Life's Voyage - Adulthood & The Unknown Read online

Promising a lifetime of happiness and love

  A woman is the provider of wisdom to her love

  Always has a solution to every problem with the grace of a dove

  A woman is the bricks on which her family builds

  With comfort it will forever be filled

  A woman is the lullaby sung to a new-born child

  With even the toughest times, she would have smiled

  A woman is a being created with immense faith and care

  Without a woman, this world will be stripped bare.

  What is adulthood?

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  Many may answer with long lines of troubles and fears

  Providing shelter for the ones you love and food

  Burying your frustrations and wants in tears

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  Answer it with a cry of freedom and achievement

  Stay away from the bad and only keep to the good

  Working hours unsaid to pay the rent

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  Be it preparing to start a family or a career

  Or teaching yourself to control your mood

  Stay true to who you are and be sincere

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  It should be about decision making and belief

  If only what the world holds could be understood

  The choices you make will never deceive

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  Some may never come to terms with their fate

  It is not something delivered as a packaged good

  Once at adulthood, you can never go back through the gate

  Ask yourself; what is adulthood?

  Seeking lust and all that makes the world have its bad name

  Let it burn, make a fire and burn the badness with wood

  Do not make adulthood your personal play game

  Ask yourself this question; what is adulthood?

  Never will the full answer be revealed

  It all depends on who and what you want to make of livelihood

  Live it pure and live it right - this thing they call adulthood.

  Stage 2

  The Unknown

  As time runs out

  The clock chimes one and a child is born, innocent and beautiful

  The clock chimes two and the first step and word in celebrated

  The clock chimes three and the first sprouts of the mind comes to life

  The clock chimes four and a burst of knowledge is brought upon this child

  The clock chimes five and the twinkle of young love breaks the heart in pieces

  The clock chimes six and time heals the scars to make way for new love

  The clock chimes seven and a new life begins with love and life and hope

  The clock chimes eight and the gift of life is given to the ones who love

  The clock chimes nine and life takes a fast paced turn into knowing and not wanting

  The clock chimes ten and age sets in to make way for more aches and pains

  The clock chimes eleven and time slows down to give a last shove before it ends

  The clock chimes twelve and the last breath escapes a life lived while the time runs out.

  Death dress

  With silk as white as the snow you will never see,

  Death stands before me, her dress slithering around her.

  With hair as black as the smoke you will never know,

  Death stands before me, hair withering in the moulding breeze.

  With eyes as hollow as the trees you will never sit under,

  Death stands before me, penetrating my heart with all its might.

  With hands as cold as the ice you will never taste,

  Death stands before me, burning its coldness onto my skin.

  With a tongue as sharp as a blade you will never cut with,

  Death stands before me, slicing life from me, bit by bit.

  With ears so eager to hear the last scream pass from my lips,

  Death stands before me, listening for the ever present evil.

  With shoes as hard as the steel you will never walk on,

  Death stands before me, hitting the life from me.

  With silk as soft as the clouds you will never float on,

  Death stands before me, ready to take another bite from what is left of me.

  Done for

  It does not matter if I killed or if I loved

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I hated or if I loathed

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I lived in pain or if I lived in health

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I hid my feelings or shouted it out to the world

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I was abused or if I abused

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I regretted all my life’s decisions

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I went through life with eyes closed or eyes open

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I used my powers to gain trust or to misuse trust

  The only thing left to say is, “I am done for.”

  It does not matter if I leaned on you for help or if I helped myself

  The only thing left to say is, I am done for.”

  Eternal rest

  Rest is not for the one who wants it but needs it.

  The one who has lived life to its fullest may have this gift

  The gift that sweeps down and takes your life in a swift.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal rest

  Living is not a choice but a mere necessity.

  To breathe life is not to take something that belongs to you

  Life will only cast you to one side when it is through.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal life

  Finding the purpose for your being on this earth.

  Is not the ultimate gift that life can give

  It asks of you to want, to need and to breathe.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal life

  Bringing your sins to the altar of life to ask for forgiveness.

