Where are you? As I lay here, my insides pouring out My heart aching with regret My mind, suffocated with doubt Where are you? As I cry out, “I’m lost and alone!” I don’t feel your presence as I lay here and moan Where are you? As I worry, for those I hold dear where is the comfort that replaces the fear Where are you? As I listen for your still quiet voice Why are you silent? Is it yours, or my choice? Where are you? As I plead, and beg for you to come Why don’t you answer? I’m slowly going...

There’s a certain kind of loneliness that settles inside it hides behind shining blue eyes There’s a certain kind of loneliness that no one can see you pretend you appear to be happy There’s a certain kind of loneliness that goes unobserved Insecurities grow attention feels undeserved There’s a certain kind of loneliness that makes a soul ache your grip tightens but you bend until you break I know a certain kind of...

I want to be filled with laughter have it spill out, uncontrolled like when I was a child before I began to withhold I want to do something amazing something I feel in my core like walk a thousand miles until I am broken, bruised and sore I want to be filled with wonder see things I can’t comprehend Like when you gaze across the ocean and question if there’s an end I want to live each and every moment not wasting a single one I want to try, and do, everything and finish all that I’ve begun I want to...

My hearts torn out, I’m ripped apart I want to go back to the start Before the stress, before the mess Before the nights of little rest Before these years of many tears Before all of these realized fears Back to the calm, a thankful Psalm back to when I knew the balm I’m broken now, destroyed somehow I’ve taken all I can...

I wish I could take your pain as my own             I’d bury it deep inside me For I am stronger, I can carry your load What breaks you, won’t break me I wish I could take your pain as my own It feels like it’s mine anyway Your cuts are my cuts, we both bleed the same blood If I try, I can’t wipe it away I wish I could take your pain as my own And see you happy once more Free from these burdens that shackle you down Released from all you...