the world is not as small as I used to believe
Nor is it as forgiving
Heroes do not refer to the morally infallible,
But to people who did the necessary, right thing at the right time
Villains, then, are not those who seek darkness, but those who have embraced darkness as a means to justify an end
Justice picks favorites,
and mercy is fleeting
There is no peace without war,
and no war without crime
Happiness is not a state of mind, but a gift from time to time
Family is not forever, for better or worse
Wickedness and violence walk closely to love and loyalty:
you are hurt more often by those you trust than by strangers
Time passses more and more quickly every year you live
Loyalty is inevitably rewarded with treachery
Goodness is fleeting, but so is viciousness
People you love will leave you,
but you in turn will leave people who love you
There is no great end to a life, only an unexpected cessation
Honor, loyalty, and duty are used to justify violence
The powerful prey on the weak
The world is not as small as I used to believe
And the passage of time corrupts the heart,
dulls the mind
and rots the body.
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'Tis not that simple
to understand why we cry
There is no single reason
why we also smile
My sense of distinguishing
between the the two
extremes have become
a mirage
And there were only a few
Who really could reason well
For I have not known love
As if it's as intimately—as you
Verse 1:
I have witnessed many having to say their final farewells and goodbyes once and for all.
Ships starting to arrive on the dock,
Horns blowing nad tooting within the distance,
To inform passengers
Soon after to abroad the ship.
Anchors dropping into the sea,
To stabilize the boat.
Putting it on balance.
Pre-Chorus:
Such a hefty wound, it carries within one's heart,
Only coming to realize that later on...
Chorus:
Words left unspoken,
Need not be said.
Evidently, our guilt takes control
Controlling our emotions in a split second.
Closing down and narrowing is thse walls
One hsa built as a lifesaver
To ensure they are alive and living.
No risk being lost and isolated at sea.
Verse 2:
A wounded heart so vanished at sea,
Flowing freely across the tranquil ocean waters.
Bridge:
Amid the breeze flowing,
Tides rolling and crashing before us.
2nd Chorus:
Its illumination guided me
To the path I should have chosen and ended up with.
Best believe it:
Sometimes, we all are not necessarily lazy.
More along the lines of discouragement.
Not necessarily smart or intelligent.
Just have our priorities straight and in order.
We are average.
Last-Chorus:
So, in the end, the ocean is turbulent and calm as it can be.
Let loose your wings...
Fly away into the distant skies
Overhead the ocean in our paths
Somehow, we manage to get through it all.
Close our eyes...
Dreaming of flying away...
Spread our wings and fly...away!
Free at last with our wings outsretched.
I doubted I would find real, mutual love for the longest time.
That is only because I've looked in the wrong places and have fallen hard every time I thought
I found a missing part of me.
The problem with me is I don't fit in when I'm in any other group.
All around me in my daily life, I end up doing things I didn't want to do.
My life is getting stuck between a rock and a hard place when I choose
To be something I feel is right for me.
You're not hard to please for you are a fellow artist who shares my passion and attraction.
We color each other's worlds and we help each other out when we need it the most.
I give you my passion and you give it back in return.
We are not dependent on one another because we can take care of ourselves.
The sea leads to many places and although I have not landed where I needed to go,
You found me and led me in the right direction.
With you and me together, "lost" has no meaning.
We are simply taking our time to get to where we need to be.
The forsaken world and everything that was wrong with it will be far behind
Once I leave what destroyed me before and look for who I am.
The chains that keep me from breathing no longer exist
When I am somewhere else in the consciousness hidden within.
The art I color is vital to me as taking a breath.
Likewise, the more we are next to each other,
The more I see how selfless and warmhearted you are.
The way you treat me thaws my own heart until there is a flame that surrounds it.
A flame that only burns when you and I continue to bond.
Only you can see and feel how special it is to me that you make me feel that way.
I dream of us meeting face to face so we can make our artistic worlds come to life.
You teach me many things that I hold onto in my life.
