Go Get 'em Tiger!

Cyclone looming: Now’s not the time to run
Come on old boy, you’ve been through much, much worse!
Forget about that bullshit of a curse!
Rise up and scream a defiance of one
Forget the wounds, the blood, the scars, the pain!
Think of all those you’ve met, whose lives you’ve touched
Make them proud! Each of them counts for so much!
You’ve survived once: You can do it again!
All those twenty nine years have led to this
Do you really want to pack it in now?
It’s not worth giving into demons foul!
So why not give them a sight they won’t miss

So fight with the scars of a thousand wars
And reclaim the life that is only yours


17th November 2011

What a miserable year

Can this year hurry up and end? Like now?
It’s been the worst one yet! Like no other!
Been one disaster after another
Sure I survived it but I’m not sure how
This year was the absolute pits – It’s true!
Gave it my best shot but nothing went right!
Against the calamities I did fight
But in the end there was not much I could do
This year’s been a chain of catastrophe
Like they’re all trying to get out all at once
Too much to ask for something good up front?
You’d think it was with what’s happened to me

This year has been awful I must concede
And a fresh start is just the thing I need


16th November 2011

The Day You Went Away

This morning the sky was gone: Just clouds grey
These empty rooms of silence greet the dawn
Can’t think of anything to do today
As the suitcases in the hall are gone
Breakfast is dull and the TV boring
Go outside – for nothing better to do
Leaving the flat and into rain pouring
And with no destination to pursue
These soaked city streets are cold and empty
No one else was dumb enough to step out
There’s nothing to do and nothing to see
And the rain won’t satisfy this drought

Left behind, broken heart and worried brow
So then: What are you going to do now?


15th November 2011

Out of Time

Hours are getting shorter with each day
Growing tired and needing a good rest
Where did the last decade go? Who can say?
No fun aging – anyone can attest
Mistakes have been made and hands bloodied red
People lie cold with many a dashed scheme
Do they still want that face broken and dead?
Or has it vanished like a fading dream?
Could be bitter but really there’s no point
The world’s moving too fast. Can’t grasp the change
Gone are glory days. None left to anoint
And now the romance is sure looking strange.

Hours are getting shorter with each day
And a long sleep is but a step away


31st October 2011

Emerald

I have a dream lover – oh yes I do
She has a beauty that is stunning
Whenever she cries I come a-running
In my heart I know these feelings are true
In a dark world she is a shining light
She has a gorgeous smile on her face
With her words she makes my jaded heart race
The thought of her keeps me warm through the night
I so want for us to be together
She’s always in my heart, on my mind
But reality can be so unkind
For good reason it can’t be forever

So she must remain out of reach, I fear
Because my wife wouldn’t like that idea


31st October 2011

Dearest

I've been having some bizarre thoughts today
Like putting someone's feelings 'fore my own
Wishing someone were here when I'm alone
And whether they wonder if I'm okay
I'm having feelings like never before
But why should I worry? They won't be spurned
For I know every one will be returned
And every one has a truth at it's core
I've many words to say but there's no need
Because there's someone who makes me feel me
Who shows me things that no one else can see
I can't do without her: I must concede

Countless emotions but I won't protest
Because her hand is the touch I like best

1st October 2011

Thirty Suffering

Are you doing what you said you would do?
Are you making a living from a dream?
Recall the times you said you had a scheme?
Did any of those promises come true?
Did you imagine owning a house by now?
Did you refuse to end up a fat slob?
Did you think you’d struggle to find a job?
Have you done something to make them say ‘Wow’?
Have you really spent the past ten years well?
Did the dreams bear fruit or get left to rust?
Did reality crush you into dust?
Are you in a story worthy to tell?

Are the results of bad decisions rife?
You sure you know what to do with your life?


18th July 2011