Life

Life, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall?
Rapidly, merrily,
Life's sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily
Enjoy them as they fly!
What though Death at times steps in,
And calls our Best away?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O'er hope, a heavy sway?
Yet Hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair!

Love's Secret

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh.

People by: Wolf

People live life
day by day
people do
people say
people live
people learn
people crash
people burn
people see
then deny
Only want the when's
not the why's
Life is full of rumors
which are seldom true
but people only believe in things
they know they'd never do.

Everybody Tells Me Everything

I find it very difficult to enthuse
Over the current news.
Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can grow no blacker, it worsens,
And that is why I do not like the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

A Caution To Everybody

Consider the auk;
Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.
Consider man, who may well become extinct
Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.

Dark and Twisted by: Wolf

Relationships aren't based on lies
they're based on truths and facts
sometimes they're based on love
but all of those ours lacked

I knew you never loved me
that everytime you spoke you lied
You liked to watch me suffer
and you loved it when I cried.

Your heart was black and soulless
You were twisted through and through
And now because I loved you
I'm dark and twisted too.

Diminished Reality

So vivid were the screams last night
That echoed through his room
As darkness overpowered light
In fear he was consumed

The agonizing tone of pain
The high pitched sounding cries
The haunting echoes sound so real
He shivers, terrified

In his bed he falls asleep
The nightmares haunt his dreams
..in fear he is awakened
Awakened to the screams

In tears he lies, too scared to cry
The darkness leaves him blind
He prays the screams and haunting dreams
Will soon vacate his mind

Rock Myself to Sleep

It's ok to sit alone, inside this shell,
Where no-one knows and no-one tells.
Where butterflies dream yet tell of lies.
Where death denies a certain tie. Am I alright?
A mind to wander, a mind to dream.
Lost inside insanity.

Where no-one sees, I don't feel.
No-one knows this hell I fear.
Beyond my mind I can find the fire.
A flame to cure deep desire.
A card to burn or a burn to card.
Inside my head insanity.

Rattle thoughts of the brain,
Everytime, they're all the same.
Rock myself to sleep.
Where fits of horror become belief.