start in the middle

start in the middle
and go around
spinning and singing
hear the sound
of shattered glass
and child's voice
let whispered words
give you a choice
stop this rhyme
and wonder always
what will happen
to him who stays
or continue
round and round
endless circles
of rhyme and sound
to reach the end
read final verse
find satisfaction
or the worst
if quickly you
proceed then know
the quick man falls
the slow man knows
that next verse waits
of spiral sounds
just answer first question
and go around
speak too fast
be quick man's friend
think this through
slow man come again

circles

we are circles
round and round we spin
with no beginning
and no end
nothing for us
but to go around again
for we are circles
and we cannot complain

what?

with no beginning
we have been
with no ending
we shall be

but what are we?
who are we?
why are we?
what are we?

a world of make believe

don't tell me that you know
don't tell me that you understand
don't give me any words of pity
if you do, i will break again

let me live in my world of make believe
where nothing has gone wrong, like it did
where everything is as it used to be
leave me in the dark, pretending

tell me no truths
i beg you, only tell me lies
so that i don't have to face that reality
the one i never wanted

tell me what i want to hear
don't tell me what truly waits
before my eyes, so fiercely closed
since my world was torn apart

please, say nothing that will remind me
my heart is dead to now
my mind still lives in then, away
from what i can't accept

don't let me know that you know
leave me in my safe haven
far from the blistering fingers of truth
let me hide in my mind

let me live away from reality
let me lose memory for sanity's sake
let me hold tight to hopes and dreams
as if they were what happens

Let me live in this world of make believe
let me live like my heart's still there
let me be who I was, who I wish to be
And leave me alone with my tears

ocean

once upon a time we saw the ocean far and wide
the beautiful and snow-white shore, it called us to its side
and as we floated far away, the birds began to sing
a farewell call, a goodbye kiss,
then final bell did ring

kings and castles

setting sun, with golden beam
skidding clouds and skies of blue
evening glow, the night shall sing
wait for us, we'll fly away
tomorrow comes, tonight is first
for now we sit, in darkness stay
the stars above, soft words they bring
same as before, 'tis nothing new

what shall we say to kings and castles?
they offer us no place to hide
with king so great, castle so high
what good are we, who weep and sigh?
indeed, the peasants who wait in darkness
must wait for sunrise to bring them rest

tomorrow's somewhere

once a somewhere, i remember
once a nowhere, i will be
today's tomorrow, some september
with broken hearts and bleeding we
tomorrow's nothings, we shall know
that truth and lies hold nothing now
and all our somethings, they shall grow
tomorrow shall be, this i vow

remember this,
tomorrow's ours
we search our hearts
to know our scars