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Coerce"Coerce"

I don't know who you expect me to be
But there's a constant pressure that hovers over me
I'm sorry if I don't meet your expectations
But realize that I too am frustrated beyond dictation

I realize nothing may be the same again
Or maybe that's only my fear with friends
Growing up I always tried to play pretend
But I know I've only been fooling myself in the end

I know my time is running out
And the path that I'm on won't be the easiest route
But these expectations that you have of me
Is more than anything that I could be

Or is that just me hiding from what's real?
There I go again; trying to conceal
An excuse to avoid o

You Changed EverythingWaking up to see your face
Is my favorite way to start the day.
Knowing my reality is as good as a dream
Makes me grateful for how we got this way.

I was scared,
But I don't think you could tell.
I decided to take the plunge
And immediately, I fell.

Your arms feel like home.
Welcoming my body into a comforting embrace.
You've left an impression on my heart,
A permanent mark I can't erase.

We share each other's happiness
As well as the pain.
But we both remember what's important,
Like when we're kissing in the rain.

I was drowning,
And you brought me to safety.
I wasn't sure I was ready,
Then you changed everything.

Cocaine heartI just ride
Slowly into the night
Wind in my hair
I'm driving nowhere
Mile after mile
I slowly ride
Enjoying my life
Life on the road
I keep dreaming on

No one to stop me
No one to say I live my life wrong
So I keep on driving
Searching for the parts of my soul
Day after day, night after night
I'm living it on the wild side

Perfectly balanced and matched
This cocaine heart of my life
One hundred percent pure
Loaded completely with fuel
Beating with rhythm of a psycho
Trembling like leaf under the wind
Who cares how fast I am driving
This crazy life belongs to me

No map to be followed
No goal to be reached
No today, no tomorrow
I'm jus

Phobiathe lights are extinct
the wall advances towards me
I'm sick, I am afraid

the crowd ignores my pain
I fall into a black hole
I scream my distress in indifference

help me, this is too hard
help me, give me your hand
I need a little light

Your Only Son"Your Only Son"

I know I can never be someone who I'm not
But I hope I don't become someone you forgot
And all the years that pass; and all the years that fade
Please God will you make this pain go away?

My head is seeing colors; my eyes are seeing lines
I force myself to tell people I am always fine
Because if they took a journey deep inside my mind
They'd run away in fear; they would cower and hide

Why is it that I do the things I know?
Those ideas of self-abuse are ones I can't outgrow
And all the cuts and scars; all the knives and blades
Resemble all the failures resting in my name

I don't even understand the way I always th

I... I Love That BoyHe is the train to foreign places
That I board when my hopes are high.
He is the reason I am still here
When I give life another try.

He is the expensive, felt covered book
I read when my temptation is gone.
I've been told there are others out there,
But I feel like he's my only one.

I... I love that boy.

He is the aroma of my freshly brewed coffee,
Another failed attempt at a good day.
He is my stainless steel friend
That chases my demons away.

He is the few, rare seconds in a song
That brings me back to the blade.
He is the mound of dirt over the corpse
I buried with the iron spade.

I... I love that boy.

He is the legendary chords ema

Guys Are Like Cats"Guys Are Like Cats"

Over trash cans and through the streets
He followed her hypnotizing scent
Around the corners he had to sneak
But he believed this was time well spent

He followed her all the way home
And sat on the front steps of her porch
Hoping to hear moans and groans
If her father caught him he'd be torched

But still he climbed that tree
The one outside of her room
No matter how far the view may be
He brought his camera for better zoom

Through the window he saw her hair
God, she looked beautiful that day
With his jaw dropped he stared
Sadly, there was no other way

He had tried to gain her attention
Every method he c

Enlisted"Enlisted"

I received a letter in the mail
Requesting my duties to assail
I took a breath and exhaled
It was time for life to turn a trail

I was fresh out of school
With not a clue what to do
Biting more than I could chew
I wanted to try something new

Before I knew it I enlisted
To fight others sick and twisted
To help others unassisted
With guns or hands tightly-fisted

Once at camp I shaved my head
Still holding thoughts of dread
That before I knew it I'd be dead
And the rose garden would be my bed

Watching faith as it flows
Into the path that I chose
There I went on my own
Roaming now into the vast unknown

Such a shame history repeats

InfiniteWhen you take my hand,
my breath goes with it.