Being with you helps me resist temptation that hinders my goals.
Speaking my tongue to you helps me become wiser in knowing the right things to say.
Presenting my own art to you helps me gain the courage to keep blossoming until my colors bloom like summer flowers.
More importantly, revealing my hopes and dreams to you gave me the escape from misery I longed to achieve.
In return for your kindness, I give you my passion and complete our missing soul.
To truly build up trust, all we have to do for each other is stay and that's what I will do for you.
I want you to beat me with a bat.
I want you to break my bones.
You have to take a limb,
A dominant one, obviously.
I want to be hospitalized for months,
And when I'm deemed "healed"
I want it to be obvious
That I struggle daily
With the loss of a part of me
I thought I could always rely on.
I want to go to work
And act like everything is okay,
But lose my job anyway,
Because my performance, just isn't the same.
I want to fall,
And need your hand to get back up.
I want you to see on the outside-
The debilitation I feel inside,
So you can understand
And with heart instead of hand
Help me to my feet again.
November.11.1997
Trisha Barrek Hopkins
Look at me
Look past the clothes
Look past the skin
Look into the soul
Tell me what you see
My heart does not play around
Hurt my feeling you made a sin
God brought us together
He is the one that found
The beautiful relationship to be
The one that will last forever
God knows it will be him
A broken heart....In pieces...Never
In this passionate love we will swim
Trueness is forever
Fate brought us to one another
Hearts intwined are even better
We will wear on us a heart to show our love
It replaces the scar-let letter
Our relationship will fit tighter then a glove
We will never neglect
True romance will reflect
Treat eachother with respect
Promise truthfully we will never part
Promise I will not get a broken heart
Look at me
I hate the way I must be
Can't you see
I liked you from the start
I would not want you to leave my sight
If we disagree
Lets not fight
Promise you'll keep away the fears
Help me with the hurt
Keep away the tears
Do not be a tease
Playing with my mind
My love is what I will freeze
Trying to hurt me is so unkind
Be sweet to me
You'll see what you find
Let our spirits free
Understanding
rearranging
Look inside
sick of paging
Hope you had not lied
Forever
Such sins
Finding out the truth I've cried
Together
It just begins
Leaving eachother
Look at me
Look beyond
Can't you believe
That we have a special bond
So I guess this means I have to leave
Copyright
You assume that you know me,
through vacant ties.
Unstable but faithful,
we lie in lye.
My life is but a metaphor,
For bloodletting and paramours.
You tell me that I'm drowning,
but I feel fine.
Your quotes from Matthew, Mark and Philippians,
make me want to drink again.
Sleep in silk and vomiting-
Promises to change rattle your spine.
My life's becoming more heavy than some
At the age of 21.
You tell me that I'm loved,
but I feel alone.
Screams that seep beneath the skin,
somehow sedates the pain within.
Cursing white knuckles,
and tame less cries.
Mortal so he comes,
Be it not for his immortal crowned head,
Thorned upon the throes of man and beast.
His eyes fall upon the soul of Hadies world,
Formed against decapitated ring heads.
Maybe his past soul fell among the rubble of distant times,
Punished by Zeus to see all gaze into his octopian eyes.
Every man fears his stare,
poisoned among those iris hollowed strong,
Like the holes of Christian feet,
Bleeding for eternity among the sin
Of what once was.
Now listen to what I have to say
For the wicked hide in the shadows of this day
You know nothing of what is of me
You may know the color of my eyes
But not of what they are capable to see
Now here, I've warned this upon you
For not every smile is ever true
Everything is not set in stone
You may say there is an answer
When nothing is completely known
Close your eyes, please understand
That what you may rely on is a blood-thirsty hand
Unknown of what they truly are
Watch think before you turn and talk
Someone so close to you can be so far
So remember before you go on and say
"But why would anyone do this to me anyway?"
Human nature can be full of evil and greed
Unwatched, A monster born within the shadows, full only of self pleasure and need.