The Only Gift
so there was this confession
a product of too much time taken
too much you asked for unanswered
there was this night
when the walls melted
around a still frost bitten heart
and a love letter was born
beyond a page of exposure
where hope carried the weary
too much, too late
the best that could be given
to show you the tears and dreams of the heart
but you were already gone
left with the angry shouting memories
of a lifetime of mistakes
and the hollow that was breifly filled
in our moments of peace
so there was this confession
now a broken heart love letter
because love is broken as always
that was the only gift
that had meaning
Into The Night
one night in your sleep
there was a whisper
a dirty secret
that journeyed
from weary lips
to deaf ears
didn't hear
as she drove into the night
with everything on the heart
that you would be or were
in the midst of disappointment
as that was her craft
and that she would pay the price for you
to find love when you were ready
to have the family in your dreams
become reality
someday
with someone right
that she would pay the price of love
for the sake of your peace of mind and heart
you didn't hear as she drove off
that all she wanted
was a tiny place
somewhere in the life you built
with a soldier's blood sweat and tears
as the blocks that would build a dream
you didn't hear in that night
when you told her to go
and set her aside
as a part of your past
but it's still real
the fairy tale gone wrong
that you'll walk from
never knowing that the last of a loving heart
goes with you