You're like a book that's too suspenseful to put down.
You keep me wanting to turn the pages to watch the story unfold.

The surprises seem infinite.
With each detail I learn,
I become even more thankful that you came into my life.

Like a song on repeat for hours,
I never tire of seeing your smile or hearing your voice.

With you,
the adventures are endless.
You never cease to amaze me.

Each day that passes,
I fall a little more.
And I know you're there to catch me
before I hit the floor.

The Perfect Present"The Perfect Present"

During the winter season on a night very cold
Where the frosty breeze sends shivers down your spine
I met a little boy on the road decades ago
Who looked at the time to be about eight or nine.

I saw him aimlessly wandering from afar
Dodging cars who simply passed him by.
Judging by his ripped clothes he had many scars
And a pair of the most pained blue eyes

Now normally I would have just continued driving.
Who the hell cares about this little ploy?
Its tough enough in this world surviving
Without striving to care about some little boy.

For I asked myself if I was in his shoes
Would he bother to stop his

Calm on the OutsideShe's hurting,
She's breaking,
She's crying inside.
She's yelling,
She's screaming,
And hiding her eyes.
Yeah you wont,
hear a thing,
It's a-ll inside.
The hurting,
the screaming,
Her smile's a lie.
She stares out,
The window,
And wishes to die.
Or maybe,
When she'll jump,
She'll finally fly.
You cannot,
See her face,
She's hiding it all,
So you wont,
Yeah you wont,
See her fall...
Calm on the Oustside, written by Emma Thrussell, 27/11/12

Merry-Go-Round"Merry-Go-Round"

I don't know where I came from
I'm not talking about birth
I'm referring to those times
Before humans walked the earth

What were we before then?
Is there truth to claim?
Was it planned or random chance
I hold my name today?

What kind of power
Created the extremes?
The planets and their moons
And everything inbetween

Why do I come across
The people that I greet?
Is it just by pure luck
Or fate and destiny

Why do old friends exit?
Why do new friends enter?
Our lives are merry-go-rounds
And we're stuck at the center

Why my color eyes?
Why my color skin?
Why the life I lead?
Why these thoughts within?

Why

Lucky Penny"Lucky Penny"

One time when I was walking to the corner store
I found a penny in a puddle laying on the floor
Old Abe was looking especially lonely so
I picked him up and continued on the go

At that moment it never occurred to me
That what I was holding was a lucky penny!
And the reason to which how I know
Was that moment when I hit the elusive lotto

My jaw dropped; I was at a loss for words
To think a penny could bring luck was absurd
But i kid you not; when I walked out of that store
The skies were blue; the power restored

See, this town had been without electricity for weeks
And I too had gone on such a hunger streak
Crossin

War Crimes"War Crimes"

Hello? Can anyone hear me?
I'm stuck here in this cave
Was that the sound of bullets?
It certainly isn't rain
When will mommy and daddy return?
I'm so cold here and alone
This fire doesn't burn
This country is not my home
How could this have happened?
I am only nine
Tomorrow is my birthday
I haven't done a crime
Mommy and daddy said to wait
As they went to gather food
I hope they're not the bait
To delighten someone's mood
What if they never come back?
Will I ever be saved?
I'm stuck here so afraid
Defenseless in this cave
The only sound I hear
Are bullets growing near
And I may have heard a bomb
I'm tryi

Why I Write"Why I Write"

I tried to cover my darkest parts
With compound words and works of art
But no matter how much I change
My destiny will remain the same

Writing down elusive nightmares
Drawing monsters and evil to share
In the midst of the night during rain and hail
I found a way to release pain and exhale

I found a way so when I'm alone
To the eyes of others I can show
Hoping maybe to receive some compassion
For all the misery and woes that have happened

Isn't that why we paint?; isn't that why we write?
Trying to find solace in the air of the night
While others look on and may be amused
I continue confused; my soul has been bru

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but as the seasons come and go,
some things never lose their glow.

