Finding stories in everyday adventures
Us and Them And after all we’re only ordinary men Me, and you God only knows it’s not what we would choose to do Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died And the General sat, as the lines on the map moved from side to side Black and Blue And who knows which is which and who is who Up and Down And in the end it’s only round and round …
Endless fields of emptiness in my dark and wounded heart Where is my love? The freezing moment when you turned your head and waved goodbye Where is my love? Even all the biggest storms can’t take my pain away Where is my love? Noisy happy people crossing streets from side to side Where is my love? I gave you everything I could but you want the stars Where is my love? Endless fields of emptiness …
A lovely face sits in the dark, lights down, staring at the bright screen and typing hurriedly something. It must be done today or else it would be too late. There’s only one chance. One that would never come again in life. A chance of lifetime as you may say. Unwary of the next, she goes on, searches until the back of her mind to pull out a miracle that will change her life. Confidently …
Uneasy as I write this and wonder where all oxygen has gone suddenly. I close my eyes, breath in and expand my lungs to feel the gush of wonderful air going inside only to find that there’s nothing except venom; venom everywhere. I breath out immediately and cough; cough hard. Where has the oxygen gone? Why do i need it? Why can’t I get to where I don’t need it? There’s no time to ponder …
A thousand people yell They’re shouting my name But I want to die in this moment I want to die And a thousand people smile They’re smiling at me But I want to die in this moment I want to die No way to understand Why I’ve become the way I am When the sky is filled with stars I find a place inside my heart Some people can take a blow And they won’t …