Things I Learnt From My Father

He showed me what it was
To finally learn forgiveness
A 28 year lesson
I finally did learn

Now I have the grace
To watch his face
Forget how we had once
Fallen far from grace

Scribed on sand
The lines will wash away

One day it'll come by time
And turn to stand there
On the edge of hope
And the unknown

I'll remember all the
Lessons from my father
And teach my son
To write it on

Tell your kids the stories
That your father told you
Pay it forward
Like an idea when it's due

Teach them how to dance
And find their voice
Teach them how
To make a choice

Never be afraid to say
No, or I was wrong

One day it'll come by time
And turn to stand there
On the edge of hope
And the unknown

I'll remember all the
Lessons from my father
And help my son
To write his song

Earned

Of a heart, though alive
One half alone is cold
The other is to be earned
Said Love, from which I stole

There can be some forgiveness
Your half is yours to keep
This other you must earn
From the lessons that you weep

I'm sorry, my dear
These steps I take now
There's been just too much pain
I've lost it all some how

I believe you love me very much
Maybe in time I'll really know
But when words and actions live divorced
Our love child lay abandoned so

A fresh start is not possible
It scares me when you ask
I remember all our fresh starts before
And how we have taken them to task

How we tore down what we built
How we burned each other with guilt
Angry words and actions spite the soil
That made our love seed wilt

A fight against a gust of wind
An argument with echoes
In back and forth we push and pull
To overcome these woes

Alas you cannot change the tide
Nor stop the sun or rain
I've lost my will to fight
To war against your lovely pain

So I give up, give in
I made my choice to surrender
I confess my crimes to love
And await the lonely hammer

Love

When the Gods
Speak of Love
They speak of life
And her truth and magic

When a couple
Speaks of Love
They share in life
And shape themselves by it

When a woman
Speaks of Love
She looks on life
With heart and hope romantic

When I, a man
Think of Love
I remember You
Life's beautiful creature

Your playful eyes
Lips of subtle poetry
Your loving heart
How they quietly inspire

Alas, these thoughts
Memories and dreams
They haunt this quiet
These spaces in between

Until Love's coming
When you again shall light
This soul and leave no mark
But a lingering kiss within

Away

Run away
Into the skies
Let it fly away
Beyond these lies

Let the bitter talk
The idle walks
Just go
Alone

If the black
Is what they try
To spread
To our bones

Then it's anger
Only anger
They will
Know

We'll be running
We'll be flying
Our hands
Held close

So baby let them go
When the day
It hasn't kissed
You dear

They'll never know
That I'm right here
Waiting, ready for
You dear

When it's been tough
Oh hell, we know
We can't always
Share it

The look in your eyes
You're strong and
You try to
Hide it

You won't have to say
A word, no you don't
Need to say
It hurts

Just raise your glass
Up to your spirit
To your lips with
Love's words

And I will know, oh
Yes, we both know
At a touch
We must

Run away
Into our eyes
Let it fall away
From us tonight