Choices

It's nights like this that seem so dark
It's days I wonder where you are
It's the miles, the years, the hurts, and the fears
The groping around until I've been found
I'll talk to you until I can sleep
If you promise me my secrets you'll keep
You know the voices don't leave me many choices
Quiet them down, don't make a sound
You wait to give in, then you forget
It goes out again and I'm losing this bet
I know all the answers but I want to try
And in choosing each way, I know I will die
But in each end there's beginning, in some death there is life
The question remains, which will I choose, and will it cause strife?

Again

Tell me again you love me
And again I'm out not listening
You say it often, you say it slow
Until there's nowhere else to go
And I come back in, listening
You say it once, and once more again
But I'll still go out not listening
To dance with those friends
Until this all ends
And I have no choice but to come listening
So beyond it all you still love me
Even when I go out not listening
And you have held me in your arms
Safe from the fears and from the harms
And I will come back and start listening

Right and wrong

You're all the right things
For all the wrong reasons
I never thought things would happen this way
And now you've made me cry
You're all the wrong things
In all the right places
I always wondered what would happen
And now I've made you cry
You gave all the right answers
I asked all the wrong questions
I guess you gave me what I asked for
And again, I want to cry
The answers are slow in coming
When the questions don't know themselves
But you never said that this was easy
And I don't want to make you cry

The steps to the dance

When the world wants to, starts to, cry
The rain is reflected in the blue of your eyes

Some days I am lost at home, and others I am at home lost.
But there is still no answer.

So you know, and you've known, me better than most
Which gives me relief when all else is lost

Lost, found, and here again
But feeling in between
And everything I do
You know it's all for you
But the times I forget or rebel
I know it hurts like hell

When everything seems falling apart
You'll still be a work of art

The days stretch into months and years
And tonight I cannot hide my fears
So open your eyes and say what needs to be said
Take a look around and swallow your dread
Remember that everything comes from a chance
And now maybe slowly we can start to dance

Remember to dance beneath the stars
Remember everything you are
The long dark nights will hide your fears
You know the rain will cover your tears
Remember the northern lights long ago
Remember all the things you used to know
The day comes with its hope and its sorrow
Another day here, another day borrowed
Remember how the things were once
And now you remember the steps to the dance

Some time

It's been some time
A year, a month, a day
Since we've been together
Since I've seen your face
There's promises of tomorrow
I see them in your eyes
But some times they take so long
That my hope it comes to die
You answered the questions but they made more
I remember the day I left
But time and again I want to return
I forget you know what's best
There's days like today I remember the rain
And the way that it looked in your eyes
Maybe one day we will find it again
And the fire will cover the lies

Yesterday

I dreamt you held me tight
But I've dreamt that before
You whispered "everything will be alright"
You've never said that before
And yet now, before comes the night
I wish I was again in your arms
Waiting together for the light
Held closer than ever before

You've been walking in my thoughts all day
I don't know how to deal yet
But I don't want you to go away
Some things are not real yet
I can't say it, but I want you to stay
I wish I was again in your arms
No matter what they might say
There is hope that this will happen yet

Coffee

"There's plenty of time left tonight
I promised I'd have you home before daylight
We do the best we can in a small town
Act like big city kids when the sun goes down

If it's not too late for coffee
I'll be at your place in ten
We'll hit that all night diner
And then we'll see

There's so many things I have to say
I'll stay up all night to hear about your day
We do the best we can in a small town
Act like kids in love when the sun goes down

If it's not too late for coffee
I'll be at your place in ten
We'll hit that all night diner
And then we'll see

There's a love that transcends
All that we've known of ourselves
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come
Well it's got to be strong to touch my heart
Through its shell
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come

If it's not too late for coffee
I'll be at your place in ten
We'll hit that all night diner
And then we'll see

There's a love that transcends
All that we've known of ourselves
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come
Well it's got to be strong to touch my heart
Through its shell
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come down"
-Copeland

These are your daughters

I'm becoming more and more passionate about ending slavery. Think about it. Modern day slavery... in countries like Canada. You know it's there. It's down the street. It's in the schoolyard. It's in your church. Chances are, someone you know is buying sex. Supply and demand. Younger and younger. Higher demand for a younger supply. Torture. Trafficking. Rape. Modern day slavery. In your neighborhood. Pretending it's not there won't make it go away. These are people, not numbers. They have faces. They have names. What many do not have is hope. Chances. A way out. You know it's wishful thinking when you say they can just walk away if they wanted to. Don't excuse yourself from doing anything by saying that. Don't ignore the cries of the needy. Wake up. Stand up. Fight. Modern day slavery. It's wrong. What are you going to do about it? Remember,
THESE ARE YOUR DAUGHTERS.

Sundays

Dance like you don't remember 'cause there's days you can't forget.

Y como te voy a olvidar?

It doesn't follow...

I just thought it did, because it would in a fairy tale.