  Does not make you inferior to life’s storms

  It will still cast its bitterness on you in all forms.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal life

  The oceans of life will not part for you if you are a mere soul.

  Dwelling in the streets of bitterness

  You will beg every day for that one bit of sweetness.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal life

  Bring not all your baggage when your day has come.

  Leave it behind and bring your soul

  Bring to eternity your heart as a whole.

  Only the ones who needs it most is granted eternal life

  Fade away

  In the stormy night I see you silhouette fade away into the darkness

  Letting go of the life you hold and me, staying behind as just your mistress

  The wind whispers the last words you say before you go

  Darkness will overcome you and become my biggest foe

  The last light in your eyes twinkle and then slowly fade away

  Into what I will always remember to lead me astray

  The life you lived was filled with all you could wish for

  Now you must walk through the darkness to knock on death’s door

  To wait for an answer and to wait for the door to welcome you in

  Watching you fade away and wishing it was a sin

  Wanting to run after you a
nd beg you to come back

  The loneliness you leave me with is a great lack

  To see your smile and hear your laugh is all I want

  Is that a wish you will be able to grant?

  Because to see you fade away to nothing

  I still continue hoping

  On the stars I will wish for you to return from the darkened hell

  Keep you from the deep pit into which you once fell

  Why would you fade away when I need you so?

  Instead of fade away, please stay with me and grow…

  Finally free

  From the pain I have suffered from for so long

  I am now going to a place where I belong

  All the tears shed about me being so ill

  I can finally cross over to the next hill

  The pain I have caused by clinging to life for you

  I saw the pain I have caused you too

  I cast away the body I had to put up with

  It was not true, yet another myth

  To finally be free is all I can be

  Is that not what you want to see?

  With every person sitting beside my bed, waiting for the end

  Wanting me to turn around the bend

  I hold onto whatever strings life threw at me

  All the while hoping to finally be free

  I stay scared of what awaits me beyond the grave

  Hoping one day that I will be able to save

  The ones I love from the same fate

  And show them the bigger and better great

  With one last hope of becoming what you want me to be

  I let go and can say that finally, I am free

  Golden Years

  Forever is a day and a day might be forever

  Years might be golden or they could be bleak

  One thing I will always remember

  Sitting here in my old rocking chair

  Is that the years that I lived was golden, streaked with rays of sun

  Filled with love and fulfillment

  Like the creak of the stair on the porch

  Sound my bones as age takes control of my being

  My body becomes the face of aging but my heart stays young

  Once I dwell in the lush lands with the angels

  I will remember what on earth I had

  Only for a day, but a day could also be forever

  Alone I will be no more, me and my old rocking chair

  Fragile might my lifeline be, but happy I will stay

  Until the day I say my last goodbye

  For my years were great and my years were golden

  One last memory escapes me as death stands at my door

  Holding his talons for me to take

  Delivering me to the angles above, singing to my arrival

  Praising me for the life I have lived and the good I have done

  Clapping to the hardships I endured with only one goal in mind

  Finding my inner self and making my years golden

  I rest forever now with the angels in heaven

  For my years were great and my years were golden.

  Immortality

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To never have to deal with the tears of what the world brings.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To dwell among the life and death with no scratch to bear.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To feel the breeze of the wind but not be affected by its cold.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To see the blood flow from my body but not feel the pain.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To fly with the birds and slither with the snakes.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To fear not death and the darkness that lurks in the world.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To carry my heart in my hands without it breaking with the slightest touch.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To hear the sound of crying but not let it affect me.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To drag my sins along with me until the sins are no more.

  Show me what it means to be immortal

  To be as hollow and helpless as the world wants us to forever be.

