For you

You are the one

The one who I can confide in

The one who has always returned

You are the one who has seen every tear

The one who knows my every fear

You are the happiness in me

You are mine

Your compassion saved me when my actions betrayed me

Your smile leaves faith in my heart

A bond that can never be broken

You are my laughter

You are my love

You are my best friend

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For you, with love

I owe you an ear
because you would always pay attention, no matter how hard the words were to hear.
I owe you a shoulder

because you always offered me yours.

I owe you a hand
because you always helped out.
I owe you advice
because yours always gave me hope.
I owe you respect
because I cherish your love.
I owe you trust
because of a second chance.
I owe you knowledge
because you taught me so much.
I owe you love
because you touched my heart so deeply.
I owe you a friendship
like you have never had before.
And I owe you my life
because of everything you have done, and everything you still do.

I am

I am strong because I once was weak.
I am beautiful because I know my flaws.
I am a lover because I am a fighter.
I am fearless because I have been afraid.
I am wise because I have been foolish.
I can laugh because I have known sadness.
I am me

Romance

She’ll give you everything you don’t know that you need,
won’t hesitate to take you on the ride of your life.
You’re so down and she’s the best thing you’ve ever seen.
You crave her, want her, have to have her…
Nothing else can give you that rush of fear and pleasure,
nothing else can make you feel so alive.
Once you get that first taste, she’s all you think about.
Beautiful, but oh god she makes you fall so hard.
You’re crushed, down for days and days
until you catch a glimpse of her again.
She’ll take you back into her roller coaster world.
You’ll never give her up, you’ll never let her go.
She’s one hell of an addiction,
and you’ll never be the same.



This is to empty warehouses and back alleys;
to grass stains on your knees and getting caught in the rain,
hiding yourself in corners and sobbing.
This is to handing over the control of your world;
to burying your heart in the palm of another's hand;
to the romance of hurting.
♥

And yes, you know who you are.

Last Goodbye

She is seventeen, low self-esteem

She's my number one desire
Her heart's as cold as midnight ice
but her love is as warm as fire

With a stunning glare she looks at me
as if I don't exist
But with her arms she takes me in
for one last, unbridled kiss

She's always been an optimist
so filled with such perverse
Her love is such a gift
and then her love is such a curse

She's always mean, and always keen
She's wrapped around my heart
But with never ending knowledge
I am anything but smart

Unbreakable and broken
she's the wind in all this rush
She keeps my soul held on a string
unreachable and easy to touch

Never letting go of hope
So caught up in one last chance
I'm far too strong to fall down here
too weak to take a stance

She takes me in and spits me out
and leaves me here to die
or at least until she returns to me
to give me one last happy goodbye

Signed,
A fool for love

This is what I would say in my letter never sent

I thought it was all over. I though it would get easy again, and I could put it all behind me; put it all away. Now I know that it can never truly be over. The feelings will never be gone. I am still playing games with myself in my head, like I always did, like I always will. I know that it is a dangerous game, but I cannot lose the friendship I have worked so hard to gain. I cannot lose that love. I try to fight back any valuable inhibition, but it eventually gets the better of me, as it always has. I cannot let this beat me again. I cannot again lose everything that I have, everything that I love, and everything that I am.

Since I met you, I have looked at you as my savior, whether you know it or not. You were a stranger who changed my life the moment that you walked into it. You showed me more than I ever thought was possible, through passion and intensity. I grew to love everything you were. You taught me many things; many valuable things. You are my inspiration. Through you, I have learned so much…

I have learned that we always need to trust in each other, trust in good faith, and trust in trusting.

I have learned that it sometimes takes a broken heart to feel what true love really is.

I have learned that you truly never know what you have until it is gone.

I have learned that there is almost always a second chance.

I have learned that you don’t need perfection, you only need love.

You gave me on of life’s greatest rewards; to know love.

There are still a million things that have gone unsaid, simply because words can do no justice for the feelings inside of them. As this day slowly ends, I am one step closer to understanding what I want, who I am, and what I want to do.

Forever empty with an empty forever

"Just take care of yourself. Figure out what you want, who you are, and what you want to do. I will wait for you, whatever you decide. I have forever..."

Shimmer- Fuel

There eventually comes a time in life where you reach a point of realization. You realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will.


She calls me from the cold
just when I was low, feeling short of stable
And all that she intends
and all she keeps inside
isn't on the label
She says she's ashamed
can she take me for a while?

