Baffled

I'm baffled by this life I live
That has me in it's clutches
While thieves and hellions run wild
I limp around on crutches

The pain it keeps me up at night
The endless toss and turning
I try in vain to ease the pain
And get the rest I'm yearning

I'm hoping there's and end in sight
One not involved with cutting
I'm so afraid to be remade
Is my only path to strutting

Escape

Escape with me to a summer place
One with quiet spaces
A place from memories long past
Where we can walk and chat and laugh
Where we can be ourselves at last

Escape with me to another time
One with sweet embraces
Where gentle smile and longing stare
Left little doubt how our love flared
And we'll resume our love affair

Love Without Regret

I want my heart to let you go
Want my mind to follow
My future needs to be my own
When I wake tomorrow

Won't let go the memories
The loving we two shared
I must let go the crushing pain
Please let my heart be spared

I'll live my life contentedly
Hold fast the joy I knew
For I have had the greatest gift
The gift of loving you

If I should live a thousand years
I never could forget
The wondrous way you made me feel
A love without regret

Searching

There's nothing but quiet
And raindrops on rooftops
A time made for memories
Made bold by the silence
They pass by my minds eye
Parade without stop

It's here my mind journeys
The paths ever winding
Flit memory to memory
No sense or connection
Ever searching for something
I've no hope of finding

What is it I search for
This internal journey
Which questions unanswered
Are hidden within me
What is it I search for
And where will it lead me

There's nothing but quiet
And raindrops on rooftops
A time made for memories
And internal journeys
Of questions unanswered
Cascading like raindrops

Worry

The fear is tightening my chest
I feel I'm fighting tears
I am struggling to take a breath
Haven't been this afraid in years

I'm working hard to keep my calm
Don't want to have you worry
I feel this room is much too warm
I want the time to hurry

I know worry is a useless thing
I know that fear's not real
I know that you will be just fine
But that isn't how I feel

Soon we will be through this trial
We'll put this in the past
I'll hold your hand and see your smile
And I will breathe at last

Tightrope

Each day is a struggle
A balancing act
Between real and daydream
Reality intact

I fight my way through it
Eyes on the prize
Things crashing around me
Life's compromise

This tricky old tap dance
There's no room to fail
Dreams crashing around me
Still, I prevail

The trick is the balance
No wobbling allowed
Fake it if you have to
Smile for the crowd

For life is a tightrope
There's no easy way
Step out and be fearless
Make this your day

A Fractured Fairytale

We are a fractured fairytale
A most unlikely pair
I'm certain you have noticed
We don't conform to plan
No one has seen the likes of us
Nor do they understand

We are a fractured fairytale
Quite different from the rest
Our storyline makes little sense
With many twists and turns
At times it's gotten quite intense
Our love within us burns

And so our story moves along
No clue to how it ends
We are a fractured fairytale
And yet we muddle through
Side by side we cannot fail
Our fairytale came true