expected changes;

you expected the changes
but what, you didn't know
the people, and the sights, and the sounds
they change slowly.

things aren't exactly static when you have left
the world will move on
just like you did yourself
in another place, in another life.

you walk through the old places
that you once knew long ago
no more familiarity, no more friendly hellos
it's all lost in the past.

you have your memories and the good times too
it's the once upon times you can look back
but in your heart, that secret box
that is where they will stay.

something to think about;

it's something to think about
maybe i'm lost in my head
watching the world through eyes
not belonging to me.
maybe it's just something to be
is it out of my hands?

truth that surrounds;

let us drive down the interstate
and find ourselves a new destination
a place we have never been before.

let us become tourists
in our own country
on opposite ends.

with a new viewpoint
we will gain a new perspective
where previously our minds were clouded.

let them open
and maybe we can see
the truth that surrounds us all.

we have forgotten everything;

we have forgotten everything
we don't know why we are here
anymore.

we have lost touch
to everything that once was dear
and the center of our worlds.

will we ever remember?
or is it forever gone
has it been swallowed whole
and how do we say goodbye?

dear god;

dear god
hello
how are you?

i am not sure what i am supposed to say
how am i supposed to talk to you?

do i revere you
or speak to you as a old friend?

help me find the words
that i need to say.

must i have organized religion
or can i just follow
my heart?

strange dreams;

strange dreams
which i recall so vividly
was it really only a dream
precognitive thinking perhaps
a vision into my future
or maybe only a whisper
of the many twists and turns
of alternate universes
that fate has to offer us.

to someone i had yet to meet;

to someone i had yet to meet
or at least, no conscious recollection
but we are family
and so still i stop and wonder.

i hope your passing from a painful world
was painless and comfortable
as you drifted off into permanent dreams.

so goodbye for now
we will miss you
until we all meet again
in the world beyond,

where are you;

where are you
where have you gone
you've found yourself lost
in the depths of forgotten dreams.

come out
come back
stop drowning in the past
we are all waiting for you
hurry on back
we are all praying for you.

ghosts of my past;

sometimes i can see them
the ghosts of my past
along the sidewalks of forgotten parks
or among the bushes
of secret castles and other wonders
only seen through the eyes of a child.

walking across deserted school grounds
memories reenacting themselves
taking shape in my mind
of the times that was once my present.

they are all but distant dreams
a once upon a time
and happily ever after
to that chapter of my life.