The Call

You left her to answer the call

Of golden hills to out the west

You promised to return by fall

You said you’d bring her the best

She cried, her head on your chest

And said, just come back at all

You promised to return by fall

But summer is quickly fading

Without having any luck at all

Yourself you are persuading

That one more week is all you need

One week turns to two, then three

As winter begins to settle in

You promised to return by fall

But you can’t return without a win

The ice broke and let him fall

His dying lips could only call

A promise, to return by fall

Fighting

Chasing shadows, fighting air

Yet no one seems to see the foe

You only look at me and stare

But I cannot stop, it isn’t fair!

For you to never ever know

I’m chasing shadows, fighting air

I see when there is nothing there

You do not see their menace grow

You only look at me and stare

They lie in darkness, waiting to tear

Any skin that we might show

Chasing our shadows, fighting air

Every time you step into their lair

You do not see the coming woe

You only look at me and stare

My love you must be (doubly) ware

You know not where you go

You’re chasing shadows, fighting air

Yet you look at me and only stare.

Sole

He returned from the sea

With a head that was low

And walked straight to the she

He had loved long ago

With a day that was full

Of sole and of cod

He was tired of the hull

He was ‘custommed to trod

But when home is the place

Where the woman is king

The man hides his face

And backs out of the ring

So he’ll walk tired steps back

To the net and the pole

Though the waters are black

Here she can’t take his soul

Limerick?

Once there was a girl who said

Every single thing in her head

One day she said too

Much that was not true

And her cheeks never ceased to be red

Running

I’m good at running, running away

I’ve done it all my life

See, I no longer believe in “someday”

I know joy turns to strife

‘Cause I know that while you’ll smile

Today, tomorrow you won't

They only stay for a little while

My heart is full of "don't"

So if I’m good at running, I guess in the end

I’m running from the problem dubbed “me”

It’s hard to live life without any friends

But it’s harder to watch them leave

Worth It

                Please don’t think that I am worth it

                You see others have, like you

                They’ve invested time in the girl called me

                And they’ve found out what is true

                You see, once they get beneath the hair

                The eyes and maybe the smile

                They find what’s really under there

                And they might even stay awhile

                But what’s underneath is dirt

                It’s selfish and unkind

                It’s so full of pain and hurt

                It cannot seem to unwind

               

                And like the rest, you will leave

                You’ll get in and get out

                But if you left I could not relieve

                The hurt of you tearing out

                So please don’t think I am worth it

                Please just leave me alone

                See, I know just exactly what on earth it

                Is that makes me

                Alone.