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"And can I be a friend,
we'll forget the past
But maybe I'm not able."
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And I break at the bend
We're here and now, but will we ever be again
'Cause I have found
all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade...
away...
again
She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her

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"She says that love is for fools who fall behind
I'm somewhere in between
I never really know
a killer from a savior
Until I break at the bend."
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We're here and now, but will we ever be again?
Cause I have found
that all that shimmers in the world is sure to fade...
away...
again
It's too far away for me to hold
It's too far away
Too far away for me to hold
It's far away
Guess I'll let it go...

The "L" Word

Lose; every mistake is a lesson learned. Every wrong choice offers a chance to make it right.
Learn; no one knows everything, but everyone knows something.
Laugh; it is the best freedom from pain.
Live; not one second should be taken for granted.
Look; open your eyes to the world's wonders. Take everything in and never miss a moment.
Love; treat your friends with love and respect. Treat your enemies with just the same.
Listen; often times, the most important words are said in whispers


The ultimate goal in life is to care, unconditionally, for the one who stands beside you through it all; to love and to be loved. Hope, love, and faith are all in the waiting. Power is not the truth of life, for to love power is to love death. Strength can only be attained through the knowledge, awareness, and understanding of weakness. True strength is not measure in the body, but rather, in the heart. Love will keep us sound, and love will make us strong.
I have loved and I have learned. I may be hated but will never hate. I have lost many things, but I have not lost hope, I have not lost kindness, and I have not lost faith. I have made mistakes and learned hard, yet valued lessons from them. I will never again take the things that I have in life for granted. At least I can say that I have experienced things that many people die never having known.

Illusions- Matt Nathanson

I believe in your strength
Though I understand you've felt alone
'Cause when you need a friend
There's no one strong to fall back on
And your past will still burden you
But I'll hold you through the pain

So in the end it's not just you
With your memories and your scars
Fall on me if you ever forget
How beautiful you are

I believe in your words and your eyes
And when you speak of your dreams I realize
That I will envy whoever you
Give your heart to

So in the end it's not just you
With your memories and your scars
Fall on me if you ever forget
How beautiful you are

And I will never let you fade away
And I want you to know that I love you
For all you are
And all that you will be

So in the end it's not just you
With your memories and your scars
Fall on me if you ever forget
How beautiful you are.
And you are.

In Another's Words

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

~George Carlin

Quotes

The four hardest tasks on Earth are neither physical nor intellectual feats, but spiritual ones: To return love for hate; to include the excluded; to forgive without apology, and to be able to say 'I was wrong'.
~Unknown

Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
~Cherie Carter- Scott

The past does not equal the future. Because you may have failed a moment ago, all day today, or the last six months, or the last sixteen years, or the last fifty years of your life, doesn't mean anything. All that matters is 'what are you going to do now?'
~Anthony Robbins

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
~Carl W. Buechner

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.
~Gandhi

When I'm with you,
I am lost.
When I am away from you,
I find myself
wanting to be lost again.

Be still, and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing. In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by way of dispossession. And what you do not know, is the only thing that you know.
~T.S. Elliot

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
~James A. Baldwin

Revelation

I have heard the deepest lies and I have seen the darkest sides

I have failed a million times

But only in love

I have whispered unto death but it would not take my breath

I have feared with all the rest

But only in love

I have learned and I have lost and I’ve known what I have crossed

I have left not knowing the cost

But only in love

I have broke and I have failed and the loneliness prevailed

As for me, I will be jailed

But only in love

Come With Me

Come with me, dear and I will show you

I will show you what this world has made me.

Come with me and learn who I am

And who I never was.

Finding my way around the walls I made myself

Forget all the things we thought we meant

Because all we know is what we never knew before.

Please do not misunderstand my intent.

I know now what this means.

Come with me and let me try

Let me try to trust myself with you again.

Leave your love and let it not die quickly.

All is broken, but not all is lost.

Love

At first it is intoxicating, irresistable. And then slowly it becomes comfortable and safe. You have this cellular connection, as if you've known eachother forever; like your oldest happiness. And sometimes you're on the outs, and sometimes you're making up. And every now and then, you catch yourself in this transcendent moment where you think to yourself...'oh my God I am madly in love with you. And I always will be.'

One True Friend

When the only friend you have is the voice inside your head,
talk long and talk true.
Because in the end, the voice in your head
is the only one that will never leave you,
no matter what you say to her.