Can’t Hide Forever

…From my collection of my 10 years old scrap papers

When Life throws you down

Learn to stand again

Learn to walk again

If not you will soon forget

What it means to take a step

Like the phoenix awake from the ashes

You’ve got to rise above the waters

Dont drown the hero in you

Heros are not made to hide

If you hide inside a bottle

Soon a drink wont be enough

To dull the ache inside

If you hide inside the music

Soon you’ll hear the last note sound

If you hide inside your head

Loneliness will chase you out

You can hide behind others

But soon you’ll go your separate ways

CHORUS

So try again,  come on

Rise to the challenge called life

Soon you’ll get the hang of it

You’ll be king of the rollercoaster ride

So It’s Like that ha?

Another one of my old relics rediscoverd after 10 years. Don’t know where the inspiration for this came from, sounds so unlike me. Definitely not a good way for a relationship to end but many relationships end up this way. What a shame

Oh oh oh oh (background hum)

I wait up until midnight

I go to bed and try to sleep

You come home at 3am

I pretend I am asleep

I know you are seeing someone else

But Oh! That’s nothing new

Oh oh oh oh (background hum)

I dare to ask where you were last night

You get this serious look on your face

And you say ‘I think we have to talk’

You’ve been thinking lately

About you and me

You wish things could be different

Like when we first got together

You say you are doing your best

But I nag and you get no peace

And to be honest with me

You think I need to loose some weight

If things do not change pretty soon

You will be needing some space from me

CHORUS

So its like that ha!

Well I’m no pushover

If you want a change

Go ahead, be my guest

‘Cos what you see is what you get

This devil you know

Is better than the angel you don’t

Even alone, I can survive

So you dont like what you see

Remember, you got me here

You stay out all night

You say you were with friends

You cant hold down a job

I cook, clean and pay the bills

Even a siant wont put up with that

So if you think you need your space

Just go ahead, I ‘ve paid my dues

Repeat Chorus

So its like that ha!

Well I’m no push over

If you want a change

Go ahead, be my guest

‘Cos what you see is what you get

This devil you know

Is better than the angel you don’t.

Hole In My Sock

My reluctant 10 year old poet following our discussion about taking responsibility wrote this poem. The discussion started because of a hole he discovered in his sock. He had no idea how the hole possibly got there:

There is a hole in my sock

What happened to it?

I do not know

Perhaps my brother made this hole in it

Perhaps my sister bit into it

Maybe a rat did it

I know, perhaps it was me

Everyone gets holes in their socks sometimes

But they never point fingers

So now I ‘ll  take responsibility

This sock is mine

This hole is mine

I Believe In Miracles

Another one from my scrap paper collection……( Dont throw scrap paper away especially if they have been around for 10 years. Cos you know you are a scribbler. You might miss something important)

I believe in a baby’s smile

I believe in a mother’s love

I believe in a peaceful world

Where every need is met

I believe the sun will shine

I believe dreams do come true

I believe a new day arrives

Where skies are clear and blue

But you say……..

There is no cure for this disease

There is no food for this hungry child

This old man must sleep in the cold tonight

Don’t you know…….

There are visions the eye can’t see

There are sounds the ear can’t hear

There is beauty beyond my touch

A taste of heaven in my heart

I believe in strength unseen

To come up ‘tops’ when one is down

I believe in tiny steps

That takes me closer to my dreams

I believe in holding on

‘Cos giving up is the easy way out

I believe life is full of miracles

Though one a day is all we need