When Joe was five he scraped his knee,

He'd done it as he fell from the climbing tree

He cried to his mommy, and she said he'd be fine

It was his daddy that made him better in time

His daddy sat beside him and handed him the red packet of colourful sweets.

He told Joe that the green ones, would stain all his teeth.

Life is full of colours. He said to his son.

Dont let anything make you only see one.

When Joe was eighteen he had his heart broke.

Constantly visiting their initials carved into the old oak.

He moaned to his friends and they called him a dud

It was his father that stepped up, with a good manly hug

He sat beside him and handed him the red packet of colourful sweets.

He told Joe that the green ones, would stain all his teeth.

Life is full of colours. He said to his son.

Dont let anything make you only see one.

When Joe was 29, he got fired from his current job.

It was the same day his apartment got robbed

His dad was by him, helped him get back on his feet

And there he was, with that same old treat.

He sat beside him and handed him the red packet of colourful sweets.

He told Joe that the green ones, would stain all his teeth.

Life is full of colours. He said to his son.

Dont let anything make you only see one.

Joe fell ill at forty-two, the cancer too big to cure

He lay in the hospital bed, as his dad walked through the door

The pain was evident on his papas face

And he gently pulled him in, for a loving embrace.

Joe looked at his dad and handed him the packet coloured red,

He watched his dad smile, and slowly shake his head.

Life is full of colours, to dad said son.

Dont let anything make you only see one.

In the thick of this dark jungle,

Where all I used to know became confused

A tiny speck of light shone through to me.

When my honesty was dying

And all I hoped was true seemed so unreal

An eye that sparkled somehow helped me see.

When my honesty was dying

And all I once lived for became abused,

A hand held mine and pulled me from the floor.

In the darkness of this desert

I thirst for truth to keep my heart aflame.

You gave me strength to take the cup once more.

In the darkness of this lying

Where daggers drawn will stab you in the back,

Your honesty shone out to pull me through.

In the thick of this dark jungle

I knelt and prayed they would not choke my pride.

My prayers were answered, now I know it’s true –

The truth I always held is here in you.

let me go

set me free

let me soar

touch the clouds

let me be

me who

I am

Dear lover, do not be perfect.

Show me that your persistent phonecalls

After my 2 a.m. shifts arise from distrust,

Or insomnia, but surely not concern.

Spill your sins out of that guarded arsenal

If there is one; please let there be one.

Let me gaze surreptitiously at

The crinkled sheets from last night

When I wasn't in your - our - bed.

And dare not bring out the words I need

To hear, in your satin laced whispers.

For once my dearest,

Make me unlove tiny bits of you,

Before my stubborn young heart

Falls head over heels for yours.

Before it refuses irrevocably,

To settle for a love

Any less than yours,

If you should go.

Cry weep my sweet willow, you and I share a commonality of pain.

  You bloom simple buds at the start of spring but find no motivation to keep them alive.  Sweet blooms that only I must understand because I watch them die and know for an instant you were happy ;for an instant you found life something sweet something lovely to taste, and the pink flowers showed how you had a vigor for life even if it only lasted the moments you saw life as sweet to survive. Maybe for a moment you fell in love and felt that you were loved and hence you knew you must survive but those moments did not last long.  Did your love cut you off? did he fade away? Did he promise to return and never come back? for as days pass along your blossoms die they fade into the floral dust.  Their ashes spread along the ground and you feel as a reminder why you never raise your arms to the sky why your never grateful to be alive why your never eager eager to wake tommorow why your always hoping that today will be your last day. Sad whimpering willow tree raise your arms and whimper before your days are too short. why is it that the sad live on. is it that they are too afraid to die an yet life seems pointless.  The blue sky suffocated you the clouds smother you and sweet brokenhearted willow tree how is it that next spring, you will have found love again and on time again  you will die hopeless.  Why is it that you willow tree have always a few moments of bliss to push you to live a little longer while we struggle day in and day out year on and year out life is monotonous we can never find happiness. take pity on the whimpering willow  tree for she recalls the days when she was happy and loved and that reminds her everyday why life is painful. Take pity on  my sweet whimpering willow who knew what it was to love.  hug my willow for tomorrow she will have received her wish she will never blossom again all that will be left behind are her floral ashes and broken waving branches tomorrow. when she fades out of life she  wish she would have rejoiced in life she will wish and hope for one last spring.  One last feeling of love but she will not receive it she will be a reminder for us to love no matter how we wish otherwise.  She will remind us life is sweet and not to waste it wishing you were otherwise. so take pity on my sweet whimpering willow, learn form her pink ashes and love in her moments of dejection

Will this chair be here tomorrow

And what about this crib

Will my life be filled with sorrow

At everything I did

If I call your name again

Will you remember me

Will I know the where and where

Of everything you’ll be

I can see you sleep in twilight

I can hear you weep in twilight

I can feel your dreams in twilight

I know you – I know you in twilight

As the years go sliding by

I cannot help but feel

I’ve wasted all my yesterdays

With words that will not heal

If I try to hold you closer

Will you just pull away

I can’t stop you from growing older

I hope you find your way

I can see you sleep in twilight

I can hear you weep in twilight

I can feel your dreams in twilight

I know you – I know you in twilight

Once upon a time I knew you

When you were a child

Now I see a light shining through

As you start to run wild

I hope one day you come back to me

Once you’ve reached the sky

I’ll be right here waiting to hear

All the reasons why

I can see you sleep in twilight

I can hear you weep in twilight

I can feel your dreams in twilight

I know you – I know you in twilight