Here I Stand

Here I Stand

Wondering when the smoke will clear
Hoping it will soon disappear
The cloud hanging over my head
Can't tell if love is near

I reach out blind
Trying to feel with my hands
No one is there
So here I stand

Speaking into the mist
I try to explain who I am
I hear a voice speaking back
Trying to explain who I am

The cloud begins to mistake me
As another from its past
Shaking me, accusing me, mad at me 
But We have never been one so to whom are you referring may I ask

I've been mixed up, confused with,
Thought of as another
But take a moment to know me
I just may be your final lover

The fog's hands come out and grab me
Toss me in a bag with a bunch of others
Shaking me up to look like them
In with bamboozlers of every color

How do I escape
The hurt from the hands' past
You have mistaken my identity
I'm your true love at last

Scrapping and scratching
Clawing and pleading
Begging you to see
I'm not trying to be misleading

In silence, I tell my inner man
I just want to be in love
It sounds so simple
To place no one above

I thought this was what you wanted
It's what I heard you say
Yet here I stand offering
Willing to love you everyday

How did I mistake
What I thought you said you desired
Instead of getting to know me
You searched to see if you could make me a liar

Yet here I stand longing for you
To just give me a chance
To love you faithfully forever
And in love we can take our stance

Let me tell you all of my secrets
Writing my journal on your heart
Know every aspect of my being
Let's have nothing keep us apart

Yes, I'm asking you to be with me
Let me be your man
I'm leaving myself wide open 
With extended arms in love, here I stand

Too Strong

Too Strong

Had me at hello

Lost me at goodbye

Trying to be a playa

But in reality just living a lie

Go ahead, play your game like Monopoly

But don’t forget, your playing with Milton-Bradley

You’re playing a game I’m creating

Means you’re perpetrating

Talking about the kids?

Aww shi…

Was that to make me fall

I’ve heard that from the best of y’all

Silence all critics

Tell em the butler did it

I’m not the one that’s naïve

The fruit was first tasted by Eve

Lies about forever

Weak lines are never clever

Line after line, lie after lie

Gimmick after gimmick

Even a prostitute at least gets paid for turning tricks

This week it’s Bob, John and Larry

Next week Tom, Dick and Harry

But when Harry met Sally

You became part of the tally

Fake relationships become bondage

Then you’re left as carnage

A treat for the birds

You’re a road-kill bump

That’s what I heard

I’m not too legit to quit

Just too wise to submit

And as I thought

A freak!

Anyone can get in your sheets

Spreading your legs like miracle whip

Claiming to be “Real”

Ain’t that a trip

Glad I followed my gut

I might have got burned

Since your legs can’t stay shut

Funny how they think you’re a fool

The truth always comes out

From the pigeon on the stool

Keep living in your wanna-be fantasy

Only to keep waking to your tricked out reality

Life is no joke

You’re a vapor, a cloud of smoke

Poof! Be gone!

I’m right where I belong

Thought you were slick and I was weak

But yet again I proved to be too strong

My wisdom gets better with maturity and age

This is where I drop the mic, kick the stand

And…

The crowd goes crazy as I walk off the stage…

BOOM!

Let Go

Gave so much that I’m drained

Tired of all the pain

The frustration level has no measure

All in the name of love, yet without pleasure

Mental capacity has been exceeded

Feeling of past hurts have been deleted

Thoughts of love lasting have been erased

Trails to my heart are now misplaced

Tried so hard to pick up the pieces

People renting space in my head

Sometimes multiple leases

The playa ain’t in me

So, I’m not like water and grease is

Just need a void in my heart filled

Simply something that pleases

Silhouette stands in the doorway

A subtle voice melts my heart away

The smile from the shadows is calming

Bells and whistles start alarming

Your caress and touch

Gives me goose bumps

Your soft lips make my heart pump

Tender love has my heart singing

What the…?

Is that church bells ringing?

Your scent has overtaken me

Trying to get the best of me

Waiting for my dreams to

Catch up with the rest of me

You reach out of the shadows

To our embrace

Vicki’s secret is out

As you stand before me in lace

Fading is the pain of my reality

While we move closer to our destiny

Walking on the water of the sunset’s aisle

If this world were mine, you could have it

In exchange for your smile

The joy you bring lights the fire inside

Your love kindling

Keeps the fire alive

Yes, I dare to dream

Of us in love revived

Out from our ashes where people left us for dead

Yet we never died

Stronger than three

Bonded from two

Risen as one

Now, let our true love… do what it do!

Love's Lighthouse

We sit on top of the lighthouse

Looking into the distance

The horizon blends its colors

We see beyond our existence

There’s a world out there we see

Take us there so we can feel

Traveling through the valleys

Over the hills

Couples walking

Hand in hand

Sharing an ice cream

Making footprints in the sand

Leaving a trail

Only love leaves behind

Blazing the trail

For you and I

How to walk love’s path

Has already been laid

Many have finished the course

And love remained

I want the young couples to watch us

And admire what we have

Teaching them the lessons of love

The type of love others wished they had

Let our children brag about

The years we’ve been together

Proudly telling their companions

That’s what they want from each other

Let our love

Bring love back to life

Let others envy

How we are a husband and a wife

Let the joy of our past

Ride the magic carpet into our today

While today we make tomorrows memories

That will help our love stay

Let our love for one another

Chip away at the hatred others may feel

Because they have not experienced

A love so true, so real

So let our love guide the way

Showing others loves shore

As our love flashes from the lighthouse

To a world of love forevermore

Love's Masquerade

I could tell you all of the stories
That would make you smile 
I could recollect with you about the best comedians 
That would have you laugh for awhile 

I stand on the top of the mountain 
Like Superman in his cape 
Shoulders back and chest out far 
With pride like only a hero could relate 

I can tell you of my accomplishments 
How I served my country and was proud 
I can tell you my wars and battles 
The loss of troops made me cry aloud 

Then there’s the joy I have as a dad 
Raising my kids is such a daunting task 
But I could tell the funny things they do 
And the silly questions they ask 

My work is very important to me
Organization is the key 
Sound leadership, good training 
Creating success for the team 

There’s my love for sports 
That make me jump and cheer as I watch my favorite team play the game
The heartaches of when we lose 
Screaming at the tv calling them names 

My travels across the world 
Seeing different cultures, new found respect I have for life 
Appreciating what I have around me 
Hard to see misery and strife 

Oh how we bask in our laughter, 
Useless flirtations, vain questions about our day 
But, has anyone wanted to really know 
How you feel today?

Love’s masquerade… It peeks from behind the mask 
Of my life’s many views 
But when I look in the mirror, regardless of the mask I wear
I can’t hide from my faults and me pointing in the mirror at you 

The mask hides my hurt and pain 
Let’s the world see my joy 
The world never gets the chance to laugh 
At the crying little boy 

The mask hides the questions 
My inner man wants to say
Instead the world only knows my knowledge 
Always having the right thing to say 

But for some reason… The mask only hides my face 
But if you look into my eyes 
If you look real close you’ll realize 
I’m hurting deep inside 

Love has ducked and dodged me 
But I realize why now 
Love doesn’t stop to ask 
Because love only sees the mask 

I’ve tried to ease it down 
Let the world see my face 
Only to be trodden down
In the mask of mire goes my face 

But I want to try to show 
Who I really am 
But no one wants to care 
Behind the mask there’s a real person, a man 

But maybe you can’t see me 
Because I can’t see you 
Lay down the masks and show the world
The real me, the real you