Contrary

I want to scream but need to be quiet.
I want to cry but need to be happy.
I want to run but need to be still.
What am I doing here?

You want to be quiet but can't stop screaming.
You want to be happy but can't stop crying.
You want to be still but can't stop running.
What are you doing there?

Let's switch lives for just one day.
I'll take your place, and you'll take mine.
You'll feel my joy; I'll feel your pain
To fix this crooked line.

Live Wisely

Worry about what?
I can overcome anything.
Struggles are only signs and guidelines.
I am made with a purpose.
An everlasting purpose.
I fight to fulfill it.
Distractions will occur.
Failure is inevitable.
Regardless, life continues.
Time continues.
They are not in my control.
I have no right to think they are.

Renew

Why can't I feel your love?
Why can't I feel your grace?
Why can't I feel your mercy?
Why can't i see your face?

Why can't I see your justice?
Why can't I see your peace?
Why can't I see your hand
Reach from the west to the east?

I need you in my life.
I need you here with me.
Need you to show me what you want
And what I am to be.

I need you to teach me how to love
And how to really care.
I need you to show me you're with me
All the time and everywhere.

I want to feel your radiance
From my head down to my toes.
I want to see your river of life
Everywhere it flows.

All I see is death
Staring at my face
So raise me up and give me life
And save me from this place.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a killer.

It makes your toes tap.
It makes your knees knock.
It makes your eyes shift.
It makes your hear race.

It makes your mind wonder.
It makes your day slow.
It makes all else boring.
It makes your conscience inactive.

It makes reality a fallacy.
It makes your expectations increase.
It makes your possibilities endless.
It makes you question your choices.

Anxiety is a killer.

To feel your arms around me

To feel your arms around me is uncertain and discouraging.
To feel your arms around me is deathly and cold.
To feel your arms around me is judgmental and short-term.
To feel your arms around me is earthly and unfulfilling
But to feel His arms around me is eternal and loving.
To feel His arms around me is rewarding and securing.
To feel His arms around me is magnificent and awing.
To feel His arms around me is renewing and satisfying.

Not so serious

This is lyrics I wrote for a song my friend, Joe, composed tonight. It's a joke song, so this is why it makes no sense, but it's fun!

Every day

V1

Every day I think about Peas a lot

After work I come home and cook up a pot

Mix in some corn and a bit of spices

Makin me forget about all my vices

When I’m through eatin I’ll watch a netflix

Go on photobooth and take some cool pix

Call up some friends and find out what they’re doin

Go out on the town and look for something to ruin

CHORUS:

Every day

This is what I do

Every night

Hangin with my crew

Every day

I’m livin my life

Every day

Cut things with my knife

V2

At work I’m at my desk playin solitaire

Shop a bit online for new clothes to wear

Take a catnap, have a coffee break

Think about the progress I have yet to make

I don’t drive a car. I don’t take the bus

Don’t even have a bike. That is such a fuss

Can’t get around town on my own

And somehow lose track of all the money I’ve blown

CHORUS

V3

If there’s one thing that I hate the most it is fruit flies

They are like a person who tells only lies

They swarm your food and never leave you alone

It seems like all they ever want to eat is my scone.

Politics is really quite an interesting topic

Most involved aren’t very philanthropic

People get heated in heavy debates

Wait, I do to, but at a really poor rate.

I am

So long as it took to realize it

But never believe it was so

But always understanding it could be.

The thing that will always

Exist will

Always exist and

Fight til the end and

Be sure to stick it.

Some ask if its will

Is as it says its so.

They can know it always

Is as it will be.

One question may be

How do we know it is and

How do we know it always

Will be? It

says have faith, so

we trust it will.

So trust its will

And strive to be

As it asks so

You will flourish and

Reveal the kingdom It

prepares for you always.

Something to remember always

Is it will

Not always seem as it

Should be.

Life will be hard and

One will not desire to live so.

Think about it often so

You never forget. Always

Live fruitfully and

According to its will.

When you do, you will be

New and like it.

And so

It will

Always be

This is a Sestina poem. It is a highly structured poem. Each stanza contains six lines. There are the same six words at the end of each line in every stanza, but in different orders so that it creates a retrograde cross. It's actually quite cool.