Hours

The hours come slowly
Each minute seems a year
For my mothers life
I do fear

Hours pass
Turning to years
Finally it's all gone
All the fear

At this time again
The time moves slowly
After all these years
It's back... my fear

After these years
I wonder to myself
What is left to fear
Finally again i know

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My Reason

Looking down at the floor
seeing the blood stains.
I see the razors lying around
I can't believe who i used to be.

You've changed the way i look at life
It's been twelve years of depression
But who'da thought everything would change
the day i met you.

Though nearly two years ago
and depression still overwhelmed me.
The night we got together
my life changed forever.

I hope to spend my life
with you... the one I truly love.
To ever lose you
would be to lose my life.

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The Stand Alone Soldier

The Stand Alone Soldier

By: Ben McElfresh

I am the stand alone soldier.

I am the one who watches over you while you sleep.

I face this life head on standing alone.

The wind at my back, noone in sight.

I am the stand alone soldier.

I am the one who stands up for what is right.

I won't be pushed around.

I shall protect those who are.

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Finding Truth

They say that everyone lies
It is said that everyone will hurt you
They say honesty is the best policy
But what happens when we find the truth?

What if we find something we don't want to?
What if we find our life has been a lie?
What if we find all we ever worked for was for nothing?
What happens when we find the truth?

Is it possible to find truth within a person?
Can one person bring light into your world?
Can that one person make everything right?
Can finding that one person be like finding truth?

If it is possible then i believe i found truth
Truth to my life
Truth to everything i've searched for
Truth for the rest of my life.

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