Tuesday, April 24, 2012

for anyone

for anyone who dared to dream
not dreams of fame or wealth
but the kind of dreams that seek the truth
of love and peace and health

for anyone who took the path
that sought the greatest view
and not the path that looked the least
as though it asked a lot of you

for anyone who left behind
the things they loved and knew
and walked alone into the dark
with nothing in their view

for anyone who's had a faith
and trusted with conviction
that despite the doubt and fear and hate
they'll reach their goal with a distinction

for anyone who's been unsure
unfulfilled and unrequited
but trusted there was something more
and trundled on when uninvited

this world will be a wondrous place
no matter what the weather
and every creature, creed and race
will stand by you and come together

the rain will fall refreshing
the wind will blow you free
the sun will warm your cockles
the land will hold the sea

and you will feel the colours
and see the sounds and smells
and hear the sights of freedom
when we're all one and we are well.

for us to fly

Letting go is hard to do
I think of then
I think of you
The times we shared
The places been
We loved, we cared
We'd not foreseen
That everything we said and did
Would reach it's end
Would find it's lid
Such feelings deep
We couldn't hide
We let them out
We laughed and cried
An urgency to get to know
Another's heart
Another's soul
Connecting to a place
In time
And know a face
And see inside
The eyes of blue
And silent dreams
Of hopes and fears
And futile screams
We tried to make this
Work, we did
It's not our fault
That it ended
We rode the wave
We braved the storm
And lived unto
Another dawn
More tales to tell
More love to feel
A time complete
A time so real
The caterpillar never asks
Why his short life
It did not last
It came and went
And left behind
Colourful wings
For us to fly.