Looking forward...

Danielle

May the past that lives within your heart
hold only memories you treasure.
And may the future that you're dreaming of
you receive in full measure.

I wish you much happiness, peace and success.

All I Need

Thirty years of living,
same soul by my side.
Thirty years of loving,
can't say we haven't tried.

Sometimes there is no end,
joined as one for all time.
Sometimes that's what we intend,
but then it's not our will but thine.

There were some good years,
but lately mostly bad.
There were such happy tears,
but lately mostly sad.

If you can smile in the end,
knowing we shared love for a little bit,
then I'll know peace without end,
and I'll know happy when I find it.

And of all we possess, I want nothing.

Because even though I have now lost it, I did know your love for a brief moment in eternity.

That memory is my most valued possession. 

That, and the love I still have for you, is all I need.

No Answers Here

Sitting at the bar, a pint of courage in my hand.
Joe Cocker's "Unchain My Heart" being butchered by the band.
But I don't care, cause the words are so true.
Let me go, I want to (need to) start anew.

Would you like another? She asks as she tells me her name.
I nod that I would and I smile at her game.
If she only knew, that's the last thing I need.
I've been playing too long, I've nothing left to bleed.

So I call to her that I've changed my mind.
Just bring me the check, I've run out of time.
It didn't take me long, just one quick beer,
to know that there are no answers for me here.

I once believed...

Alone again. Alone this night.

Dwelling on my dreams and fears.

Alone again, no more light.

So many failures bring the tears.

I once could dream.

I once believed.

I fear I will never dream again.