by trentm32 » 6/20/2004, 7:20 pm
"standing at the door"
standing at the door,
just standing at the door
wishing I could tell you,
all the things I can't explore
in my head I walk on over,
and things go just as planned
we live happily ever after,
and I never stumble this romance
I wish this could be sure,
when I come to you're already gone
and i'm still standing at the door,
just standing at the door
........
"this grand gesture"
reaching to the treetops,
your grace soars far above
a brilliance in the clouds,
of passion and of love
with this grand gesture,
Lord you saved my all
you gave me reason to be,
and caught me from this fall
stumbling down so hard,
and always hitting ground
only 'till I found you,
did the fall finally slow down
brighter than the brightest star,
the world finally pales
when placed alongside you Lord,
how could anything else prevail
you've come into my heart,
and with you brought this light
that'll always shine inside me,
and will always shine so bright
Lord you give me so much more,
than I could ever hope to earn
and with you alive in me,
everything is gonna turn
a joy that's so fulfilling,
more than I could ever hope to find
streaming out of me so full,
my God you've been so kind
your glory is so amazing,
and I'm caught up in rejoice
the greatest thing I've ever done,
was when I made this choice
.........
"with just your barefeet"
sprawled out underneath the stars,
the only time my life makes sense
couldn't count if I tried forever,
better just hold on to suspense
walk outside with just your bare feet,
just to feel the grass below
walk outside with just your bare feet,
just to let all of this go
the pavement so barely warm,
glows from the sun all day
even in the dark I feel it,
a thing no chill could take away
walk outside with just your bare feet,
just to feel the grass below
walk outside with just your bare feet,
just to let all of this go
it's creeping into morning hours,
I'll sleep tomorrow, there's always time
I think I'll make it another day,
and with luck all this lifetime
........
"fledgeling like a leaf"
I like to think I have a chance,
for it helps my fragile ego
to make it through this dance,
and never let this go
I'm fledgeling like a leaf,
lost out upon the wind
filled so high with grief,
without a place to send
I've gone and lost my fate,
for it's been thrown asunder
and it's always been to late,
to hear this roll of thunder
the pale old moon still shines,
just as blue as my heart beats
and I know the truth can't lie,
as my soul stands to leap
I've lost my dear bemusement,
never missed until it's gone
and by myself I'll ruin it,
just wait it won't be long
"When looking up there, I just felt whole, like I belonged. Like one day I too would shine my most brilliant. Sitting there also made me think about sitting through services at my little country church back home. About that never-changing congregation of the same sixty-seven people and everyone has known you since before you were born. Now, out here in the real world, everything just seemed more vivid than when I used to sit in that little pew. That pew that was now so, so far away from where I was. I feared I had somehow left God behind there, too. I feared he was somehow just sitting there, saving my seat on the fifth pew from the front row, just waiting on me to come back. I left so quickly, I worried that he may not have noticed I was gone. And, now, I’m just too far away to find. So he’s just sitting there, patiently waiting on me to come back. I closed my eyes and prayed a moment. I hoped more than anything that he could still hear me." -an excerpt from my novella, A Sea of Fallen Leaves.
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