Torn Apart
When the world is torn apart by greed
I will need just one thing
When the wardogs come with their genocide
Killing for their own selfish pride
I need you
When the world is falling down around us
Our love will shelter the utter chaos
When the bombs are dropping
And the buildings falling
I'll always be here
Always holding you close
Copyright �2002 Michael Scott Barlow
Exhale
Exhale
for it's the last time you will
shed a tear
just so you know you still can
say goodbye to the little beauty
this world showed you
Exhale
life is a dream
a dream before your death
when you leave this reality
and find something new
another chance
and when you know it's gone
and you know love has escaped you
Exhale
and let yourself fade away
Copyright �2002 Michael Scott Barlow
Father
Pain is all that's felt
Striking straight through
unable to escape
And no one to cry to
Working to feed the unknown
Children with no father
Wife with not a lover
Life seems consuming
This pain is never-ending
Feet unable to walk, Hands unable to hold
Heart unable to care, An empty soul
Wondering an oblivious world
Murderous father, Useless mother
No family to care, An unwanted entity
Now, when death is uproaching
When the reaper is at your door
Your cares have disappeared
Deadbeat, Murderer, Criminal
Your labels create you, Your fate accepted
And it's left behind, the pain now gone
Copyright �2002 Michael Scott Barlow
Sorry
I stand here
Resting on the edge
Should I? Shouldn't I?
It all begins to fade
The pain in my mind
Seems to turn into dreams
As I lean my body over
Just enough to see
I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused
I'm sorry for this pain
I'm sorry for the ignorance
That's taken me away
And when I look back at what we had
Sometimes I wished I'd stayed
But I've locked it all inside forever
I made it go away
Copyright �2002 Michael Scott Barlow
