keep faith
that some day,
worlds will collide.

Perfect Life

This is where I used to live.
Under a grey veiled sky,
rain softly tumbling from the clouds above.
It's warm and the air is filled
with the scent of the past.
Where we lay together all afternoon,
so close in a world of our own.
All the simple and obtuse things
seemed full of wonder.
Just because I lived them with you.
I felt back then I would never
feel the same without you.
And felt sorrow every time you left.
Afraid of the day when you wouldn't come back.

Never In Vain

I've crossed so many miles,
and lived so many years.
Not always certain of where to go,
or if what I did was right.
I somehow knew that all the pain
and all the strife never was in vain.
Ever since I came to know you,
I never felt I walked alone.
Two sets of footprints
through the desert around us.
And I knew I'd love you,
love me like I love you...