Every Time...

Every time...

I know You find my life amusing...
Every time I lie,
Every time I cry,
Every time I fall...

Every time I lie...

I have my reasons,
but don't you know the seasons?
They always repeat,
Into one another's deceit.

Every time I cry...

I walk away seeming strong,
But then my shadow of doubt comes and takes me out.
I don't want you to know me,
Cause I'm scared you'll see,
The real life I tried so hard to hide from you.

Every time I fall...

The confidence shatters,
And the sentence staggers,
Because Every Time You Laugh...


It's my life,
You think it's so easy!
But you don't know my family...

It's my life,
You think I shouldn't crash,
Just because you've never been sucked into that trash...

I walk into my room,
And I see my computer,
But I don't want to!
Because I've already been caught before...

It's my life,
You think love is so simple,
Just because you've had the perfect love and life...

I'll never forget her name,
Because it'll never be the same,
But here I go looking to someone else again,
Even though I'll never gain anything...

-Peter H.

Savior

Savior

Breaking down,
You were always around.
Even when I couldn't make a sound.
Comforter,
Deliverer,
Overall lover.

When I couldn't breathe,
And could only see death in front of me.
You were there to breathe life into me.

Worthless wails,
Ring and sting the inside of me,
And puncture my identity,
But you came to save me,
And rebuild my sanctuary.

Once again!
You help me.
But why do I listen to the lies and look to lust and think its love?

-Peter H.

Sandcastles in the Deep

Sandcastles in the Deep

I walk on the beach...
I find you,
Making a sandcastle,
But the waves wash away everything.
I ask,
"Why keep rebuilding when you know it will fail?"
You seemed frail by this unusual trail I made for you to travel.

You stood and asked me,
"Think, if I could make it stay, why walk away?"
You walked astray and drove away.

I looked at the pound of sand and decided to bend and build.
As I built,
I felt wonder,
So I pondered...
Life is like an unending bending sandcastle.
You build and build,
But the waves will wash it away.
We keep building though...

-Peter H.

Salamander Sea

Salamander Sea

Set sail into the Salamander Sea,
But do you see me?
I endure the fire,
And I'm almost to the wire.
But where is the light,
In this dark night?

You gotta spark a light into this empowering sunset flight.
The sea will try to sink your sunshine.
But not this time.

I saw the hurt,
and I saw the pain,
But what did I gain?
The sunshine shines,
And gives me strength.
But the length is too far,
So far...

Hope in tonight,
and take flight into the sunset's might.
Nothing's too far to fly to.
You gotta believe in the sea.
The Salamander Sea.

-Peter H. -Elisabeth L.

New Lit Torch

New Lit Torch


It's midnight...
With a midnight waterfall on the wall of your porch and newly lit torch.
It seems it could almost scorch the newly lit torch,
But fire can never tire.
It grows,
High and low.
To make the perfect glow...

Its color flutter in the midnight air,
And sends a flare to all who care that you're there.
It seems to stare wherever it seems fair enough to care,
But it doesn't seem to care about where I bare in the midnight air.

-Peter H.

A Late Summer's Night

A Late Summer's Night

I can feel myself burning
Bright,
in a late summer's night.

I feel the chilling breeze against
My face,
and yet...
I burn, Burn, Burn!
Burning bright; in a late summer's night.

a Raindrop touched my,
desolate hand,
and boiled from my Unforgiving heart.

Then, as if he Himself wanted to
torture me!
The rain poured  and reminded me...
I'm a monster.

-Peter H.

Upside Tide Lands

Upside Tide Lands

Wake to the evening breeze,
Then fly and be free;
Above the sea,
And behind the evergreen trees...

You may find hidden secrets,
And unknown dreams,
Because we survive and dive,
Into a whimsical world,
Full of divine lands.

I will devise a way,
One day,
To go back into that upside tide.
But until then I'll sail away,
And find my own way...

-Peter H.