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Alternate Universe
Phantom lights Distorted nights Fighting the dream beyond Shades of white Transposed delight Fading on and on and on… Underneath the darkness Parallel with time In between time — Ever-expanding Beyond reason Beyond time Denying physical reason Confusing emotional seasons It can take you for a spin And you won’t know where you’ve been Mind in reverse Mind imprisoned Alternate universe Constant sea Galactic breeze Fighting the storm ahead Fade to black Off the beaten track Sailing on and on and on… Caught in the darkness Exposed to the light In between light Ever-confined In time Beyond time We imagine what it’s like To be somewhere else When we don’t…
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Fencing
Divided by primitive boundaries Drawn by primitive minds Neighbors become inches too close And worlds apart An intense infatuation With extreme exaggeration Overcome with freedom United independently To conquer or defend Against the unseen fear That has grown within Seeking separation From the unseen world In common desperation All of our secrets camouflaged Our weakneses unexposed When it seems that they might get too close We push ourselves away A governed imagination Secured at every station Overcome with freedom More than was bargained for Building higher walls To separate us all Divided we stand Together we fall…
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Tomorrow’s Knight
(part 2 of Survival) Tomorrow’s soldier In the evening of a coming day Fighting for freedom He knows there’s got to be a better way But he knows he’s got to get away But there’s nowhere to run Nowhere to hide Nowhere to be afraid No time for fun No time for pride On the edge of the blade It’s burning inside him He knows he’s got to stop and fight But on this cold night Survival means flight That’s the best thing for Tomorrow’s Knight Cold-blooded killers Obeying orders to hunt him down But in their hearts There was something that they had found They couldn’t kill him They…
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For Awhile
I hear the wind cry silent screams All alone to me I feel its pain — its tears, my rain My heart bleeds for thee Help me grow stronger all the while Give me your smile Sing to me a bit longer, stay awhile Give me your smile I long to be a contented one Traveling all the Earth Finding my way through All shades of gray Through solemn nights And lonely days I hear the cries of Empty hearts in misery Calling to me I see the rage of souls encaged They call to me I feel their pain — my tears, our rain Our hearts bleed for all…
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The Balance
1 Life and Death Share the same breath Of each succeeding day Courage and fears Smiles and tears Molded from similar clay Reality Lost in tranquility Infinity Patience may die With temper increased But spirits will fly When the shame is released The Balance of the Universe Keeps everything in place Maintains a common space And preserves the unity At a steadfast, even pace 2 To love or hate Freewill or fate Or just some Wizard’s scheme One and all Fly and fall In a silent, forgotten dream Action Promotes a reaction Satisfaction The heart and mind Will unite finally As the ground and the sky Drown in the sea…
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Systems Override
Maximum input level Ultra-high frequency Computer malfunction Minimum density Reactions modified To concur with Unconscious thoughts Subliminal messages To change things You’ve been taught Hence the stage of unwarranted Systems override You know what’s wrong You know what’s right You are strong Put up a fight Resist temptation Decision: OVERLOAD Systems override Distorted feelings inside Controlled expressions out Syntax error Redo without a doubt All signals distorted Transmissions are cut short System takeover Reprogram: ABORT…
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Rise and Fall
Standing on the edge Pushed to the limit But always looking ahead To the rainbow’s end Searching for that pot of gold Kicked in the face Knocked off balance Fall to the ground Get up off the ground Pull yourself out of the hole How can we keep on going Time and time again Where do we find the courage To continue a lifetime trend We give our all But take a fall Then get back on our feet — We take a dive But stay alive How many times can we stand the heat? Day after day We go out in the world Looking for something new Something else…
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Memories
Memories are something of the past Thoughts of things that didn’t last You remember friends And you cherish them They’re the last thing on earth You’d want to lose You always use to have good times And they never cost you a dime You went here and there Played your games and changed your hair And did things only you would ever know But you’ve got yourself some memories Of people, places and things you’ve seen Don’t let go You don’t wish to sow A new lifetime’s crop of memories Memories are something of the past Thoughts of things that didn’t last Those dear the most You hold so close…
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Active Transport
Moving from a point of lesser concentration To a point of higher density Goes against the normal actions Of expansions and contractions Of the mobile society In a small town, USA Neighbors live far away And don’t know what to say To each other when they meet Must move to city streets Absorb the coastal heat The concentration gradient is higher than before Space is needed to expand But no one leaves the crowded lights After reaching fabled heights Or exposing secret plans Don’t diffuse into the countryside Flow with the tide Take no time to decide If this is the way to go Stay with the rest To compete…
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Glass Dreams
Spirits stem from the roots of desire — Some as strong as the sea Some others still A bit more fragile And a few that will never be The ones with power shine With blinding light While nothing can stand in their way Serving as the source of strength and purpose Leaving nothing to be led astray A few that want to have the might — Searching for the strength to be bright — Tragic it seems are the fragile dreams Without purpose in their tread Ready to shatter At the first stone thrown Or collapse at the first thing said But once in a while Something ignites the flame…