  Life after life

  Time may not have healed my place on this earth

  Yet that is where I go, in a coffin I will sleep

  And the earth will swallow my body

  Breaking my lifeless body into pieces

  To feed its hunger of flesh and blood

  Time may not have healed my place on this earth

  Yet you stand at my grave, grieving the loss of life

  You give me to the earth, the earth that was my home

  Inside my coffin I rest and wait

  For the earth will soon see the new life

  Time may not have healed my place on this earth

  Yet it embraces the darkness my soul brings upon it

  May you forever remember the one who took away the dark

  And replaced it with light, light for your life

  Never do you need to see, the dark I took from you

  Time may not have healed my place on this earth

  Yet time is all we used to have

  Never did I think, the earth would take away my happiness

  And replace it with the darkness I will now know for eternity

  This darkness I will now know until the earth is no more

  Time may not have healed my place on this earth

  Yet I sacrifice myself to you, I stay faithful to my world

  One day I will dwell among all those who did the same

  Gave their lives to the leader of the world

  This darkness I will now know until the earth is no more

  Life to death

  You loved me so much, yet you were the one to cut the life from me

  You dreamt of a life together and then you made death my new home

  Every breath I took was a breath nearer to my last one

  Every step I took was a step nearer to my grave

  You stood there with your eyes right upon me

  You let the word come from your mouth, as you always lie

  Every time I believed you and came running back into your arms

  Every time I was expecting it to be different

  You pulled me close and whispered in my ear

  You told me of the love we shared that shook the world

  Every word flowed through my heart and made it soft

  Every single tear I shed your words dried up

  You promise me a thousand tomorrows and so many more

  You ask me to close my eyes and I wait

  Every second that passes I believe that you are there

  Every time I think I feel you right next to me

  You pull my arms towards you and ask to keep my eyes closed

  You slowly cut me open and watch the life flow from me

  Every drop of blood tells of the life that you now took from me

  Every drop of life now leads to my death

  Looking back

  Someday is one day that will never come

  I see all that she has done for me without fail

  I was taken from this world without the chance to say goodbye

  Dragged to this pit of loneliness to decay

  I look down and see her there; crying over what was once me

  How will I ever touch her soft lips of feel her gentle hands?

  When you have ripped me from the spot I needed to be.

  Looking back at what could have been but never was

  I hope that you will remember me for the good I tried to do

  Loving you and giving you all I could

  Before being counted as one less in the world

  I hope that you will understand the fate I have met

  And not l
et it cloud your heart forever

  Let me be a memory to guide you to find new love

  Feel my thoughts with you every day and keep them safe

  Keep living life like you would when I was still there

  Don’t think of the place I will now call my home

  Forever left to rot and long be forgotten

  Remember the love I once had for you

  Will withstand this rot and hell I am in now

  On the pale horse

  On the pale horse he rides until the birds nest on his hat

  Bridle in his hands he will give his horse a little pat

  Both riding to their destiny of forever dying

  Horse and rider both for too much lying

  With his pale horse he will ride until the world is no more

  Never will they see their own blood pour

  Pale together they will stay riding the eternal way

  Not living or death, no one will ever be able to say

  Stopping never to catch a breath as there is none

  Passing along the road just another someone

  On his own pale horse, searching for nothing at all

  Waiting for one day to just fall

  Into the darkness that is so much longed for

  Not bothering to knock at the door

  Stopped before going too far

  Asked to turn around by a star

  To once again ride the road on his pale horse

  And let the afterlife takes its coarse.

  Release

  Release me from the pain I have come to know each and every day

  Bring me to eternity and let me say what I want to say

  Release me from all the bad that the world boasts about

  Let me sail forever in oblivion’s boat

  Release me from the hate that has grown so big I had to take cover

  Bring me to the water you promised and let me hover

  Release me from the love that turned so many hearts to sand

  Walk with me in the fields of light and hold my hand

  Release me from the body that lets me not do what I need

  Show me the place you have promised with no greed

  Release me from the thoughts that I fear to show

  Keep me away from the place where in the fire you must throw

  Release me from the tempting sound of pulling the trigger

  Let me stand innocent and not be the killer

  Release me from the hope that life may be better

  Repeat it and say it and write it in a letter

  Release me from another day in a place so fearless

  Let me not have the feeling of relentlessness

  Release me from what is to happen to this world

  Bring oblivion to me as around my leg it stays curled

  Senses

  My eyes wander over all things I used to see

  Clearly the colours of life stay known to me

  Blurring life as time goes by

  My eyes searches for the familiar colours I used to cry

  I try to hear the voices I used to know