akpauly Poetry (12)

welcome to my world, come in there's room for you.
leave your troubles on the doorstep.
the fire is burnin bright, I'm glad to be alive.
tell me something about yourself.
and if we find some common ground
I think we might just hang around
for a while
so smile for me
the snow has gone away, the sun is comin our way
days of never ending
not goin to waste my time, every minute is just fine.
surrounded by such beauty.
and if we find some common ground I think we might just hang around
for a while
so smile for me
here at the end of the song I'm thinking what went wrong
with the world around me
the truth is evident - old ways are nearly spent
at least that's what I see
and if we find some common ground
I think we might just hang around
take a walk with me and what we'll see
will make us smile for a little while

I've never been here before, I've never felt this way.
I've never had so much time behind me, I've never seen today.
I never could have predicted the circumstances I'm in
I never was able to see where I was - so lost in where I had been.
I always knew it was in me - strength and resolve. It's true!
I always had a seed of faith. I always knew I'd find you.
Even when despairing and wanting myself to die
I held onto Life and trudged along. I never knew just why.
So now I've arrived here at Never and always will recall
when things turned around - my head above ground -
at last! He answered my call.
Cuz I never quite quit believing. I always found time to pray
I just never thought that I could stop.
So happy to be here today.

I'm a train wreck, all aboard.
I'm a never was, nevermore.
I'm a dark cloud pourin rain
an effort made in vain
to keep warm

I should've been the one
to pass away from this place
I'd have given anything to see his face
why'd it have to be
him instead of me?

well, this isn't what I expected
and life shouldn't
be this way
from the outside lookin in
it looks like i could win
but I'm rejected

am I so easy to walk away from
no-one stays I'm
feelin like a big mistake
now it's gettin hard to see
the point of me

we ran so fast -ya know we couldn't slow down
we flew so high - we couldn't see the ground
we fell so hard and it isn't right
we're far apart, I think I might

have been dreaming. was I just dreamin?
on sunday...sunday morning

I wrote a note, ya know I tried to say
I love you so I gotta get away
I'll find you when you find yourself
and this is real, I think, or else...

I was dreaming...just dreamin...
on sunday...sunday morning

out on a limb, cut away the excess
he's a knight, she's a train-wreck - a big mess
lost sight of what you really need
so take a bite, and watch your lover bleed

so line them up, and knock them down
light it up, let's leave the ground
we're out of luck, you know we're out of time
so shut your mouth and just be mine

we're dreamin, just dreaming
on sunday, sunday morning

out of the gate, but still in deep shit
up late - tryin to keep this
love alive what we really need
take a bite, watch your lover bleed

I was born such a long time ago
I've had many dreams
and I've got a long way to go
farther than it seems

no matter how hard I try
I can't get you out of my mind
even though we said goodbye
the love you gave to me
will last a lifetime

I wear my old soul on my sleeve
I'm walkin in these shoes
I'm tryin hard to believe
I'll get over these blues

no matter how much time goes by
I'm just not satisfied
no need to have another try
I've loved and I've died
through many lifetimes

my family wants to know I'm fine
I tell them I'm okay
I'm earning my wings, I'll fly
don't know how to say

I want some things not meant for me
I wasted what I had
must learn to let your memory
make me feel glad
for the rest
of my lifetime

So when the tables
must be turned
back in one second
ago I thought I almost
didn't HAVE a yardsale
in the spring, so we took
another crack at this
just in! ever wonder
what your head
would just explode under
construction so please
just 'eff' off and
dammit Jim we can't get no
no no no

satisfaction.

an original song by p. bruns. written in 2008, and recored in a little studio outside san angelo texas. on the c.d. titled 'simple'. thanks for reading.

I'm up late again.
feels like the sun went down 20 years ago.
it's like I'm waiting for someone.
I'm waiting for someone that I don't know.

I haven't met you yet, and I can't wait...

a sleepless night again
and the t.v. spews out noise - chaotic.
it's like I'm lookin for something
when I find it again I'll know I got it

I haven't found it yet, and I can't wait...

We'll go on and on. the world will fade.
time will pass, I'll serenade.
the flowers will bloom before our eyes
we'll daydream under moonlit skies.
on and on, and we'll have fun.
you'll be my girl, I'l tell everyone
someday we'll look back and see
the truth about the world
the truth about .... you and me.

I'm shaving the last 2 verses off. artistic lisence. :)

it's a simple...thing to...wake up dreaming
things happen. but what's really going on?
nothing but simple...things you...follow a routine
shit happens. and before too long

you find yourself...watching years fly away
if you find yourself...maybe you'll decide to stay
beside yourself. beside yourself.

it's a simple thing for me to watch the time and wonder why
some things happen for some people, some things pass me by.
everything that happens has a reason so they say
maybe in the end it'll make some sense. till then I'll have to wait.

I'll find myself in good company
as long as you are here with me
beside myself. I'm beside myself.

I'm goin down a back road
and I don't know where I'm goin
but I'll keep on walking down this road
with the faith that it will lead somewhere
someday
I pass many pretty places,
I hear many peoples voices
but I don't know what they're sayin
so I nod my head and say to them
'okay...'

and I'll keep on walkin down this road.
gotta be somethin up ahead to find me.
maybe I'll cross another path
find someone I understand
to walk with me

sometimes it seems like I've gone down this
road before in the past.
I went left when I shoulda gone right
I see day when it's really night
around me.
but if this is blind - I don't wanna see
I'm not sure how it's supposed to be
so I'll walk my road leave the world behind
it won't miss me it'll get by without me.

(chorus)

we could talk about it over tea
or leave it to the mist.
we could snap a little dragon-
hearted snap a little wrist
we might see it in the pages
or hear it on the news
but as God will be my witness
I got so much more to lose.

could I stand inside your circle?
would that make you recompose?
if I had an angel needle
dancing steps do you suppose...
if I took you to the planet
that exists inside my head
do you think that you could
handle what was should and never said?
if it took a little while for me
to gather up my life
could we walk through all the madness
together as man and wife?
could we get a little deeper
as we walk along the path
we will make the best of things
that is all we ask.

the wind chimes quiet,
I got no breeze.
and I'm alone.
do as I please.
a scattering
of mental pics
memories
play dirty tricks
and I'm quick to learn
take my time
the more I see
the world is blind
and the future is a dream
just for believers.

Lick your lips - taste my emotional distress
Lies to cover up emotional excess
Perspective is just sanity - filter out reality
tired
Forward don't look back. DIRECTION REFLECTION
Healing fires burn away impure thoughts weigh you down
I try to take a look around the time you find
It's a state of MIND THE EDGE and point me
somewhere else
Words of wisdom. Action stealthy movements in the
DARKNESS melts to crisp shadows that speak of wealth
A dollar for a dancer GREEN and evil thoughts and love
UNSEEN too close for bigger picture Be a good model
for those in need will surely cry out WOLF and we
when rush to help no longer see
A danger but a ship at sea tormented tossed out of
My ELEMENT BED, to bed darkness sleep oh words
of pain ring true and last and this mother send me fast
Toil boil loathsome soil keep me fresh Bury in foil
No one will read or understand
our kids will not survive as planned
We poison Tree and Air and Stone
and figure that we're not alone
to bed to sleep in darkness
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