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To you now I bear my soul.
The sun melts the snow into a puddle
At the bottom of my heart.
He was frowning. I brought a smile
And placed it on his lips.
It stayed there for a second
Then fell on the cold stone floor
And broke into a thousand pieces.

His voice rang out in the emptiness
His hatred for all and everything.

His rage is darker than yours.

I'm good at holding it together.
Frankly, I am sick inside
Still sick from you, sick from him.
The sickness is a kind of terror I can't explain.

With so much heat
There's no way that this can end well.

Darling, Wake Up.

Darling wake up open your eyes
Drink your coffee, say goodbye.
I must be on my way. Darling wake up,
I've got something to say.

Darling I have loved you so,
Can it be that you don't know?
I could whisper, I could shout.
Darling, you have shut me out.

Can't say how this came to be,
Did you lose your faith in me?
Your anger bears my name,
Your love is a guessing game.

Darling I have watched you cry
Tears that never reach your eyes
Your heart is buried deep
Darling you are fast asleep.

We never yelled or fought
Count my loss by what I'm not
Not the one whose time you spend
Not your wife. Not your friend.

Don't pretend that you don't know
You left me years ago.
Slowly turned your back
Darling wake up, my bags are packed

So turn your head and close your eyes
And say a thousand small goodbyes
I can only wish you luck
Oh, Darling, please wake up...

-Kat Eggleston

Day In and Night Out

Teach my poor body to hold you
Teach my faltering fingers to feel you
Teach me to love you and I'll love you more
Than you have been loved before

I will comb your hair; I will wash you feet
I will hold to the place where our destinies meet
At the side of a river; with a bee in my shoe
I will wait for you, I will wait for you.

Day in and night out
Though we suffer within and we suffer without.

I was not born for you, you were not born for me
We were born for ourselves and are both of us free
To see everything that the waterbug sees.
To follow our passion anywhere that we please.

Day in and night out
Though we suffer within and we suffer without.

If I were in heaven and you were in hell
I know very well, I would eat my pride
And stand by your side and I'd burn by your side
Day in and night out
Though we suffer within and we suffer without.


- Andrew Calhoun

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Words: Dallan Forgail (8th Century)

The loathing for the lies you told
The way you said it sweetly
The times you asked me to unfold
The times you packed me neatly
I think of all the precious times
And tears come to my eyeballs
But thinking of the things you did
I kill those thoughts with lysol.
There may never be another time
I will trust you complety
Because of all the lies you told
The way you said it sweetly.

A dying ember burns down to the dust
Thinking the things  which she knows that she must,
Carefully weighing her sanity in ounces;
Remembering the heartstrings she denounces.