Untitled

Solitude finds my deepest thoughts,
Growing like thorny vines as they age,
In my longest dreams I never knew,
The hope that arrived the day you came.

I have been an empty shell of what was,
A cut out of a shallow version of me,
But I never smiled more than the day,
You hung on my every word.

And yes, I lied, pretending I didn't care,
I thought it would be an easy thing to fake,
I've lied about bigger badder things,
How hard could it be to deny love.

The agony I feel about all those little things,
I've buried it till my heart will burst,
It's easy to hide things when you're empty,
It's hard to lie when your heart is full.

Everyone can smile and I'll play along,
Dancing around the truth like the child I am,
But deep down in my overflowing heart,
I know it would be better if you found someone else.

The Lilies

I refused to ponder the lilies,
Their death was not of my concern,
I fake a smile as they fade away,
And I let my heart burn.

My own tortured soul,
Won't let me think on them,
It'll break my heart wide open,
And force me to feel again.

I don't dream like I used to,
My thoughts only fade to black,
So I pretend to be a better person,
While I bite my own back.

I don't think about the lilies dying,
Because I don't want to appear weak,
I pretend to be bold and daring,
To hide my soul which is meek.

So I let feelings go from me,
As time passes slowly by,
To keep my mind away from the thought,
That the ones I love will also die.

Liberty and Justice

Giving up on society,

Sunk deep into depravity,

Walking around in the streets,

My feet like my heart as it beats. 

Falling ever more quickly,

We sink as a society,

We dreamed and we broke,

And the city with its smoke, 

Threatened our lungs to collapse,

And we breathe and relapse,

Our once beautiful nation,

Our crushed beaten civilization.

Oh how we've broken her,

And ruined her future,

We've failed all our mothers,

Not to mention the others,

Ruined race of men,

We cursed our own children.

We dreamed and believed,

Broke our backs as we heaved,

Worked with our sweat and blood,

Our tears like a flood,

Only to wake up and see,

This bent version of humanity,

We the people so ruined and flawed,

Are we still one nation under God?