IMPOSSIBLE

 Impossible, breakable

Your promises, every one

Incredible, unbelievable

I believe all, and then some

CRASH

 Waves upon the sea

Crashing against the shore

You think you have given me

All you have

The problem is

I wanted more

CABIN BY THE SEA

Cold winds blew through open windows

In our cabin by the sea

We waltzed together holding me close

"You belong to me"

You left the next morning without warning

Only a note to me

About how we could never make it this way

In our cabin by the sea

THE GIVING RAIN

 Years I walked without you 

On a dry deserted plain

Then one day I called out to you

In the giving rain

Years I walked by your side

Not understanding your pain

I only knew it when you were taken

By the giving rain

WHAT I LEARNED

 Rising from the ashes

Like a phoenix never burned

Give yourself only cautiously

That is what I learned

A BETTER WAY

 I recall your green eyes

And those pretty blue skies

That summer we were young

Our song was yet unsung

And as you walk away

I hold onto yesterday

And how your love helped me

Find a better way

AWAY FROM ME

 This is how it began - 

A word, a hug, a kiss

Things one might not miss 

Then love, security, dignity

Those you took 

Away from me

DON'T WORRY

 Don't worry about me

I am made of fire and freedom

Tough as dandelion weeds

Coming back again

To fight another battle

To one day be free

Of the thoughts that hold me down

If you can't see me now

Just look around 

BURNING BRIDGES

 You know I love you

Yet it is never enough

For someone like you

Now I have to walk away

Burning the bridge that we built

UNBROKEN

Worried about so many things

My life taking a dive

But the beating of my heart

Tells me I am still alive

No longer am I begging you

For some small token

No matter when you walk away

I am still unbroken

UNDER SUBURBAN SKIES

 You are the current below the surface

The determined glint in my eye

Yet I needed to believe you loved me

Under suburban skies

MY HEART

 I left myself wide open

And you tore me all apart

That's the very last time

You will ever see my heart

HIBERNATION

 Snow falls over the trees

People outside walking their dogs

Laughing about the cold

And those who stay in

Look up at my window

I beckon to them

My high-in-the-sky window

I was never really that far away                                                    

THE FALL

 Today I saw

Your love for me die

All I had to do

Was look in your eyes

Heightened tension when we talk

If we talk at all

Why you never warned me

Before I took the fall?

LOCKDOWN

 Lockdown

When did this happen

While I turned around

Politicians no help

They all bring me down

This virus deserves

A king's crown

Took a year of my life 

Just to touch the ground

This lockdown

MY BIGGEST DISGRACE

 As the rain pours down

Falling like fresh tears

On a bloated face

I look around

And you're gone

Letting you go

Has been my 

Biggest disgrace

CHRISTMAS TREE

I appreciated the love

The love you gave to me

Until you decided I wasn't enough

Under the lights of the Christmas tree

Now I am sailing

Alone across the sea

This cannot ever mean

The joy of living free

 

SUNSET

 Sunset - 

Bring me promise

Of a better day tomorrow

A better life at hand

I put my hope in you

I put my faith in you

The beauty that you gave us today

Lost somewhere in the sand

ALLEY

 You know I am not the one

Who wants to hurt you

See you broken down

So don't be the one

To leave me crying in an alley

In the bad part of town

SANITARY

 Stand six feet back

Cough inside your mask

Have you had a cold in the last year?

Any virus I will fear

These gloves and shield protect me

Against the viral enemy

Don't touch me - just keep walking

I don't want to die just yet

BETTER

 I want to be that inner voice

That speaks to you at night

I want to tell you how loved you are

How you have made my life better

Just by being in it

How I am not the only one

The colors of your mind