Angel of Mercy
Angel of mercy
Come sit by my side
Have you some mercy
Mercy for me
I'm destined for sadness
Heartache and pain
She's withdrawn her love
And said, for me
To do the same
But my heart, you see
Has a mind of it's own
It keeps on loving
Though her love has moved on
It cries and it bleeds
Through the cold and rain
Never knowing its' journey
Is one taken in vain
So have you some mercy
A little to spare
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The Click
Someone please tell me why
favortism is still running rampid
oh coach, oh coach
just play my kid
I don't make a lot of cash
I'm not the middle class
Your team is not going to win
Anything
They're just freshman, for petes sake
play them all equally
they all practice together
through the howling winds of change
through all the nasty weather
You were ahead fifty freaking points
yet you put back in the starting five
with only a few minutes to go
what were you thinking
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Escaping Childhood
Another scream, finds my ears
Thundering booms, as doors are slammed
'Welcome to the mad house'
I say, silently
As not to wake, the voices inside
I lay still, in hope, the voices
Won't find me
A tear of regret
Relentlessly, falls from my cheek
As I long for, the good ole days
The sound of my single tear
Hitting my pillow
Wake the voices
My soul, tries to escape
This maze in my mind
To many voices to evade
I lose myself to the voices
Again
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It can't be me
It can't be me, you're saying goodbye to
It can't be me, you're letting go
It can't be me, which feels all this pain
It can't be me, the last to know
It can't be me, to keep you company
It can't be me to help you now
It can't be me, to mend your heart
It can't be me, to save you somehow
It can't be me, sitting in the dark
It can't be me, crying all these tears
It can't be me, that's being ignored
It can't be me, wanting back those precious years
It can't be me, the savior of your sanity
It can't be me, the keeper of your happiness
It can't be me, to keep you from falling
It can't be me, right now I need you less
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Losing Faith
Did I not pray enough
did I not believe
every Sunday I went to church
I beg then, Why did you leave
I'm here alone
in this bitter silence
being cut by razor sharp memories
that are on replay
I feel I'm alone
you've left me where I stand
only to turn around
and see just my footprints in the sand
This was my dream
and you let it leave
these are my tears that do not dry
I'd commit suicide
but I don't prefer to see you when I die
I'm hurt and I'm bruised
on the verge of myself
there better be a heaven
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Cats on the Prowl
Another vivacious misty morn'
As I stumble over a childs' bike
I witness paw prints upon my convertable top
The pattern surprised me, as they roamed to and fro
Not again, as I chuckled secretly
Which one I could not tell
Just one more cat spell
On the rag top of my car
Even on the bumper
Prints galore
Evidently they have no clue, this upsets me
Just relaxin, being king or queen for a brief moment
Perhaps hoping and scoping
For a field mouse
Scurrying around the flower beds of my house
For we constantly are given gifts, from these prowling feline
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An Ode To Emma - My Godmother
Memories of you, make me chuckle
The 4th of July picnics and the way they sparkled
Friends and family will treasure these thoughts
The joys we once knew, were spent with you
Your toughness that was seen in your brow
For heredity does shine through, even now
When you jokingly punched us in the arm
While we made wisecracks
A gentle kiss on the cheek and a few more smacks
We laughed and giggled
On our way to the pool
Our non-conformancy
Dissobeying every rule
Your love for us, always felt in the air
For me as a child, you were someone who cared
I'm forever grateful, you are my Godmother
Standing at the alter, blessed, I needed no other
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My Kidney, Stoned
Oh the pain, the pain
nearly drove me insane
never felt pain as this
I was stoned literally, stoned
from the bladder up to the kidney
Oh woe! was me
twenty four hours
I lay there in a bed
lovely nurses galore
though their luscious, insidious beauty
did me no good
blinking my eyes to wish the pain away
if I only could
plenty of morphine to ease this drought
' till the next morn
I did roam
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End of Abuse
To far away
To be reached
You're to far
To hear me speak
Headed down
Annihilation
Completely ignoring self-preservation
Black and blue bruises
Divided by distraction
Attracted to the intensity
The razor blade
Brings them satisfaction
Their blood is dripping
Carrying away years of pain
They giggle to themselves
The've found revenge
Falling down
They curse those who care
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Grille 3501
They are known to be
one of the finest, decadent restaraunts
in Pennsylvanias' Lehigh Valley
a historic cuddly hotel
with a few ticks erased from father time
when a shot and a beer cost mearly a dime
when punching a man in the jaw
was never a crime
A sophisticated, yet unpretentious
spot where ones' troubles seem to flow away
from the hustle and bustle of a
dark and dreary day
To relax with a martini and enjoy the wall art of
the renaissance days, peacefull moons, starry skys
with young lovers dreams
fusion plates of succulent shrimp and sizzling steaks
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