Some things fade, and some things stay,
but as time passes day by day,
some things never fade away.

Some things hold a special place in you,
some things that you never want to lose touch.
Hold on to them dearly,
and keep them like treasure.
The bad will come and go with the seasons,
but the golden charms will never fade
away, nor will they lose their glow.

How I feltSometimes I felt like I should just give up,
sometimes I felt like there was no sense in trying.
That's why I was always crying
to survive
the craziness that I endured,
the world had lured
some crazy thoughts in my mind.

All my sense of hope and reason was gone,
I was constantly trapped in my own misery
with my loved ones out to get me.
The world was closing in on me,
there was nothing left to see
of me.
I was a shell of a girl with her soul long lost,
the person that I loved most
was gone, and I'd left with them.

Until I lost it all
and rose up again, all was hopeless.
But I finally came down to earth from my fall
and toppled down the las

My dreamsMy greatest treasure has no cost,
it's not up for sale.
My dreams are sealed away,
they're something you cannot steal.
I've locked them in a memory box
and thrown away the key.
They've been wrapped with golden chains
and bound around my heart.

My dreams will always remain hopeful.
Will they happen?
Maybe so, maybe not,
but I believe I have shot
to make them come true.
The reality is a possibility,
but one things for sure,
my dreams will never be forgotten.

No tearsDon't start crying,
save your tears for later,
don't cry me a river full of tears
because I'm sailing down my own right now.

I don't need to hear your words because
you wouldn't hear mine.
What was left in the past
will stay there
And the words that were left unspoken
will never be heard.
All of the pain and evil
will be blown away like dust in the wind
And the darkest moments of the hour
will never be visited again.

Quit your crying,
save your tears for later,
don't cry me a river full of tears,
because my own has grown larger.

All of the guilt and shame
is not yours to carry alone.
The burden shall be lifted from your shoulders
and place

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To take a mother's child is to take her heart,
to destroy where we live is to destroy ourselves.
How can we have peace with all of the violence taking place?
Killing the innocent is our greatest sacrifice,
killing the world away will make us pay the price.
If history repeats itself, why don't we try to avoid it?
The world would have a better future if we would just listen to the victims,
the world would be a fine place if our superiors didn't care only for themselves.
How are we going to change if we don't face the facts?
Something's got to give,
someone's going to have to stand up.

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Precious moments to keep forever,
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Love and lust to hold in our hearts,
Death and pain to shudder away,
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by ~RockNRollGal, Jan 22, 2013, 11:37:47 AM
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What is wrong with me?

Is it something I did?

Is there something you see that I don't?

I feel like I'm a failure and disappointment in your eyes

and I will always be that way.

I'm only human, I make mistakes

at least I can own up to them.

Do I have to live by your rules and your rules only?

Or can I live my life how I want to?

I can't be your perfect, precious child now,

and I never was.

It was never a problem until now.

If you want me to be happy for you,

you have to be happy for me.

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I just needed to get my bottled up feelings out. -_-

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~Jennster-P Jan 23, 2013

"If you want me to be happy for you
You have to be happy for me"
Damn straight lady. I like this, you talk sense.

~RockNRollGal Jan 24, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Amen! Thank you!

~Ember-24 Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Awww I can relate to this. Just remember that there is nothing wrong with you. Whatever things people say about you ignore them cause not everything people say is true, just be yourself and if it bothers anyone, its their problem, not yours.

~RockNRollGal Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

It's hard because of the things people think
and say about me, and it's hard because of what I've
been through. -_- Thank you though, so much.

~Ember-24 Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

No problem... and I'll pray for you!

~RockNRollGal Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you dear

~Ember-24 Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

No problem

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