Tinnitus

The ringing in my ears began the day I slipped and fell,
And ever since it happend I've caught a glimpse of hell,
It comes,
It goes,
It's loud,
It's soft,
It comes when I'm in pain,
And so I hear the ringing more,
It's driving me insane!

Truth

The other day I heard a truth I'd known from long ago
My confessor looked me in the eye and told a tale of woe
I heard the real not for my trust or even for my worth
The truth is that the truth is buried beneath the unearthed earth

I have seen and heard and known so many more than this
Confessions are not always for the the virtue they insist
Sometimes they are to weave more lies - to cheapen human trust
But I am wiser and will leave this secret in the dust

As I have seen and heard and felt it in my gut before-
Confessions sometimes used to test those running for the door
At times like these the knower needs to reach within their soul
And make as though they never were the one this truth be told.

For Theresa

My friend has been so good to me
Except when we were new
Not knowing any better then
And now it seems so true
When all was right and confident
But shattered at the start
Though since that time my friend's been there
To mend this broken heart

My friend has been so good to me
Though hard to see that truth
Because in the beginning
Things got muddled in our youth
When all was hope and truthfulness
But shattered at the start
Though since that time my friend's been there
To mend this broken heart

My friend has been so good to me
But I've had such before
It's hard to have the faithfulness
To keep me from the door
When this time it was different
But shattered at the start
Though since that time my friend's been there
To mend this broken heart

My friend has been so good to me
And still she sees it through
I struggle in my fearfulness
But what else can I do
When now I know that it is real
But shattered at the start
And even now my friend's been there
To mend this broken heart

So now I'll pay my debt to her
Because she sees it through
I pay the price of past mistakes
But what else can I do
When I can see that I should trust
Though shattered at the start
I will not lose my friend- still there
To mend this broken heart.

Time's Burden

I planned to see my friend today,
But then I overslept,
The day got so ahead of me –
The promise went unkept,

Three days went by- another call,
My friend to say hello,
I told my friend that I was well,
But running to and fro,

A week went passed -A raincheck made,
Time so hard to find,
With work and bills and family,
Life keeping me behind,

Another week and then a month,
I vowed to see my friend,
As time flew by without pause,
Not a moment to extend,

The hands of time brought ten more years,
My promise still unkept,
And then did come a letter,
And as I read I wept,

I finally saw my friend today,
It’s been too long a while,
I’d dreamed of this day coming,
To see my good friend’s smile,

It’s not how I imagined it,
As I sit by my friend’s side,
No word, no smile, no “it’s ok”
Because my friend has died.