Broken Songs

She tried to explain it to him
But he just couldn't understand
Or why she didn't want to
Just grab a hold of his hand
This feeling that she felt
Was like carefully walking along
And suddenly a trap door opens
Where she falls where she doesn't belong
And the sounds that now surround her
Echo pains of everything wrong
And the only sense it makes
Amounts to words in broken songs
Broken songs
Broken songs
Her world felt like just another
Broken song
With him it has always been
A broken song
He knew that if she would only
grab onto his hand
And allow herself to be pulled
She'd hear what he always knew
That the brokenness was beautiful


03.23.13

Understood

I can't explain its presence
How it sneaks into my soul
Willing me to acknowledge its depth
For without it I am not whole
Its transparency well hidden from most
Who will bury it with false pretense
But my eyes see more than is there
The pain that was felt for when
It is thought nobody else will know
Or understand the worth of this pain
For the tears hidden with the secret
Are like mine and unfalling rain
You don't know I know who you are
And I won't reveal that I know your song
But I'll think of you during those times
And with the feeling I'll carry on
As you do through your life
Thinking nobody else can see
The fragility of your heart
That makes you just like me

02.15.12