Dreams

I dreamed I was flying

far above the sea

Floating on the fairest wind

just my dreams and me.

No one else around me

to tell me where to land

Just the sun to guide me

and give a helpful hand.

The peace I felt was amazing

like a spirit on a breeze

I would have loved to stay there

but then I saw the trees.

My dreams had reached reality

and it was time to open my eyes

I pray I dream again tonight

of my heaven in the skies.

The Weight

Every ounce of sadness
is like a knife inside my soul
And with every pound of flesh
I try, without hope, to cover the hole.

And even though I wish
I could cut it all away
I'm not ready to let it go
Until I'm stronger, some day.

Right now I have a shield
to protect me from the cold
So until I trust myself again
it gives me something to hold.

I stuff it down like the weight of the world
hoping to feel its fullness
Someday I'll set it free again
as God is my witness.