We Must Live Not Just Exist

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

Making grown up choices
Doing adult deeds.
Life is very delicate
Can we meet our needs?

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

Worried for the future
It has to be better than the past.
Have we found our ever after?
Can we make it last?

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

Tempted by nostalgia.
Held hostage by fear.
Must make the right decision
The end of  the year is drawing near.

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

Can't go on like this forever
Can't keep clinging to what won't last
It's alright to live your own life and
remove yourself from the past.

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

Guilt, fear and anger
in their grasps lie the danger
don't let them win your inner war
Turn on the light show them the door.

Whirling in the mist
we must live
not just exist.

4 A.M.

Woke up again at 4 A.M.
I'm connected to that
time of day.
Checked the charts
and soon discovered
Fear and Anxiety
rule that hour.

In my dreams
I must uncover
what makes me so afraid.
Can't continue
down this path
from it I shall
willingly stray.


Woke up again at 4 A.M.
I'm connected to that
time of day.
Checked the charts
and soon discovered
Fear and Anxiety
rule that hour.

How do I release
the tension
praying on my mind?
How do I relinquish
all these anxieties
that I wish to leave behind?

Woke up again at 4 A.M.
I'm connected to that
time of day.
Checked the charts
and soon discovered
Fear and Anxiety
rule that hour.

Work by day
and dream by night.
Fight my fears
with all my might.
On my pillow
my head I'll keep as
4 A.M. is a time sleep.

Choice Isn't Always Illusion

Holding on to the illusion.

How do you get past the confusion?

life is not all of your choosin'.

What goes up must come down

smiles turn into a frown

pie in the sky hits the ground

Holding on to the illusion.

How do you get past the confusion?

life is not all of your choosin'.

Those you hold dear

sometimes will disappear

Playing upon a childhood fear

What goes down must come up

Soon time will interrupt

the way the world  appears so abrupt

Shadows are real

Confusion repeals

Choice isn't always illusion

Step away from all the confusion.

Don't

Don't think.
Don't expect.
Don't say anything
you might regret.

Don't worry.
Don't fret
Don't do anything
you'll want to forget.

Don't stress.
Don't project.
Don't feel anything
you haven't yet.

Don't dwell.
Don't bet.
Don't fear anything
you don't expect.

Passion's Plaything

Passion's plaything

must not be you

If you scare me

and I scare you.

What's a confident girl to do

Who needs aggressive

and that's not you?

Our mutual attraction's

Overdue

for an intimate

Rendezvous.

But if you scare me,

and I scare you

One on one won't happen

From us two.

Lost Boys

I cannot bear to watch you fall

and yet I cannot stop you.

The safety net I represent

I've now begun to strongly resent.

Wendy has left the lost boys.

Life Despite Fear

It's not a life without fear

But a life despite fear

That keeps me in the game.

Why strive for more

if there's nothing

to get your feet on the floor?

Why reach higher

if there's nothing

to motivate your desire?

It's not a life without fear

But a life despite fear

That makes me master every challenge.

Why run faster 

if there's nothing

to make you move past disaster?

Why work harder

if there's nothing

to generate your going farther?

Many people say live a life without fear

But without fear,

How do we master each challenge?

How do we face new horizons?

How do we inspire?

How do we succeed? 

It's not a life without fear

But a life despite fear

That keeps us ahead of the game.

I live life despite fear.

Can you say the same?